Day 25 post tree disaster

It continues to rain almost every day and even with the house tarped there are leaks in the dining room and office.  The basement is a swimming pool and the furnace and water heater are now ruined.  I'm really worried about the rest of the foundation, especially after the house bouncing from when the tree hit.  We're moving belongings from the rest of the house because almost every room will need to have some work done and with the damp, things are beginning to mold.

I'm incredibly frustrated with how this whole process is going right now.  The engineer's report was to the insurance adjuster on June 28th and when I sent email to the adjuster to find out what the scope of work would be, he was still finishing it up and wrote that he'd have something done by end of day.  End of day came and went and no scope.  I sent email to follow up and he's gone on vacation for the 4th of July holiday and hasn't mentioned anything about it.  If he'd just sent me something at the end of the day saying he wasn't quite done and would be out of work for a few days that would have been different. Instead he left me hanging and then left without letting me know when he would follow up with me again.  I sent more emails, including some to the contact name he left in his out of office reply, and I finally did get a response.  I felt like he was trying to blow me off about the whole thing because he was telling me to pick a general contractor while he finished up.  I'd already picked a general contractor the week before.  This whole process is not held up because I'm not doing what I need to do.

The big issue is that it has been raining almost every day here.  Sometimes it rains multiple times per day.  With no electricity at the house the sump pump isn't running and the basement is completely flooded.  At this point the water heater and furnace are also ruined.  I'm really worried about the water damaging the foundation.  I'm beyond worried about the heat and humidity inside the house causing mold to grow.  The last few car loads of stuff I've carried out of the house has had some items with mold on it from rooms that were not initially affected by the tree damage.  Even though the house is tarped, water is running through the broken rafters and when it rains outside, it rains in the dining room and office as well.  If we can get a temporary power pole set up then we can get the sump pump running and some dehumidifiers set up in the house to try to deal with this humidity problem but we can't get the power pole set up until we get the scope of work.

I finally got a preliminary scope of work last Wednesday night.  That's day 20 post tree disaster.  I looked through it quickly and noticed that some big items, such as the chimney, were completely missing.  I set up an appointment with the general contractor to go through the house with us to review the scope to see what else was missing or incorrect.  We did that on Friday (day 22) and I had a long list of corrections.  I finally got everything typed up and sent off on Sunday (day 24) so that the adjuster would have the list before this work week.

It's currently day 25 and I have a long laundry list of things to do or check on or wait for...

• Wait for a revised scope of work from the insurance adjuster. What time frame is reasonable? One day? Two?
• Follow up with the general contractor to make sure the permits are applied for so I can get a temporary power pole.
• Once the permits are obtained, make sure the electrician gets out there to get the pole set up.
• Once the power pole is set and live, contact the Service Master folks to get dehumidifiers set up in the house and go plug in the sump pump to start drying out the basement.
• Continue to sort through the last couple of rooms to get things packed up to move to the rental or to storage.

There's more but that's more than enough for now.