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Why is the tree naked?

Our tree went up as always over Thanksgiving weekend while Billy was here. We meant to put on all the holiday trimmings but then this happened:

Isn't that gross? It's part of the ceiling--it caved in from around the fan.

How did such a thing happen? Well, over a year ago we had trouble with a leaky roof and so we called a local contractor, John Sorrentino Roofing...worst mistake we ever made. The roof has never been right since. At first the contractor said it was because we needed new skylights and so we had him replace them. The next time it rained, the roof leaked worse than ever.

Since October, we've tried and tried to get the man out to fix the roof. We have a year warranty on it and although I had really bad feelings about trusting the guy, TB wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt. Well, this guy doesn't call you back and he says he'll come such and such a day at such and such time and he never does show up. This has been ongoing since we first hired the guy.

When the ceiling came down, I called the township because I was worried about the mold I saw. An inspector came out and told me it would be okay, it's not the bad mold. I hope he's right, we've all been sick all month. Anyway, he also laughed when we told him who the contractor was. Apparently the DA is investigating the man--oh great!

We hired a new contractor and are going to have to sue the first one to get our money back and the cost of redoing the roof.

But that's not the only reason the tree didn't get done. Kristin wanted to wait until Billy got home from school after the fall semester and so that's what we did.

Posted by Cassie at December 22, 2006 06:35 PM | TrackBack