So, yesterday morning I noticed that there was a LOT of water pouring down my driveway into my yard. I mean a LOT of water.
I called the City of Horseshoe Bay, but they weren't able to get someone out to look at the problem until late in the afternoon. When the guy did finally get here, he told me that the problem was on my side of the meter, so I'd have to hire someone to fix it.
I called a plumber who came out at about 5:30 or so in the evening and fixed it. He showed me exactly where the break was, and why it was likely to break again in a few years (because the builder installed the pipes incorrectly in the first place ....).
Now, this is not the story, this is just the introduction ... it gets ever so much sillier.
There is a lovely couple (Stacey and Travis) who are building their new home more or less next to mine. Today I notice that they are at the head of the driveway of my house talking to their builder. I'm curious, so I walk up the hill to find out what's up.
It turns out that no one knows where their water meter is located ... they think it might be in front of my house, but no one knows for sure. As it happened, there was a break in the sewer line in front of their house, so the same guy from the City of HSB was over there ... so I collared him and asked him where the water meter was for their house.
Sure enough, rather than locate it close to their house, their water meter is located in front of my house ... and this is where it starts to get silly .... on the far side of my driveway. And, did anyone ever think to put a chase pipe under my driveway?? Of course not.
Now, for some unknown reason, they located Stacey and Travis's electrical meter on the far side of another neighbor's driveway ... so they already had to tear out that neighbor's driveway in order to run a chase under there and put in the electrical. But .... rather than put the water meter in at that location ... since they had already torn up that driveway ... they put the water meter waaaay over on the other side of my driveway ... and now they will have to tear up my driveway.
Ah well .... the developer is an idiot, pure and simple.
The sad thing is .... if I had known, I could have let them put something in around the time I was digging my secret trench. I did let Stacey and Travis's builder know about that (he promised not to blab) so that when they dig their ditch (to put in the water pipes) they don't accidentally mess my project up.
Really .... what kind of a moronic developer subdivides for houses and then doesn't put in access for electrical and water?? Especially for large lots??
