So we moved officially three months ago now. We have had an odor ever since we moved in but hadn’t known why. The wind would blow just right that we would get a whiff of something nasty. Now we remember this occurring since we very first moved in considering my son’s birthday was a week after we moved, and while we sat on the back porch for dinner, the smell was very potent. Here we are three months later and the smell was a leaky sewer pipe. It wasn’t from our actual sewer though; it was all kitchen disposal garbage that has been down there for several months cooking. Our homeowner’s policy wouldn’t touch it because it has been a gradual growth not a quick broken pipe. After getting quotes from three different companies I decided the theme was the same; this must have been ongoing for quite some time and I decided I would call the gentleman that did our homeowners inspection. Let me say, they weren’t too happy with me, but I felt this was very clear they had missed this leaking pipe. All evidence pointed to this; the smell, water, and three companies telling me so.

They hemmed and hawed about this event as I’m sure they didn’t want to take responsibility, now I finally called the owner of the company as I was unpleasant with the blame of other people rather than just taking responsibility for this mistake. I was very polite but honest with them and simply asked for them to take care of it. I wasn’t out for their money; all I want is a simple fix.

Here we are three weeks later, definitely a long process. Finally today they are here taking care of the issue and now our house smells like a manure pile; literally!!!! It’s so bad, all the doors and windows are open and its pretty cold out. They did tell me that food debris is actually worse than real sewer. I now believe this statement. It’s pretty bad! Luckily we are done with the smell by the end of the day! Now….even worse news…..they said not only is there a TON of spiders down there, they are HUGE, HAIRY and NESTING!!!! GROSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fury, creepy crawlers are my worst nightmare. I have an abnormal fear of spiders, to the point so much so I should seek counseling. They said it was so bad they would actually throw a couple spider bombs under there for us. What is very frustrating is that we have a pest control company we hired when we first moved in to help take care of this issue. I’ve had to call them every couple of weeks to come back out and treat for slugs, spiders, beetles, you name it, we’ve got it. I’m not very happy with their service as we have paid over $400 for a year and have had no success.

(Here is the waste they had to haul out….)

(Here is the pipe with worn through holes…definitely something that occurred over time..)

Needless to say, we are taking action and going to fix a few problems promptly.