It was a good and bad week for my Jeep

H8ROADS

H8ROADS

Caught the Bug
Well, for the few who have known me for years, this probably comes as no surprise. My luck is about as good as Piginajeep is handsome.

Brown Santa delivered a few Black Friday / Cyber Monday pickups that I am super stoked about getting on the Jeep. Got a Zeon 10-S, a Maximus mounting plate for it, and the EVO skid package. That's the good news - as now I pretty much have the basics to do some stock wheeling for the upcoming year, and that will most likely have to be it for the next year or so...

Found out Tuesday that my house's basement has major (un-disclosed) structural problems that I am on the hook for. After a few days of speaking with lawyers, insurance, structural engineers, and the like......looks like it's going to run in the $20,000 ballpark. I'm very blessed and fortunate that this isn't an insurmountable amount for me to come up with (albeit over a bit of time), but it completely ruins all my plans for lifting and getting my JK to where I wanted next year.

So.... no build thread for me, and stock wheeling it is (for now)! :bummed:
 
Ouch. No good. Sorry to hear.

If I end up redoing my suspension with EVO coilovers I will have a pro comp sitting around!
 
hbkid22 said:
Ouch. No good. Sorry to hear.

If I end up redoing my suspension with EVO coilovers I will have a pro comp sitting around!
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Yeah, does me no good really though unless I can get tires/wheels to go with it. Maybe I'll get lucky and be able to figure it out somehow, but I'm not worried - I'll get there eventually. At least I'll have the essentials so I can do some stock wheeling and bypass the gnarly shit. Something is better than nothing!
 
Sorry to hear.

Remember your Jeep is still a very capable rig and can take you wonderful places just like it is. :beer:
 
branman said:
Sorry to hear.

Remember your Jeep is still a very capable rig and can take you wonderful places just like it is. :beer:
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Oh for sure! I had to wheel my last JK stock for a year or so for a different reason, but money problem all the same.
 
H8ROADS said:
Yeah, does me no good really though unless I can get tires/wheels to go with it. Maybe I'll get lucky and be able to figure it out somehow, but I'm not worried - I'll get there eventually. At least I'll have the essentials so I can do some stock wheeling and bypass the gnarly shit. Something is better than nothing!
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That is true....Hey at least you have skids! I still need to get some on mine....either way it will be fun to get out next summer.
 
I had this same type of scenario when we bought our house, and we're basically lied to about the water issues in our basement. Hope it costs u less than u think!
 
It was John Lennon who said, "Life's what happens while you're busy making other plans." He must have owned a stock JK like us. All the best working your way out.:yup:
 
rinkishjk said:
I had this same type of scenario when we bought our house, and we're basically lied to about the water issues in our basement. Hope it costs u less than u think!
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I wish - just got the first quote. $19,000...and that's without digging. Once excavation starts who knows what we'll find. I'm having a second structural engineer come on Monday for a second opionion...here's to hoping! :beer:

Lesson learned though - this is my first house with a basement. Have a structural engineer inspect before buying next time. The fucked up thing is the last few owners inspections (which I have copies of) nobody knew about this. Basically someone hid the problem a long time ago, and never pulled a permit for the work, so I know someone knew about it but I can't prove who or when so I have no case. An attorney I talked to said it would cost me at least $20,000 just for him to get started and get some depositions and file the suite, so he recommended I just fix it.

Fuck adult life. I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.
 
Damn, that sucks!! Sorry to hear about the house troubles and no kidding about adult life :crazyeyes:
 
Just noticed sassmouth is a structural engineer , maybe he could answer some questions for you?
 
H8ROADS said:
I wish - just got the first quote. $19,000...and that's without digging. Once excavation starts who knows what we'll find. I'm having a second structural engineer come on Monday for a second opionion...here's to hoping! :beer:

Lesson learned though - this is my first house with a basement. Have a structural engineer inspect before buying next time. The fucked up thing is the last few owners inspections (which I have copies of) nobody knew about this. Basically someone hid the problem a long time ago, and never pulled a permit for the work, so I know someone knew about it but I can't prove who or when so I have no case. An attorney I talked to said it would cost me at least $20,000 just for him to get started and get some depositions and file the suite, so he recommended I just fix it.

Fuck adult life. I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.
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Bummer about the house, shouldn't insurance cover some of the costs?:thinking:

you should start a not building thread and just post pics of all the places ya get to in stock form. :thumb::thumb:
 
piginajeep said:
Where's the picture of the little rock you got stuck on??
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Ha! I'm sure it's somewhere on the internet.

HILLZ said:
Bummer about the house, shouldn't insurance cover some of the costs?:thinking:

you should start a not building thread and just post pics of all the places ya get to in stock form. :thumb::thumb:
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I wish - but unfortunately insurance rarely covers this kind of stuff...earth movement isn't usually covered. It's only things like hail/wind/fire that gets covered. Earthquakes and floods require separate policies, and other earth movement isn't covered.
 
Dude. Sucks but shit happens. Hope it works out. In the northeast most houses have basements so we are used to it but I have seen some suspect shit done with home inspections. Definitely get multiple estimates. Good lick
 
H8ROADS said:
Earthquakes and floods require separate policies, and other earth movement isn't covered.
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Yep. I have had a few earthquake cases. Most homeowner earthquake policies have a soils exclusion. The insurance companies then take the position that the poorly compacted soil, as opposed to the earthquake, caused damage to the home.

Insurance companies suck and rarely step up to the plate and cover structural issues. They blame it on the actual construction and/or the soil compaction.
 
Sharkey said:
Yep. I have had a few earthquake cases. Most homeowner earthquake policies have a soils exclusion. The insurance companies then take the position that the poorly compacted soil, as opposed to the earthquake, caused damage to the home.

Insurance companies suck and rarely step up to the plate and cover structural issues. They blame it on the actual construction and/or the soil compaction.
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And is why a lot of homes were destroyed by fire after northridge......

Insurance companies suck

Sucks OP wish you the best.
 
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I feel your pain. My $20,000 estimate for structural repair blossomed to $40,000 thanks to hurricane Katrina and rising costs of materials.
I actually got to plan my "dream garage" for 2 days until I got the news.
 
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