Monday, September 15, 2014

Who Done It?

The people who are trying to buy the house wanted to have an inspection. So the guy came out today to do it. We were just leaving when he arrived with all his ladders and stuff and we passed our agent on the street about to pull into the driveway. He was going to be there while the inspector did his thing along with the buyers.
We ran some errands and when we were on our way back from having to pay the taxes on the house our agent texted us saying he couldn't get the garage door to close. So we went right home. And the power was out in the garage. After flipping the breaker a bunch of times it randomly went back on. Our agent had already left and we were on our way out to lunch. So I hit the button to close the door and when it got about 3/4 of the way down it made a terrible noise and stopped moving! Eduardo said he noticed that the door looked a little weird, or bent, when we got back and were standing in the garage talking to our agent. I don't know why he didn't mention it then, but he didn't. Anyway, on closer inspection, we realized that the door was bent, and that somehow, it had happened while we were gone. We called our real estate agent and he said the inspector tested the door and held it open as it was coming down, but that it worked fine afterward, and he'd even signed off on it. So we don't know what the hell happened, but the frame, and the actual door itself is bent now and doesn't close!
Eduardo is PISSED! Oh my god, he is really upset. I am too, but not as much as he is. But I don't fault him for being angry. Someone is clearly lying to us because there is no way that happened and no one noticed.
Anyway, our agent called the inspection company and the owner came out and looked at it, and long story short they are paying to have someone come out tomorrow and fix it. So I am OK with it. But Eduardo is still pretty steamed.

Update: They fixed the door. You can see where the vertical metal beam was bent, right where the arm attaches to the door. So they bent the door back, then reinforced it with two new horizontal metal bars, and it works like new again!



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