Homeowner Woes: Part 2,487,398
Sigh. I am so sick of this homeowner shit. I’m just over it.
Yesterday in a ridiculous windstorm, a section of our fence blew over. Now, we have known for a while we were living on borrowed time with that fence. But sadly right now a new fence is simply not in the budget. And yet we have to have something or else our poor dog will be everywhere in the neighborhood, as he’s a bit of a wanderer. Jake thinks he can replace just the two posts that snapped and nail the whole section back up. I like that idea, but at the same time wonder if we should just dig deep and figure out a way to afford the fence now so we don’t go wasting money on a temporary fix.
Oh, and this morning on the lawn I found a shingle. From a roof. Ours? Who knows? Our house is two stories so we can’t see all of our roof. But as my luck would have it, it probably is from our roof.
Why did we want to buy a house again?
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Dude, that totally sucks. Being a homeowner bites.
I ask myself the same question. As soon as one thing is done, the other goes.
I feel for you, I know how it is. My husband is notorious for wanting to quick fix something or do something himself when he has no clue how to do it. I hope the shingle came from the neighbor’s house and not yours.
Do some quick math to remind yourself why you bought a house — rent x 12 months = $____ /year that you were just giving away to somebody else. At least you OWN your broken fence and roof! In the end, it’s still more expensive to pay a landlord.