[Mishmash] New Homeowner

[Richard Barth]

I'm surprised the place hadn't flooded after being ignored all that time.


At 04:40 PM 4/22/2013, you wrote:
>Dick,
>
>      I forget to tell you the story about the sewer to the house.  This is
>going to surprise you.
>
>      When you sell a house here in Las Cruces, you must declare on your
>paperwork whether the house is on sewer or on a septic tank.  The
>documents said sewer.
>
>      I did some calling around to find out who my utility providers were
>going to be (we have about five water companies in the area and
>several gas companies.  El Paso Electric covers electricity for most
>of our area).
>
>      It turned out that the City of Las Cruces' Government provided most
>of my utilities.  When I spoke to them, they told me that they
>provided water, gas, and trash pickup for that address.
>
>      I asked them about sewer.  They told me that they never provided
>sewer service to that address.  I asked if there were any others who
>provided sewer hookup in that area.  They told me that they were the
>only one in that area.
>
>      I called my realtor.  She called the seller's realtor.  They sent a
>plumber out to investigate.
>
>      The seller belongs to my church.  She told me that when she and her
>husband signed the documents to buy the house [twenty-six years ago]
>that the documents said that the house was on a sewer hookup.
>
>      The plumber dug some test holes.  Then suddenly, 'clunk'.  He found a
>septic tank, sure enough.
>
>      It was a choice between paying to replace the septic tank (can you
>imagine what kind of condition it was in after not being serviced for
>twenty-six years or maybe more?) or connect to the sewer (we'd have
>had to start all over with the paperwork if she did that).  My guess
>is that there wasn't a big difference in cost.
>
>      She decided to get the house connected to the sewer, which I'm very
>glad for.  So they ran a trench from the house to the sewer and
>hooked me up.
>
>      Regards,
>
>
>
>
>                                               Fred
>
> > Congratulations, Fred. Looks like a nice place.  I'm amazed at the
> > difference in prices between a nice house like yours and
> > what the same thing would cost around here.
> >
> > Room for antennas in back, I assume?
> >
> > Dick
> >
> >
> > At 12:26 PM 4/22/2013, you wrote:
> >>Greetings, everyone.
> >>
> >>      I wanted everyone to know that as of Friday, I am a new homeowner.
> >>
> >>      I got the keys on Friday just after they got me listed as the owner
> >>of the property in the county records office.  And I had a great
> >>moving crew that got me moved right in.
> >>
> >>      Of course, everything is still stacked in the living room.  But I
> >>will get there some way.
> >>
> >>      If you want to look at the house, check this:
> >>http://lascruces.paragonrels.com/publink/default.aspx?GUID=456b90e 
> e-032f-46d0-b861-d8e05c4e4e00&Report=Yes
> >>
> >>      Regards,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>                                                 Fred
> >>
> >>
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