Life's Curve Balls- Ah...the Bliss of Responsible Condo Living (UPDATE)

We reside in a townhouse complex in Waipio Gentry; about 5-10 minutes from Mililani, Hawaii where I actually grew up during the 70's and where my mom still lives. Anyway, I wanted to be close to mom so we could help her as she is getting older now. (she just turned 80 in January) so we bought this townhouse in March of 2005.

A small unit (I was talking to Lola Audu earlier and she could not believe I lived in a 500 sq. ft. unit) in a complex I adore. The problems started with tenants in the unit above us who had no clue why they couldn't throw water off their balconies onto ours. They had no clue why they couldn't let their child jump up and down while making our ceiling fans shake.....24/7.

Anyway, the last straw broke when I wrote about the upstairs unit flooding in Bathroom & Kitchen Leaks- Responsible Condo Living in Hawaii. Subsquently I wrote about the mold that occured from the tenant upstairs not notifying the owner, the associaition or even the resident manager in It All Comes Out in the Wash......MOLD and then was so discouraged I wrote A Hawaii Code of Ethics for TENANTS?

Long story short:

• Water came through our ceiling (because we weren't notified for two weeks prior that they flooded upstairs) back on May 28th
• We filed a claim with Allstate and since this was our second water leak incident they are NOT RENEWING OUR INSURANCE. This isn't the first time I've heard of them dropping people....but duh, this wasn't our fault. But that's besides the point right?
• Allstate finally paid for ours and didn't go after the owner upstairs or pursue where it came from. And this was after a month and three days of nothing being done.

Life is good:

• Our Association is finally going to help us find the source of the leak since no one wants to take responsibility. (the owner upstairs filed a claim...claimed no liability and got paid off the first week)
• The tenants are moving on the 15th and I have no further comments :) :) :) :)
• We finally got to take care of the mold remediation and repair the kitchen ceiling. We hired Dumore Construction who handled everything...including installing an energy efficient light fixture.
• My ceiling was completely fixed by yesterday afternoon including the KILLZ remedy for the mold and sealing.

And......

• I have closed one transaction and have three more in escrow over the last couple of weeks.
• The listing I put on the MLS on Sunday am went into escrow this morning.
• Sears came back yesterday evening to deliver and replace a new stack washer/dryer that they delivered last week that was a lemon.
• My dog is at the groomers and will come home all pretty in a couple of hours. :)
• My mom went back to work today after a freak accident that kept her home for a month....with no work or golf.

UPDATE: PER Pat's request...the following is Shadow after her groomer appointment today :)

And.....as always.....

When life throws curve balls.....it's all in the manner of how I handle it.

Now....to look for insurance after all this mess.

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