Well, good heavens -- even if it were truly just "old junk" on your porch, they still have no right to destroy it! At least I hope what they managed to pressure wash (that wasn't actually your house) was not ruined, but salvageable. Don't let 'em get you down!

If you paid them extra for moving things and it is in your contract, then you have two good legs to stand on to make them compensate you for it. I had a contract with the flooring people to move my refrigerator, table back into the kitchen after the floors were put down so that we would not scar them up not having the right equipment. They did and they scarred them up and although it took me a while to get them back out here to redo the area where they dug holes in the new wood flooring, finally we did and it was not only in the contract but written in bold lettering for them to see.

Luckily nothing was runied, more than anything I just felt that my things were being disrespected. They just assumed that if it was out on a porch that it could get wet with no problem. Thing is that my porch stays dry (very deep eaves) and in all but the most gale-force storm it stays very dry.

In the end I was feeling very... looked down upon that we had not yet had the house painted.. we have been working on this house for 6 years and no we have not painted but somehow I ended up feeling at fault and talked down to. I am sure on top of the fact that my left leg quite working this week ( nerve issues) I am feeling more tender.. it just got to me.

Maddiemom