Progress, of a sort...

Finally work has started on the house.  The general contractor has a couple guys working at the house and they've removed all the debris from where the pantry used to be.  I stopped by yesterday and the kitchen, bathroom and some ceilings were ripped out.  It's good to finally see progress on the house because hopefully that means we're one step closer to getting all this fixed.  Good except for the fact that they threw away our stove and dishwasher.  The really nice dishwasher that we paid an arm and leg for just a few years ago.  The stove I don't care about that much but the dishwasher I was planning to reuse.  I sent a text to the general contractor and followed up with an email and got a call in reply not long after that where he profusely apologized and said he'd take care of it.  I just sent Rich over to the house with a package of post its and a sharpie to label a few other things in rooms where I don't want them to throw things away - a small ceiling fan in the office bathroom, the built in bookcases in the office, a bookcase in the hallway, etc.

Progress is also very slow going on the money part of all of this too.  The first check to pay Service Master for the tree removal and house tarping still has not been returned by the bank and it's been almost two weeks.  It also took a week for me to receive the package of paperwork from the bank that needs to be completed so that we can cash the insurance company checks to actually start paying the general contractor.  At my best estimate, it'll take another 2 to 3 weeks before we actually see any of the money.  The general contractor has started work anyways but in theory he doesn't have to do anything until I get him the first installment of the money.  I'm not sure I understand why any of this is taking so long.

The other piece of this whole mess is the outstanding insurance claim I have that still deals with the damaged belongings that were inside the house.  The insurance adjuster asked for a list of contents that were in the pantry and office that were damaged and I provided that on June 16th before he left town.  The pantry contents were from memory and since I couldn't stand over there all day while they unloaded the pantry to watch and take pictures, I'm sure I've missed things.  I sent a few updates to the list with items to remove because we were able to salvage them and a few items that have later been damaged by mold a couple of days ago in email.  I have not received a response to that email so far.  I'm not sure how long is reasonable to wait, especially because it's been over 5 weeks since the initial claim happened and I've heard nothing about this part of the claim.  I wasn't pushing on this part earlier because I was so concerned with getting the work on the house rolling.  I wonder if I should have been pushing on this part too.