Rottenwood creek marietta ga basin5/17/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() I’m sick and tired of talking and thinking about the cost of the repairs. I’m absolutely tired of waking up every day depressed by the situation. Meanwhile the retention pond at Sewell Mill Library continues to drain through my property via this creek. It’s another $12,000 just to shore up the foundation till we can sort out what to do about the cracked pipe and sinkhole. We're having to pay $7200 for someone to look at the pipe and draw up plans on the repair.Įvery time it rains the hole continues to grow in size and is now less than ten inches away from the foundation of our house. For example, they won't even inspect the pipe. It's ridiculous that the county is hiding behind poor record keeping and refuses to assist. I have no clue how we could even maintain it as neither opening is on our property. It was never disclosed to us when we purchased the home last year that we would be responsible for a 121’ foot long 4.5’ diameter sewer pipe that runs the full length of our property. In order to do this, we will need to remove our back deck and patio, which is another ~$40k to remove and replace. Speaking with civil engineers all of them are agreeing we need to replace the full pipe due to the age. From my understanding FEMA wouldn't even pay for the repair because it's not livable space, so that's a mote point. The county dropped the ball getting any type of FEMA support. We are on the hook for $250k-$500k in repairs and this is something no insurance will ever pay for. Needless to say, the county has come back and refuses to help because the plat doesn't clearly state "pipe" and we must have put the pipe in ourselves. This was amended in 1977 to include our three homes with an easement clearly labeled and stating all creeks, easements, and drains were the property of the county. Our property and our neighbors on either side of us were never originally on the plat for the Weatherstone neighborhood. Our home was built in the late 70's and included an easement to allow a small creek that starts up by Sewell Mill Library to run underneath our property. It wasn't till the next day did we really see what the true damage was. Unfortunately, that's not the real problem. We have since purchased flood insurance and take full ownership of these repairs. We did not have flood insurance because we weren't in a flood zone. We had to replace the furnace, fix the hot water heater, remove dry wall and carpeting, and clean out about 2" of mud from every corner of the basement. We had over 3 feet of water in our walk out basement and the backyard was destroyed. On Sept 7 a massive storm came through my area causing a flash flood to occur. ![]()
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