BONNEVILLE COUNTY - A local family's home is gutted by a fire and almost a year later the house is still not ready for them to move back in.

Eyewitness News first brought you the story of this house fire last September.

On Sunday, it'll be a year since the fire. But because the house is still in an early re-build condition the insurance company is refusing to release the rest of the insurance money. That means the Kreuger's have to find a way to finish fixing the bare walls.

Mari Krueger walks through her empty home.

"Rick: So what's it like to walk through the house now like this, its just bare?
Mari: Its ghostly, its haunting, its hard you know? I just feel a sick feeling in my gut every time I walk up here and see this."

"After a while it just starts to dwindle your spirit," says Krueger.

For this family, its been a long while, their house caught fire on Labor Day weekend last year. The fire started from old wiring in between a bedroom floor and their basement. It left this gaping hole in the floor and smoke damage all through the house. At the time, the Kreugers were hopeful.

"Rick: You guys were really hoping to get back into the house right away.
Mari: Yeah, we were really excited to get back in, get it cleaned up, get it finished."

Now, Mari is ready to give up, according to her, released several thousand dollars to Fire Restoration Specialists, the assigned contractor, to do a certain amount of work. Well, not all of that work was finished.

"This house should be at 60 percent done, but its only at 20 percent, so until you get it to this level, we aren't going to release anymore money," says Krueger.

Fire Restoration Specialists declined to go on camera. But their project manager tells me the Kruegers wanted to make changes to the original plan, which takes extra time. And according to the FRS...Allstate, the Krueger's insurance company was difficult with approving the new plans, and when I called them to get their side, they said no comment.

Those plans, by the way, also need to be approved by Countrywide, the Krugers' mortgage company. And while Countrywide couldn't get too specific, they did issue this statement.

"Due to the pending litigation and to protect personal information of the customer, Countrywide is not in a position to comment on this specific situation."

No matter who is at fault for what is or isn't being done, the house can't have anymore work done. This was posted on the first of the month by the county building inspector. Its an order to stop work.

The order was placed on the home because Bonneville County has not got a request to have an inspection on the work already done.

So, even if the Kruegers get their insurance money, they still have to have county inspections.