The trials of a new house

We are enjoying our new house.  It is bigger than our rental and even a little bigger than our previous house in Albany.  More than that, though, it is laid out very, very well for the way we live.  The kitchen, breakfast nook, and family room are really just one big room with a fireplace.  There is room for a couple of sofas and a big coffee table and the old dining room table that we are now using as our breakfast nook table with a ton of room left over for we do not yet know what.  The laundry room is just off the kitchen so the kids can do their homeschool there while Lorena is working in the kitchen.  It would all be quite idyllic right now if we were not going through what I suppose is the new house blues.

First the hot-water heater did not produce enough hot water.  We got that fixed, then found that no water was flowing through the new dishwasher.  The electricity worked, so we had the plumber out to check whether the water was getting to the input like it was supposed to.  The water was there.  The only thing that was left was the dishwasher itself.  It is similar to the model we had in Oregon that we really liked, but actually a little higher end model–one of those really quiet Bosch jobs.

The builder was supposed to have all this installed and working, but he obviously did not.  We called him and he pretty much washed his hands of the deal.  We could have fought with him to get it done right, but I got to thinking that it would cause less strife and be completed more quickly if I just did it myself, so I called Lowes.  They were great!  I talked to the assistant manager.  He is going to bring out a fresh dishwasher for us today and pick up the old one.  I am hoping to get that one up and running this evening.  We have not seen much else that looks like it is a problem, but it is a new house so we are expecting a thing or two as the house gets broken in.