It Comes In Threes-Part One

Ugh, this house.....where to start.....

So, my brother picked up the keys to our new rental here in Florida last Friday.  Being the good brother that he is, he went over to check out the property again.  He went inside to turn on the air, knowing we would be here on Monday.  Well, Thank Goodness that he did....because the A/C was not properly pumping air into all the rooms.

I called the property manager, and informed her of the issue and the fact that I had MS which is exacerbated by the heat.  She told me that she would definitely be on top of it, so I gave her my brother's number...just in case, they could get someone out before Monday.  Alas, we were disappointed but the air was still not on come Monday morning.  So, my husband and my brother unloaded our ENTIRE 20' UHaul alone....in extreme heat.   Which was only worse, because there was no way to cool off....even the house was well over 90degrees (with the A/C set at 77 and running constantly).

FINALLY, after the UHaul had been completely unloaded...the Heating & Air guy showed up.  He checked out the unit and then headed for the attic.  After about half an hour, he emerged...covered in insulation!!  It appears that a pest (either a rat or squirrel) had chewed ALL the duct work throughout the house.  The pest was NOT there, but it had been at some point.  He also informed us that this had have happened over time and there is no way someone could have been living here and NOT known it was going on.....even though the realtor has repeatedly (and continues to) re-assured us that the house was only empty for two months prior to our move-in.  Unfortunately, due to the time and lack of materials, he was unable to fix the problem at the time.

So, we had our first night in an EXTREMELY hot house...it really was nasty!!!  Luckily, the heating & air guy showed up at 8am the next morning and set to work.  We were so happy to know they were on the ball.....that is until the total job took them THREE days to complete.  For three days, this house was without air conditioning in this thick, humid, nasty heat.  Finally, on the last day, they informed us that they did the best they could with the unit that is out back...unfortunately, the unit is too small to support cooling the whole house...UGH!!  Boy, oh boy, were they right.  Our A/C has been running constantly and it still does not go below 80 degrees in here.  We have called our property manager, the last time we actually spoke with her was THIS week on Friday(28th)....which we only got her to call us back because of problem number 2.  As for the A/C, she promised to send the guys out again next week!!!

Unfortunately, the guys called today to let me know they were booked and won't be here until Tues or Wednesday...BOOOO!!!!!!