LIFE UPDATE: Severe flooding and damage to our house.
a year ago
Hello FA pals and watchers!
Over the past month me and my family have been dealing with leaking in the kitchen ceiling/bathroom floor which caused multiple instances of further disrepair in the house. Cut to over this weekend the entire kitchen ceiling plastering fell through entirely and caused damage to the kitchen and was super unsightly and hard to deal with.
We were only just able to get an assessor from our insurance company out today (26th of june 2024) to assess the water content in the wood and surrounding structure caused by the leak in the bathroom floor/kitchen ceiling and basically the whole thing is completely ruined and fucked beyond repair so now it needs to be rebuilt entirely.
We cannot even have work done until all the boards and supports have completely dried out in a few weeks time, and once they have my family and I will likely have to find temporary accommodation (which will also be paid out by insurance) so for the next couple of weeks we have to put up with a partially dismantled bathroom until we're ready to move out: Not only that but we may need to be away from the house for months while work is being completed.
This is a scary and worrying situation and my family are just doing what they can now so it doesn't get worse. I myself am continuing work on commissions both 2D and 3D during this time as normal and I plan to continue once I move out to temporary accomidation as I'm taking my wacom cintiq with me to wherever we end up going.
One thing I may ask for in this situation is: I need people to interact with me and check up on me either online or face to face, I think its important that I stay sociable and stable during this situation.
I have made twitter threads about the situation here:
https://x.com/argentdraws/status/18.....50947540509090
and here
https://x.com/argentdraws/status/18.....62197111439585
Over the past month me and my family have been dealing with leaking in the kitchen ceiling/bathroom floor which caused multiple instances of further disrepair in the house. Cut to over this weekend the entire kitchen ceiling plastering fell through entirely and caused damage to the kitchen and was super unsightly and hard to deal with.
We were only just able to get an assessor from our insurance company out today (26th of june 2024) to assess the water content in the wood and surrounding structure caused by the leak in the bathroom floor/kitchen ceiling and basically the whole thing is completely ruined and fucked beyond repair so now it needs to be rebuilt entirely.
We cannot even have work done until all the boards and supports have completely dried out in a few weeks time, and once they have my family and I will likely have to find temporary accommodation (which will also be paid out by insurance) so for the next couple of weeks we have to put up with a partially dismantled bathroom until we're ready to move out: Not only that but we may need to be away from the house for months while work is being completed.
This is a scary and worrying situation and my family are just doing what they can now so it doesn't get worse. I myself am continuing work on commissions both 2D and 3D during this time as normal and I plan to continue once I move out to temporary accomidation as I'm taking my wacom cintiq with me to wherever we end up going.
One thing I may ask for in this situation is: I need people to interact with me and check up on me either online or face to face, I think its important that I stay sociable and stable during this situation.
I have made twitter threads about the situation here:
https://x.com/argentdraws/status/18.....50947540509090
and here
https://x.com/argentdraws/status/18.....62197111439585

Shennanigma
~10eleven
That sounds simply miserable to go through. I'm glad you and your family are all right, and I hope you get the recovery you need.

ArgentDraws
~argentstar
OP
Hey sorry been a bit checked out, thank you! we're managing as far as I know, just still uncertain at the moment.

Shennanigma
~10eleven
Aye. Life gets in the way, as it does.