We moved into our new house here in October. Since then, we have found several little things wrong. Things that are really annoying when they’re in front of you, but then you kind of forget about them once you leave the room. For instance, the bright blue grout between the stark white tile in the kids bathroom, it “bleeds” everywhere. Supposedly, they sealed the grout, but I’m doubting it. Another thing, the third drawer down in our master bath. The drawer is just slightly too small and doesn’t hit the tracks right, so the drawer kind of “falls” and scrapes when you try to open or close it. Now, the third drawer down is my make-up drawer. There is about 37 lbs of make-up product in there that really weighs the drawer down, making it a total pain. But again, these kinds of things you just kind of forget about once you switch rooms. That is, until the big one hit.

The weather here got pretty hot, really fast. Our furnace would turn on and blow room temperature air around. And it ran 24/7 because the temperature never got below 83 degrees in any part of the house. (Don’t even talk to me about the kids’ playroom in the bonus area over the garage. It’s at least 10 degrees hotter up there at all times. The kids had to strip to their underwear just to go up and play.) This annoyance was constant, and so I put in a call to the furnace guy. Surprise, surprise…everyone had been calling because it’s stinkin hot out. They couldn’t come for a week and a half. Okay, fine. So a week and a half later a guy shows up. He tries all of the usual stuff. Nothing. He tries some unusual stuff. Nothing. He finally figures out that one of the drywallers put a nail through the wire going to the thermostat. Then came the dreaded question: “Have you been here less than a year?” This is the magical question because all house stuff is under warranty for a year.

“Yes, we’ve been here about 7 months.”

“Good, because I have to cut a big hole in your wall.”

Awesome.

After two and a half hours, and two 4”x4” holes in the wall, we have cold air blowing!  Yay!

So I put in a call to our builder. Voicemail. Left a message. Nothing. I know that the already-built stuff isn’t a high priority for him… but we’ll see exactly how long it takes for him to get back to me…