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Kap is a Korean immigrant who bought a farm near Unionville.
He works as a Minisink bus driver. He gave a
contractor $27,000 to fix up the farmhouse on the property.
The contractor did almost nothing and then
ran off with the money. Kap then rented out a barn on
the property. When he asked to have the use of the
barn back and the renter refused, he started eviction
proceeding against the the renter. So the renter
switched the electrical lines from the barn to the house
from 110 voltage to 220 voltage (the electricity comes into
the barn first) and fried all the wiring from the barn into
the house along with all the appliances!
While others work out those issues, the ERT (Emergency
Response Team) is going to try and help get the house back
to living condition so the family can move back in the
house.
Below you can see pictures of the house along with some of
the ERT members.
If
you can help, contact:
Sue Maney-Eggleton at
a1svc77@yahoo.com
you can make a
donation
for the cause
by pressing the donate button
at the top of the home page.
Subject: "Kap's House" - Status Report - 33 volunteers!
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Hey Jeff,
Today was truly a miraculous day. I have to go over the numbers
and the receipts from today, but I believe we have somehow
managed to come in within budget. We had a ton of volunteers
working at Kap's House, 33 in all, and we accomplished the following:
The pipe and wire to connect the main power source from the barn to
the home (approximately 600') was run and installed. (This was no
easy task - the extremely thick cable/wire had to be pulled through
the pipe and up the hill from the house to the barn. This team
hustled.) I believe it is ready for inspection.
Hot and cold running water were restored to the kitchen, with the
use of the generator until the inspection is done. The family's
dishwasher was also reinstalled and is operating. The cooking stove
was delivered. A refrigerator was donated and is waiting for the
ERT to o.k. it to be delivered. The family is using their small,
dorm type, fridge in the meantime. A temporary counter, with the
kitchen sink, was installed until we obtain permanent cabinets and
counter-tops. The existing washing machine will be hooked up tomorrow,
I believe. It was like "Extreme Makeover - Presbyterian Edition"
when the Lowe's truck and deliverymen arrived.
Running water was restored to their bathroom. The bathroom was
cleaned and sanitized. The bathroom floor could use one more scrub.
Most of the kitchen and a good part of the living room were washed
down. We are going to hold off on painting the kitchen. We will
focus on painting the living room. This will most likely start
tomorrow. We are also looking into a wood stove.
The electrical lines were run properly to the upstairs, outlets,
light switches and light fixtures were installed along with
insulation and Sheetrock.
The kitchen floor tile and the living room carpet squares (because
it is to be installed on concrete) are there and we have volunteers
ready to work on that Monday and/or Wednesday and/or Friday of this
week, after 5:30 p.m.
There are a few other odds and ends to be done (cleaning up the dust
and debris upstairs - which was bad before we started there), but I
believe the family was quite happy with what we had done so far,
especially their two children. They will be extremely elated when
they see the finished product. I have no doubt.
A smaller crew will be there to do what they can for a few hours
tomorrow and we will be arranging another weekend day for this project.
Also, it was kind of cool because the family told us to do what we
needed to do, left for the day and said they would be back at 4
p.m. When they returned, all 4 of them started to pitch in and help!!!
There are no words to describe how well this went today. Everyone
worked like they were a well-oiled machine, and as if they had been
working together for quite some time. It was truly a sight to see.
There were 33 volunteers all actively involved.
Definitely Making a Difference,
Sue Maney-Eggleton
E.R.T. Coordinator
click here for
video of
Kap House repairs
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