If only our lives were a movie. We have decided we are living in the money pit. I know everyone has problems and snags in home ownership, but I think that we have enough for everyone. Enough to make me want to sit down on the floor and cry.
There are things I WANT to do to my house. There are things that you HAVE to do.
Ours we have HAD to do.
In the last year: The furnace and air conditioner had to be replaced. Two months later... the water heater burst and had to be replaced. The kitchen cabinet shelf fell out of the cabinet (many bottles went tumbling down) and then a cabinet door actually cracked and fell off. WHAT? Yes. Luckily our friend Mark fixed it and you can not tell. Then the kitchen faucet went bad, the half bath sink and toilet leak and need replacing. The over the stove microwave died and had to be replaced. AND this weekend a pipe shot JETS of water into the basement. FABULOUS.
So we had to shop vac the carpet and pull it up to let it dry. Now a plumber needs to come out and fix that JET shooting pipe.
OH and did I mention that I have a $700 repair to my new car b/c the air conditioner doesn't work? Yeah.
WHATEVER.
My advice. Buy a house built within the decade or live in apartment.
6 comments:
Holy crap!
First of all, Angel's been dragging butt on keeping me updated with pics of the kiddies. She used to be good about it. You might need to reprimand her. The last pics I saw of Lilly were newborn, and now she looks like she's practically ready to start dating (hehe...have fun, Jason).
Ok, and a marathon? Are you freakin crazy? That's all on that subject.
Can you believe Angel has a masters degree now? Whooda thunk it just a short decade ago? Oy vey.
I just got fussed at by Tim for not updating my blog. Blech. You are too good at updating this one. You make me feel lazy!
Smack your hubby upside the head for me - I'm sure he deserves it for one reason or another - and have another glass of wine. I mean, why not, right?
House issues suck. Sorry you are dealing with it. Buy a house that is a hundred years old. Without all the new fangled ammenities - not much can go wrong :)
Our list is long too...
I feel your pain. When we moved into our home (built in 1961) we were told that everything was fine, the basement has never leaked.... yeah right. Our basement flooded after a big rain and we had to evacuate our bedroom at 1:00 a.m. The carpet was ruined and we were up all night shop vacing the floors. Then Marty and my dad had to install a french drain system to keep it from happening again (this involves digging trenches in your yard - and in early spring which makes it hard). This was 1.5 years ago. We are finally replacing the carpet this Friday. Up until now it has been carpeted with 5x7 rugs from OTP.
We also just had to replace the HVAC unit as it was 17 years old and quit blowing cold air. Additionally, our old refrigerator's water line for the ancient ice maker leaked into our basement ruining the ceiling tile in our bedroom and part of the family room and resulted in Marty chopping a hole in the bathroom ceiling.Did I also mention that our bathtub leaked? Everytime the boys let a drip of water out of the tub it would drip into our bathroom closet.
We need to get together and commisserate over wine..... This makes me feel like I am not alone. That we are normal.
IT is good to hear that we aren't the only ones. I was beginning to believe we were cursed, or maybe it's that you are cursed too.
Or maybe that is home ownership?
which is why perhaps apartment living would be better :)
Marty and I are already in agreement that when the kids move out we are headed for Condo City. Forget yard work and repairs. I am ready for an on-duty maintenance man and the end of landscaping the yard!
Oh - and that sucks about the Ac in the car. Maybe Jason can talk to Marty and convince him to get the AC fixed in his car too. I had to drive it to Summerfair this weekend (it gets better gas mileage) and almost passed out from the heat.
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