Dude, you didn't waste my time. I see this, you worked hard at the problem, and learned a valuable thing. Now I am betting, you will always check that issue when a problem pops up.
Kudos cOre, as for elf - did you read the thread and go through all the steps that cOre did?
West of House
You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door.
There is a small mailbox here.