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officially homeless now due to fire.
9 years ago
So, had a fire at home this afternoon. Everyone got out safe, but the house is damaged and the whole place got heavy smoke and steam damage. Tomorrow the cleanup repair and insurance claim process starts. Ugh. Cleanup and repair will take months, plus whatever delays the insurance company adds.
Preliminary investigation looks like accidental. Dad was burning some household trash in the basement and the fire got out of the fireplace into the stuff piled in the room. Basement has heavy fire damage to one end of the house, and some structural damage to the floor joists above on that side. Smoke, steam and heat got through the entire rest of the house. Pulled the important stuff out after the fire. Some clothes to wear, insurance papers, medications and the silverware. Got a compliment for the investigating police officer on the safe storage of my firearms and ammo when we sloshed through the basement to retrieve them .
Parents are gonna have to move into some kind of elder care facility right away. Staying in the nieces bedroom at my brothers house while she is away at college is a very short term solution. Parents have been wanting to stay at home as long as possible, but that is now no longer available. Time to choose one and move in.
Typing this from the couch at my brothers house. But I need a place to live starting soon. Insurance company will pay for hotel for short time, but I expect that will cut into the total payout, so it's time for me to find a place to live. Anyone in the boston area have a room to rent? Preference is for the canton mass area, closer to work. Not that I'll be doing much more than washing up and sleeping there. Non smoker and allergic to cats and dogs, so needs to not have them inside. No matter how much I like the purrs. A fannish or furry place would be nice to share with a few.others. I have a good job and can pay a reasonable rent, but I'm not rich.
Not a happy camper, but it could have been far far worse.
Preliminary investigation looks like accidental. Dad was burning some household trash in the basement and the fire got out of the fireplace into the stuff piled in the room. Basement has heavy fire damage to one end of the house, and some structural damage to the floor joists above on that side. Smoke, steam and heat got through the entire rest of the house. Pulled the important stuff out after the fire. Some clothes to wear, insurance papers, medications and the silverware. Got a compliment for the investigating police officer on the safe storage of my firearms and ammo when we sloshed through the basement to retrieve them .
Parents are gonna have to move into some kind of elder care facility right away. Staying in the nieces bedroom at my brothers house while she is away at college is a very short term solution. Parents have been wanting to stay at home as long as possible, but that is now no longer available. Time to choose one and move in.
Typing this from the couch at my brothers house. But I need a place to live starting soon. Insurance company will pay for hotel for short time, but I expect that will cut into the total payout, so it's time for me to find a place to live. Anyone in the boston area have a room to rent? Preference is for the canton mass area, closer to work. Not that I'll be doing much more than washing up and sleeping there. Non smoker and allergic to cats and dogs, so needs to not have them inside. No matter how much I like the purrs. A fannish or furry place would be nice to share with a few.others. I have a good job and can pay a reasonable rent, but I'm not rich.
Not a happy camper, but it could have been far far worse.
That's a hard way to get rid of stuff.
I wish I could offer some help, but I'm nowhere near Mass. I hope that everything works out. <3
Going to hotel tomorrow. Insurance will cover that until a longer term thing can be found.
It's exhausting. I hope you can put out a call to friends and relatives in the area (or other friends of your family) to help with some of the salvage (salvaging personal items and sorting through the debris is another activity that will just sap your soul.)