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So, that’s how you end up with a $70k doorknob.
Buying a house is a dream come true for many people. It's the ultimate badge of adulthood. The moment you stop throwing away your hard-earned cash on someone else's mortgage. A place to call your own and decorate or renovate whichever way you want.
But what we often aren’t told is that homeownership doesn't just come with pride and joy. It comes with a long list of surprises, hidden costs, lessons and responsibilities that you might not be prepared for. The things that never crossed your mind, nor kept you up at night, when you were a mere renter.
Someone asked, "What’s the one thing about owning a home that no one warned you about?" and fortunately, many people chose not to gatekeep. From endless water problems, to issues with "digging, chewing and burrowing," they shared the big and small dramas they've faced since buying a house.
Bored Panda has put together a list of the best responses, not to scare you away from signing that mortgage, but rather to prepare you for what might be lurking around the corner. Feel free to add your own homeownership nightmares in the comments section below.
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Or if you prefer: “ life uhhhhh finds a way”.
Buying a house is a dream come true for many people. It's the ultimate badge of adulthood. The moment you stop throwing away your hard-earned cash on someone else's mortgage. A place to call your own and decorate or renovate whichever way you want.
But what we often aren’t told is that homeownership doesn't just come with pride and joy. It comes with a long list of surprises, hidden costs, lessons and responsibilities that you might not be prepared for. The things that never crossed your mind, nor kept you up at night, when you were a mere renter.
Someone asked, "What’s the one thing about owning a home that no one warned you about?" and fortunately, many people chose not to gatekeep. From endless water problems, to issues with "digging, chewing and burrowing," they shared the big and small dramas they've faced since buying a house.
Bored Panda has put together a list of the best responses, not to scare you away from signing that mortgage, but rather to prepare you for what might be lurking around the corner. Feel free to add your own homeownership nightmares in the comments section below.
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HarmonicasAndHisses:
Last night a raccoon broke into my completely enclosed vegetable garden. On the Ring cam, I watched this fat demon rip open my mesh fence with his [jerk] raccoon hands, trounce all over my radishes for funzees, then dig up all the carrots trying to figure out how to escape. He finally settled on simply tearing apart a second part of the mesh. He didn’t even eat anything, he just wanted to destroy!
Lotan:
We bought a beautiful house that’s in the woods. I always say, “The thing about living in the woods is that everything in the woods wants to live with you.”
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Now 20 years later the kids have moved out and no young families have moved in. It's all old people. Like me I suppose.
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The other thing I was oblivious to is how much WATER WANTS TO DESTROY MY HOUSE. A spring thunderstorm used to be relaxing. No longer.
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I wanted to fence in our front yard because we have small dogs.
That translated to navigating a maze of city websites and ordinances to learn it could be no more than 3.5’ and the spacing between slats had to be a certain width, etc.
Then, I had to draw it on a map of our plot and submit it for approval.
Which required a fee, of course.
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Not five minutes after sitting down, we heard a huge crash, and lots of small crashes from our garage. Ran out to find that a 12 foot wire rack tore its bolts out of the concrete wall and fell to the ground, with everything we had on it.
This is a prime example of home ownership. You're never finished.
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Also, don't use your insurance unless you really have to. We had 2 water damage claims in less than 5 years and our insurance dropped us for using the service we pay for too much. The first claim could have just been a plumber call and been the same as our deductible, but it was a claim because we didn't know we would get cancelled. The second one was needed. We ended up having to redo one of the bathrooms, new tub, subfloor, floor, vanity. But if we didn't have the first one we wouldn't have been dropped. Now our insurance is like triple because we are high risk.
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1. Heater started to go. Hm. Better look into that.
2. Heater broken. Btw, your central air isn’t rated to a house this size. You’re going to fry in the summer. (It was true. I thought it was me not knowing how to use it correctly.)
3. Energy efficiency tests needed to be done to get state rebates for the work.
4. Nothing in the basement is sealed properly.
5. During sealing, discovered French drains aren’t working, neither is sump pump. Basement demo!
6. Btw, the insulation that was in the attic and the finished part of the basement is the wrong kind and needs waterproofing and replacing. Basement Reno!
7. Window in the bathroom rotted off the wall. Probably mold back there. Bathroom Reno!
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Many of these can be mitigated by inspection, replacement, quality work and quality materials.
So, no, you're not alone. Feel better now! LOL.
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