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I hate that I even have to make this, but with everything this year has put us through, I have to put my pride to the side and ask for help.
Throughout this year, me and my family's house has gone through numerous issues. A burst water pipe in the basement burst, which ended up costing $1200 to fix, along with having to have a new sump pump installed (included in aforementioned cost), followed by an $800 water bill that had to be paid due to the water "used" during the pipe break. We paid for that and it was handled. Not long after, the local government had a new mayor elected, who determined that our sump pump pipe was routed incorrectly and was against city codes. We had to pay another $750 to have that corrected. Over the summer, one of the bedrooms (mine, specfically) had an unexpected infestation of wasps. Since we couldn't afford to have someone come out to handle that, I basically just had to tough it out and kill the wasps as they appeared. They eventually stopped showing around the end of September, so we thought that issue was handled.
Fast forward to today. We went to our basement (which is pretty much unused aside from storage) because we heard dripping. Turns out there's water dripping from the bottom of the bar. Problem is, there's no sink or pipes connected to that bar, which means the water is connected to the fact that it's raining outside currently. Which means, water is somehow getting into the house and we'd need someone to check out how that's possible and have it repaired. Added on to that, as we investigated the water, we noticed 3 very large black wasps in the basement as well. Way larger than the ones we saw during the summer. That means we'd absolutely need to have someone come out and have those exterminated.
At this point, with no one able to work due to the pandemic (my job has been shut down since March - I'm barely maintaining off of less than $200/week in unemployment funds, which pretty much all goes to bills and mortgage) and Prince George's County reverting to Phase 1 as far as COVID goes, we don't have much of a choice in this situation but to ask for help. I'm not really sure how much any of this will cost so the goal is really a random estimate of what a possible roof repair (because that's the only logical place the water could be getting in from) and the extermination would cost, but all donations are appreciated. If you know me, you know that I hate asking for help, so to be at this point - it hurts. But I do appreciate anyone that takes the time out to read this and is able to contribute.
Throughout this year, me and my family's house has gone through numerous issues. A burst water pipe in the basement burst, which ended up costing $1200 to fix, along with having to have a new sump pump installed (included in aforementioned cost), followed by an $800 water bill that had to be paid due to the water "used" during the pipe break. We paid for that and it was handled. Not long after, the local government had a new mayor elected, who determined that our sump pump pipe was routed incorrectly and was against city codes. We had to pay another $750 to have that corrected. Over the summer, one of the bedrooms (mine, specfically) had an unexpected infestation of wasps. Since we couldn't afford to have someone come out to handle that, I basically just had to tough it out and kill the wasps as they appeared. They eventually stopped showing around the end of September, so we thought that issue was handled.
Fast forward to today. We went to our basement (which is pretty much unused aside from storage) because we heard dripping. Turns out there's water dripping from the bottom of the bar. Problem is, there's no sink or pipes connected to that bar, which means the water is connected to the fact that it's raining outside currently. Which means, water is somehow getting into the house and we'd need someone to check out how that's possible and have it repaired. Added on to that, as we investigated the water, we noticed 3 very large black wasps in the basement as well. Way larger than the ones we saw during the summer. That means we'd absolutely need to have someone come out and have those exterminated.
At this point, with no one able to work due to the pandemic (my job has been shut down since March - I'm barely maintaining off of less than $200/week in unemployment funds, which pretty much all goes to bills and mortgage) and Prince George's County reverting to Phase 1 as far as COVID goes, we don't have much of a choice in this situation but to ask for help. I'm not really sure how much any of this will cost so the goal is really a random estimate of what a possible roof repair (because that's the only logical place the water could be getting in from) and the extermination would cost, but all donations are appreciated. If you know me, you know that I hate asking for help, so to be at this point - it hurts. But I do appreciate anyone that takes the time out to read this and is able to contribute.