[Mishmash] New Homeowner

[fatkinson at mishmash.com]

Dick,

     You and me both.

     I suspect that they had a choice of replacing the septic tank or
doing the sewer hookup.  The former would have required that we start
the paperwork process all over again due to the laws governing the
sale of homes with septic tanks in New Mexico.

     My guess is that the difference in cost was such that it made more
sense for them to hook me up to the sewer.

     Twenty-six years with no service (the seller told me that when she
signed the papers twenty-six years ago that the papers did indeed say
they were on the sewer)?  That must have been one messy tank.  I was
told that the plumbers 'imploded' it when they hooked me up to the
sewer.

     Regards,



                                            Fred

> 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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