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Why do things cost so much?
My wife and I "own" (as in the bank owns most of it) our house. The house is pretty old so has lots of little things it needs to be fixed up. We want a new house but honestly the price of houses in the area is ridiculous. But since the price of houses has gone up it means we have a good amount of equity in the house. So the plan is to refinance and get all the things we want done.
We don't have time to do it ourselves even if we had the expertise. But it seems that every day there's something else that we will have to fix. My wife put some clothes in the washer and dishes in the dishwasher. We already had problems with our main sewage line and had to replace that but if you have too much water running the pipes still can't handle the load. So about 20 minutes ago I walk into the kitchen and see water all over the floor because the sink overflowed. WTF...since when do sinks overflow. Let alone double sinks! So now I bet we'll have to redo all the plumbing too. *sigh*
Well hopefully when we get done we will have a kick ass house because we sure won't be able to afford to move. And the sad thing is that it will still be cheaper than buying a new house. And to add insult to injury I will probably need to take a week or two off work to handle all this stuff. If nothing else I am sure I will have to move stuff around so the construction can be completed.
My wife and I "own" (as in the bank owns most of it) our house. The house is pretty old so has lots of little things it needs to be fixed up. We want a new house but honestly the price of houses in the area is ridiculous. But since the price of houses has gone up it means we have a good amount of equity in the house. So the plan is to refinance and get all the things we want done.
We don't have time to do it ourselves even if we had the expertise. But it seems that every day there's something else that we will have to fix. My wife put some clothes in the washer and dishes in the dishwasher. We already had problems with our main sewage line and had to replace that but if you have too much water running the pipes still can't handle the load. So about 20 minutes ago I walk into the kitchen and see water all over the floor because the sink overflowed. WTF...since when do sinks overflow. Let alone double sinks! So now I bet we'll have to redo all the plumbing too. *sigh*
Well hopefully when we get done we will have a kick ass house because we sure won't be able to afford to move. And the sad thing is that it will still be cheaper than buying a new house. And to add insult to injury I will probably need to take a week or two off work to handle all this stuff. If nothing else I am sure I will have to move stuff around so the construction can be completed.
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