carpet

we've been waiting about a year for the landlord to get carpet replaced in the basement. we have a large family room in the basement that is unusable. *honestly, there's also a bedroom that we shouldn't be using either.*

last july, we had a huge rainstorm come through that caused some flooding all over the city. (i forgot to make an entry about that) it was a grand time! kids playing in rivers in the streets, college kids floating and boating in the rivers in the streets. and then everyone was told that the drain systems overflowed, and there had been sewage in the roads (apparently, the drainage and sewage are not separated...).

anyway, this storm put a small waterfall into our basement family room. i was positive that i'd gotten it all cleaned up. i was wrong. we pulled up the edges of the carpet, and the paneling away from the wall, and discovered mold. we informed the landlord, and he told us that as long as it was dry, there was no problem. (what?! mold causes huge health issues!) he agreed to replace the moldy carpet, and let us repaint the room. we refused to put the moldy paneling back on the walls, and attempted to match the texturing instead (it kind of worked).

in the last week, we have discovered that the front bedroom in the basement has damp and smelly carpet.

we have gotten all the painting done, and the new baseboard installed. we are just waiting on the carpet. shaun was told that carpet was ordered. that was almost 2 weeks ago, and we haven't heard anything else. shaun called the carpet place to see if we could get an estimate on when we could expect to get it installed. they have no record of carpet being ordered (are you kidding me!?) we have just about reached the extent of our patience. so much that we have started looking at available housing. right now, there isn't a whole lot. another problem is funds...