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T1diabetic for 25+ years. 2 successful pregnancies. Teacher of high school math. Married. Love to cook, strive to be healthy and happy, love my pets, love to garden,...

Monday, January 11, 2016

Mold Journey pt. 2

Leaving the property Dec. 2, 2014, we were offered to stay at a neighbor's vacation home at Bryce Mountain Resort.  We stayed there for 10 days until our belongings could be cleaned and we found a rental to move into.  Dec. 16, we moved to a rental home in Staunton, VA.  We met with a builder, Darrell Marshall, of Marshall Home Construction.  Darrell was our rock and had many connections.  Because our property is in a flood plain, we had a more complicated case to rebuild and had many hoops to jump through.  Surveying of the land,  choosing a house plan, presenting to the county for approval of the foundation, tearing the old house down and removal of trees and bamboo to rebuild, and breaking ground.  Thank goodness all went smoothly, we believe because of our fortune to be guided to the right people.  Being outsiders in a small community, many times outsiders are not treated well (as we believe happened to us when we bought).

In the meantime, we did file a letter with those we feel were responsible for our predicament.  Of the 5 parties, we got one letter back from a lawyer of the home inspector.  We then proceeded to file letters of complaint to the state and were told those involved would have notations put in their file.  If this would have happened in Maryland, we would have had a case.  Virginia is a 'buyer beware' state.

The decisions were many, the weather was not always ideal, yet, all in all, the build went fairly smooth.  We broke ground May 18, 2015 and moved in November 12, 2015.

 The holidays were wonderful in our new house!  All siblings and family visited throughout the season and now we are settling into January 2016.  A storage unit awaits us to remove its contents, still.  How much of the contents are really necessary, we shall see.  The house needs special design for storage, such as bookcases and shelving.

Anyway, our dreams have been realized in our safe, beautiful house.  More to follow,...