Ten on Tuesday (results of the hail storm edition)
Tuesday, July 22, 2014 at 11:44AM Whew. So thankful for insurance...trying to remember that as I juggle all the details, lol. For the sake of recording them and trying to organize my thoughts, here's what we're working on:
1. Roof. Gonna get that replaced next week. Awesome. :) This part is actually pretty straight-forward and lovely.
2. Deck. The insurance covered the hail damage to our deck and will pay to replace it. Yay! So. Need to get that removed and taken away before the house painting commences. Trying to find someone to do this. We'll replace the deck with a paver patio most likely but aren't going to worry about that till this other stuff is done.
3. Doors. The insurance will also cover replacing one of our exterior doors (into the garage), but we probably won't bother with that. However, in thinking about it, we're realizing that we should replace the sliding doors in the back, as they're old and decaying such that ants are getting in through the crevices...which is driving me insane. Ugh. Needing to look into this more before the painting, as that would be the most efficient way to go if we're going to do it.
4. Paint. Hail damaged two sides of the house enough to be covered by the insurance (impacts down to the wood). So. Apparently we're going to repaint the house. It's been quite the debate and process here to decide what color, lol. These are the colors we got approved by our HOA:
All of these would have white trim. In the end, we'll probably go with the red, even though that's going to stand out in our neighborhood. ;) I like the ivory but can't bring myself to do it, as it will essentially match most of our neighbors. As for the blue, the house across the street is a darker blue. Also, I just don't feel like this particular blue is "us" if that makes any sense. Stay tuned. ;)
5. Gutters & screens. Most of these were covered by insurance for replacement, and we're going to just do them all. Fortunately, the roofing company also has a guy who does this.
6. Fence. Our portion of our fence (the north and west sides of our property) was damaged by hail enough to be covered by insurance also. We'll be replacing that in the next month or two, but will need to take down a few pieces of it right next to the house for painting purposes.
7. Tree removal. Before we replace the fence, though, we'll need to remove a couple of trees that have managed to grow into it. Getting bids on that.
8. Car. Nathan's car was officially declared totalled by the insurance so they'll be picking that up this week and we'll be a one car family for awhile (which should be fine since Nathan's working from home anyhow). He'll be looking for a replacement in the coming weeks...likely a used Subaru.
9. Grill. Happily, the insurance also covered the hail damage to the grill and will give us money toward replacing that. Not a priority right now but nice to have...
10. Basement. The slight flooding in the basement was not covered by insurance. Which is fine. But we're thinking we'll invest in some window well covers to hopefully prevent repeat occurrences. From the cursory looking I've done, though, our window wells aren't a standard size. Of course. ;)
And that's what's been swirling around in my head lately... ;)
Reader Comments (1)
I like the red best. The cream will be too plain with white trim. The blue is nice, but it doesn't have as much of a pop.