10/12: Hey Everyone, sorry for the wait on updates. We are ending our third week in the hotel. No luck with an apartment as Allstate thinks we'll be out before the minimum three month lease. So, that sucked but it also means we might be back home by the beginning of December.

Servpro has been great and so has CRE the specialty cleaning company. We had some issues with Allstate's adjuster on contents but we ran that up the flag pole and I talked to two regional directors last weekend so I think we'll be good there.

It looks like the cleaning piece will be complete in a week or so then we need to make sure the cabinets that are being replaced will match and get to painting.

Kitchen cabinets down in the corner of the kitchen:


Soot covering the motor area on top of the fridge:


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