The last few days have been ROUGH for us as homeowners. We just moved into our house in December so we have been dealing with a lot of firsts this year. Thursday night a huge group of ants appeared in our kitchen. I mean, they were ALL OVER the kitchen and we are VERY clean people so this came out of nowhere. On Saturday we noticed mold in our (newly remodeled) basement, and then yesterday both our basement bathroom ejector pump and our water softener broke and our basement flooded. The plumber was supposed to come out this morning but couldn't because we had no power. And it's only Tuesday!! I really just needed to vent about it. Everything is now being worked on and taken care of, but of course it's an expense we weren't expecting.
Any issues with your homes lately? Stuff that happened when you were first-time homeowners? Sigh.
Re: Homeowner Vent!
Uggh I'm so sorry you are dealing with that!!
I swear it happens to all of us. My first house (I was 25 and single) within 3 months of moving in the roof leaked and needed to be replaced ($5,000) and the furnace died in the middle of New Enlgand winter so that had to be immediately replaced ($5,000). It was a fucking disaster and I had to borrow money from my father since I had spent all my mony on the down payment. I have since sold that house and I STILL owe about $700 on the loan! Can't wait to pay that shit off since I don't even live there anymore.
wow that's a lot all at once. I had my house for almost 8 years and was fortunate to not have any big issues. My parents have had to put on a new roof (no insurance claim), new stove/oven, a/c broke, and fix something else big recently. I keep telling them their house is saying goodbye to them and they need to move
You're all so sweet. And it does help to know everyone goes through this stuff. I mean, I do know that but it's good to hear it from other people!
emmaaa, my FI was like "I wish we had never bought a house!" But I know he's just stressed right now. I really do love it most of the time!
Maggie0829, I was SO thankful nothing bad happened during the winter. Fingers crossed it never does! That does not sound like fun.
novella1186, I am sorry about your crappy landlord! My sister rents and has had some frustrating landlords and I always get so mad on her behalf. I'm glad you guys have been able to fix some of it yourselves even though you shouldn't have to!
Oh no! I hope it gets fixed quickly for you!
luckily we havent had many problems. We were the first to move in on our block (new build), but our neighbors moved in the same day. They have had so many issues. Their washing machine (2nd floor) leaked, so they had to re-do their ceiling on the main floor. Their fridge was installed incorrectly and also leaked, so they had to re-do their flooring. Luckily all covered by the warranty, but still so crappy. They had to stay with a friend while they were re-doing everything =\