Since the closing on the Double Hovel flip house(s) on June 9, we still have not received our water bill deposit money for both accounts. Hick thinks the abstract company gave the buyer credit for the water bills, but did not actually pay them to the city. So we paid the bills, but also paid the buyer that money out of our closing total. I do not like this abstract company, and much prefer the one we have used for out other sales/purchases.
Anyhoo... I sent Hick to city hall to dispute the accounts, because we got a FINAL BILL for the Beauty Shop, but not one for the main house. Also, the FINAL BILL showed an amount of $0.00 due, and an amount of $32.26 next to "DP." I asked Hick what that meant, and he said he thought it meant they took $32.26 out of the deposit that we are due. I guess that makes sense. We know there was a partial month due at each house, for the time between the last bill and the closing. Yet we received no FINAL BILL for the main house.
Hick went July 3rd. I told him to make sure he went in the morning. You know how little people want to actually WORK on the day before a 3-day weekend! Hick was armed with our closing papers showing that we had "given" the buyer the amount of the water bill, and had the date showing we no longer owned the property. He also had the FINAL BILL for the Beauty Shop, so he could ask about the DP code. And the receipts for when he had paid the $125 on each house (in cash) when he started water service for them.
Well. That was a waste of time.
"That girl was really nice, but she didn't know nothin'! She said the lady who handles it wasn't there. That she is the one who sends out checks to return the deposit. So I'll just have to wait, because she mails them."
On July 15th, I told Hick me might need to go back to city hall, because we had STILL not received our deposits, after five weeks since service was stopped. And we had never gotten a FINAL BILL on the main house. Which I kind of need for our records at tax time.
"Oh, I think I saw something in the mail today from the city."
To be continued...
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