Home owners of Lemmy do you have any advice on dealing with the stress of owning a home?
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Don’t tell me… I’m 36 years old. Five years ago, I bought my house—an old one in a small town here in Spain that needed a complete renovation, including the roof. After four years of very, very hard work, mostly done by myself, I managed to restructure the house. I redid everything except the exterior walls. I moved in six months ago. So, here’s what happened: last month, some workers were installing new fiber optic cables for the whole street. They climbed onto my roof without asking and drilled a hole in it to run the cables—without my consent. For the past two weeks, I’ve been battling the fiber company and insurance to get this fixed. Meanwhile, I’ve had a bucket in one of my rooms for two weeks, and the room is now full of humidity and mold. The entire ceiling, which is made of drywall, needs to be completely redone. My hair is falling out nonstop—I’ll be bald like a light bulb in a couple of months if this keeps up.
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Every drop of water, crack, ant, royally freaks me out at this point. I can't afford to rent. I own a shitty house that is a fixer upper. So frustrating.
Maybe take a moment to appreciate the incredible privilege you have to own your home. Nearly everyone reading this will never get to own a home.
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Not really much advice other than being proactive about issues, but it is funny how concerned you quickly become with all types of water once you own a home. Rain intrusion, drainage in the yard, leaky pipes, dripping noises, frozen pipes, gutters, humidity, water heater, storms, etc, etc. It's a real menace and so are squirrels (as I also found out after purchasing a home).
Ugh gotta repair my roof in a few weeks. At least it's metal so cheap af.. Damn snow pulled some flashing down.
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Every drop of water, crack, ant, royally freaks me out at this point. I can't afford to rent. I own a shitty house that is a fixer upper. So frustrating.
Make more money.
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Learn to fix these things.
I get ants turn up maybe once a year during summer. putting some ant killer powder down when they show up usually sorts them out.
DIY isn't too hard, plenty of vids on youtube about how to do more or less everything.
To add to this, perfect is the enemy of good. You probably won't do it as well as a professional, but having it done is better than not at all (since DIY is generally cheaper.
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Maybe take a moment to appreciate the incredible privilege you have to own your home. Nearly everyone reading this will never get to own a home.
It's been far more expensive than renting. We bought a house with a lot of problems and kt8a struggle. I would never call it a privilege. It's like buying a car built in 1983 with 500,000 miles.
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I know it is cheesy, but look at every maintenance project as an opportunity for learning a new DIY skill.
Start going to garage sales and flea markets to collect tools.
It helps if you can chitchat with someone IRL about mutual homeowner issues.
Homeownership is man's continuous battle against water.
I agree so much with the water thing. I spent two days on reshaping my yard
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It's been far more expensive than renting. We bought a house with a lot of problems and kt8a struggle. I would never call it a privilege. It's like buying a car built in 1983 with 500,000 miles.
Then sell it
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One board? Hell no. Circular saw it. If you don't own a circ saw, buy that instead
Yah, I was going to just get a board cut but this is an excuse to buy a new tool, right?
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Then sell it
Oh, I want to so much. But I can't convince the wife.
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My home is from the 1890s and has a sandstone foundation with no footer. It leaks ground water, but only after a torrential downpour or when a lot of snow melts. Sandstone was not designed to ever be completely watertight. Leaks are incredibly common due to it just being a stack of rocks in the ground.
Luckily it all leaks right into an old grey water line in the floor. It tends to slowly fill up, then makes its way back into the earth either through that or my brick floor.
It can be a little gross and stressful at times but I'm waiting til spring to install a sump pump
I know some people with a similar house. I guess the bright news is that when a house gets that old, but it's still standing, you probably have some time, lol.
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Oh, I want to so much. But I can't convince the wife.
Then quit complaining and accept your choices
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