houses are impossible

[ams4776]

Just a vent here but old houses are nice but this upkeep ahh! Finally fixed the leaky shower by replacing the whole thing. (Myself no plumber) only now to have my drain pipes totally gushing out a leak! Now i need to replace my drainpipes never done it before. Meanwhile my kids want monkey bars and we need a new swingset (both i plan on building) boy stay at home mom is not easy lol. Okay anyone else have that two steps fwd one (or three) steps back on home repairs?

 

[scratch'n'peck]

arg it is always something right?

 

[ams4776]

Always....and its gotta be fixed cuz selling aint an option. My dh grandpa built the place

 

[GiddyMoon]

Trust me..plenty of new homes have plenty of problems. This is simply part of home ownership..any home. I would choose an old house over a new house anyday.

 

[ams4776]

I wouldn't mind so much if the house were bigger bit we also need to add on. But im always learning something new from all this. When i moved in i had no clue how to build closets and fix stuff. Now i love wood working and can figure out alot of stuff by looking and a bit of readingreading

 

[Carols Clucks]

boy do I feel your pain!

My parents found a house in the 60s that they loved the lot and thought it would be perfect for my aunt and uncle to buy, tear down the house and move to sunny SoCal and have those mature orange trees they wanted.

But then they had a grandchild and decided not to move, by then my dad was in love with the place. It was a BIG stretch for them to buy it instead (with help from Aunt and Uncle) Of course my parents could not afford to tear down the house. The house is probably late 1800's but was built as a caretakers home for a mansion, so looked okay on the outside but inside they saved MONEY. By the mid 50's the people living in it could not stand it anymore and moved in to an old (think I love Lucy and the Long long trailer) art deco trailer in the back yard. They then started renting out rooms to anyone willing to live in the house.

Other than a coat of paint, that is how the house was for about 15 years of us living there (we did not move in the old trailer) My parents did have the electric updated, tore off a couple of porches that were falling off anyway and redo and in the mid 80's a new kitchen (nothing fancy)

Now dad has passed and mom is getting older, at some point I am going to have to move back to take care of her. So I am slowly working on fixing it, but there seems to be next to nothing that does not require work.

But, it has a certain charm and some day this chick wants it to look Home and Gardens cover ready!

Someday

 

[ams4776]

Im hoping the eletric will last a few more yrs. Then we start insulating and drywalling. The kids are to young for that yet. It prob is a great home just needs some lovin that gets quite expensive huh.

 

[Dunkopf]

My DW would love an old Victorian. If she ever gets a Victorian it will be a new faux Victorian. All the cool looks without the prehistoric wiring and plumbing. Not to mention the crumbling foundations and plaster. Technology has come a long way in building a much better product. If you have a newer home with problems it's because of who built it. The technology for a far superior house is there. Contractors suffer from greed just like everyone. You have to visit the building site at each phase and be sure they aren't taking short cuts.

To the OP. Enjoy.

 

[sfw2]

I remember hearing stories of my brother's "fixer-upper". The problem with plumbing fixes seems to be that, when you fix one thing, it reveals a weakness elsewhere. Now that your shower's not leaking, all that water has to go somewhere, and is overworking the drain lines.

Bless you for caring enough to take on the projects!

 

[Godsgrl]

Home ownership is a constant to do list of chores. A lady at church was telling me that her parents had to have their roof replaced due to a storm. Just a month later, they had to have a new A/C unit. $$$ Best of luck getting everything fixed.