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loveislouder · July 2014

I know I do a lot of ranting, but you guys are just so easy to rant to.

We bought a house, took possession in April and moved in at the beginning of May after we painted and did some minor renovations.

Well... since then, our basement has had water in it (it's not finished, basically just storage but STILL), the wires to our alarm system's wires were cut, the plug for the drain doesn't push down anymore, and this morning I went to grab something out of the freezer for dinner and my fridge died. All our food is no good

So I'm going to go cry and eat melty ice cream.

sarawifenow · July 2014

Ugh I'm sorry! This sucks. Deep breaths!

climbingsingle · July 2014

That sucks!! I'm sorry.

beachyone15 · July 2014

I'm sorry

Good call on not wasting the ice cream!

wandajune6 · July 2014

That stinks. I'm sorry.

I bought a place years ago and had similar experience. The inspector gave the roof 2 years, it started leaking within 2 months. The fridge and boiler died within the first 4 months. Our basement took on water, killing the dryer we had just purchased within the first few months. It was just shit storm after shit storm.

(I bought a 2 flat with my sister when we were young, stupid, and she had never lived alone. It's a hell of a lot worse going through it with an irresponsible sibling rather than an FI or H.)

Then it stopped. After a while, most of the shit that can go wrong has gone already. Or, if it's the kind of thing that happens repeatedly, you'll know how to handle it. Talk to the neighbors too- they might have dealt with some of the issues. For instance, we learned that one set of neighbors was known for nasty gutters and not rooting their pipes to the sewers, increasing our likelihood of flooding. That helped us be better prepared when there are storms- and be better about how we stored stuff in the basement.

Endless blathering aside, it gets better. I promise!

loveislouder · July 2014

Thanks guys. I just had a talk with FMIL and she said that she'd take FI shopping for a fridge once he gets off work, and if we need to borrow the money she'd lend it to us. It just sucks that everything popped up at once, including my car insurance, his car insurance, our property taxes and our house insurance. We've already spent 7 grand this month, we don't exactly have the money for a fridge lol

As I'm like, bawling into the phone about my ice cream melting she just started laughign at me and said "you know what girlie, now that everything has broken and been replaced, you won't need to do anything for a long time." And then I smiled.

KeptInStitches · July 2014

scribe95 said:

Did you get a home inspection? I doubt it's the first time the basement has leaked. That should have been apparent and dealt with.

The other stuff just sounds like the joys of home ownership. Sorry.

It can happen. FI and I just bought a home and had water in the basement where the previous owners didn't claim any had been there before, we'd had a home inspection, and it had rained shortly before closing and we didn't find any water down there. As it turns out, what happened was the gutters were so plugged they weren't working. Not everything shows up on home inspection.

loveislouder · July 2014

That's what happened essentially. We had it inspected, nothing showed up, but then as the snow melted there was water because of the bitterly cold winter, the cement cracked a little. Urg.

Maggie0829 · July 2014

Ah the joys of home ownership!

cupcait927 · July 2014

loveislouder said:

That's what happened essentially. We had it inspected, nothing showed up, but then as the snow melted there was water because of the bitterly cold winter, the cement cracked a little. Urg.

Your situation with your basement is what happened with our roof. Had the house inspected on January 2. We were told that the chimney would need flashing at some point (idiot never did that before putting up the beautiful cultured stone around it). But, it didn't appear that there was any damage. Fast forward to April. FI and I had been in the house for all of two weeks when he notices a mushroom growing out of our ceiling. All the snow melting and rain from the season change was going straight down our chimney and had been for years. Turns out the previous owners knew about it and just slapped up some new drywall so we wouldn't notice during the inspection (our theory anyway). Rip down the drywal and we have extensive water damage in our wall and all the support beams. $1100 to put flashing in, fix the roof around the chimey, new beams and drywall. On top of a myriad of other home issues. Long story short - home inspections do NOT reveal a lot of issues.

TK ate my paragraphs.

AddieCake · July 2014

Yuck!

jenna8984 · July 2014

@wandajune6 Exact same thing happened to me! The inspector said well I can't tell how old the roof and furnace are but I'd say you have 3 good years in them.....they both needed to be replaced after 3 months! It was a stressful disaster but things have been pretty good since then.

Good luck, OP and now you'll have a beautiful new fridge that will probably be way colder and more energy efficient!

photokitty · July 2014

Did you get a home warranty?

Mine came with one that would cover most of those things.

I continued to pay for it for the following 3 years - was totally worth it...homes are expensive, yo!

loveislouder · July 2014

I don't know if that's an option in our province because it wasn't a new home. It was built in like, 1909 or 1911

CMGragain · July 2014

Houses know when they are being sold. They craftily wait until settlement is final and then they break down. It is deliberate on the part of your house. Naughty!

jenna8984 · July 2014

Yea I could be wrong but I have never heard of a house being more than 5 years old to have a warranty option.

photokitty · July 2014

jenna8984 said:

Yea I could be wrong but I have never heard of a house being more than 5 years old to have a warranty option.

My home was fifty years old when I bought it and the sellers included a home warranty. It was through a private company and coast $400 per year for me to maintain the policy after the first year the sellers paid for.

freebread03 · July 2014

We bought our condo when it was over 5 years old and had a home warranty; like @photokitty, it was a couple hundred dollars a year (our realtor bought it for us for year 1).

Inkdancer · July 2014

photokitty said:

jenna8984 said:

Yea I could be wrong but I have never heard of a house being more than 5 years old to have a warranty option.

My home was fifty years old when I bought it and the sellers included a home warranty. It was through a private company and coast $400 per year for me to maintain the policy after the first year the sellers paid for.

We got a home warranty with the house we just bought, so if anything goes we're covered. It's like insurance, more than a warranty.

jenna8984 · July 2014

photokitty said:

jenna8984 said:

Yea I could be wrong but I have never heard of a house being more than 5 years old to have a warranty option.

My home was fifty years old when I bought it and the sellers included a home warranty. It was through a private company and coast $400 per year for me to maintain the policy after the first year the sellers paid for.

@photokitty Oh that's neat! What kinds of things does it cover? I pay $200 a year for Terminix that way if I ever get a termite infestation or damage they pay for all the repair.

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