cereal_killerxx
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I should probably buy groceries soon before I starve to death. #Wisdom
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Random new homeowner thought of the day...
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ElectricBlanketFire
Member
Enjoy random shit breaking at inopportune times.
YuriLowell
Member
In EVERY bathroom.
teruterubozu
Member
Just wait until real estate taxes.
YuriLowell
Member
and will somehow destroy your washer and dryer, and potentially the garage door opener.
cereal_killerxx
Junior Member
One of the first things I bought... I poop a lot. :O
CarpeDeezNutz
Member
I need to completely remake my garage.
dreamcastmaster
Banned
Good advice, but I'd modify that to a basic tool kit. (hammer, screwdrivers, drill and adjustable spanner). It's not hard to fix stuff that's broken or lose as you think it might be.
Glass Shark
Banned
Actually, make sure you own BOTH a sink plunger and a toilet plunger. They're two different things!
Subpar Spatula
Banned
Why would you need to be a home owner to not starve to death?
balladofwindfishes
Member
Me: "Oh, a nice month where I can save some money"
Water Heater: "That's a nice 600 dollars you have there, shame if something happened to it"
That was a ruthless couple months. In the span of 3 months, my air conditioner (one year old!) broke, the seal around my chimney cracked and was leaking everywhere during one of the rainiest Augusts we've had, and then my water heater starts leaking to end the month of September...
They are? I've never had issues using my toilet plunger on sinks. Seemed to work fine for me? I even used it to unclog a shower drain.
When I first moved in, the biggest adjustments were having to take the trash out and not just having a trash chute. I forgot the trash like 3 weeks in the first two months.
The other was having a connected garage. I went out and got the biggest load of groceries I'd ever gotten. I was downright giddy carrying them in, as every apartment I'd lived in required a roughly 1-2 minute walk to get to my car.
Shoveling snow sucks though.
That too. I had a cabinet door fall off, and I figured I'd go to Home Depot to get whatever I needed, it seemed pretty messed up. I put it off for weeks because the cabinet was out of sight and rarely used, when I finally looked at it I was able to fix it in 5 minutes.
The other was having a connected garage. I went out and got the biggest load of groceries I'd ever gotten. I was downright giddy carrying them in, as every apartment I'd lived in required a roughly 1-2 minute walk to get to my car.
Shoveling snow sucks though.
That too. I had a cabinet door fall off, and I figured I'd go to Home Depot to get whatever I needed, it seemed pretty messed up. I put it off for weeks because the cabinet was out of sight and rarely used, when I finally looked at it I was able to fix it in 5 minutes.
ElectricKaibutsu
Member
Yup. Just bought a house and the washer and heater broke within a month. Surprise!
toxicgonzo
Taxes?! Isn't this the line for Metallica?
Mom ain't there to make dinner.
Dont go shopping for food while hungry. I constently keep braking that rule.
Make sure to buy a fridge first if your house didn't come with appliances.
dreamcastmaster
Banned
That's the truth, to be fair you should pay for an annual service or have a rainy day fund.
i3allistic
Member
Ain't this the fucking truth ... Luckily my wife uncle a contractor and I've been helping him out of weekend on fixer uppers
And learned alot from him....I do alot of maintenance and upgrading on my own home. Save alot of $$$
balladofwindfishes
Member
To be fair, when I had the home inspected a couple years ago before buying it, they said my water heater was way too old and was absolutely going to die within a year or so. Then when I got my new furnace, the inspection also said my water heater was about to die. It ended up lasting two years, but the thing was 15 years old at that point. I should have replaced it right after I moved in, or when I redid the furnace and got AC installed, but I didn't.
I do have a service plan on my AC/Furnace. Otherwise it would have been 1,500 dollars to repair, which is like a fourth of the cost I paid for the entire unit. It ended up only being 250 (the yearly fee for the service).
I have plenty saved in case of emergencies, but it's not fun seeing that money be eroded over three months due to some bad luck.
I also forgot that in these three months, my toilet also broke... rough summer for my home.
this was my first thought as well. My mortgage is similar to what my rent payment was before, and neither prevents me from affording or remembering to buy groceries...
LOL. If that's the case then a step called "renting" is much more non-committal as a trial run. You know, like trying to keep a plant alive, then caring for a pet, then saying "we're ready for kids".
"They're all just pipes". Just make sure to wash your plunger and sink so you don't develop a new flavour on your dishes (if you don't have a dishwasher).
i3allistic
Member
Home Depot/Lowe's ....
These words are my life...;_;
I just want to save my money, but the house says NOPE.
superdeluxe
Member
build up a home savings account. Shit will break, and it will get expensive.
MikeOfAllTrades
Member
If you don't have one already, get a non-contact voltage tester. When I first moved into my house I was using using it all the time for troubleshooting various electrical problems.
Glass Shark
Banned
That's because what you think is a toilet plunger is actually a sink plunger.
When I first learned this, it blew my mind.
Ninja Scooter
Member
Wow.. yeah growing up we always had sink plungers in the bathrooms, then when I went off to college I bought a toilet plunger and it was a game changer. Only in this thread just now am I learning that one was for the sink and one was for the toilet -- I always thought the two types were 'good plungers' and 'shitty plungers'.
Empyrean Heaven
Member
If you set up an escrow into your mortgage (which you bloody well should have) this won't be an issue.
Baron Doggystyle von Woof
Member
Old house owner here.
Me: "lets save some money this month"
House: "NOPE"
Me: "lets save some money this month"
House: "NOPE"
Sapiens
Member
Make your own pasta sauce and freeze it
Buy chicken breasts on sale and prepare a bunch of tendies and freeze them.
Whenever you want to make something, make a double order and freeze it.
Have dinners and lunches prepared and planned a week ahead.
Never, ever, ever, buy food at work again. You will brown bag forever...
I miss not being a homeowner and being able to eat out everyday and still save. That is gone now...
Buy chicken breasts on sale and prepare a bunch of tendies and freeze them.
Whenever you want to make something, make a double order and freeze it.
Have dinners and lunches prepared and planned a week ahead.
Never, ever, ever, buy food at work again. You will brown bag forever...
I miss not being a homeowner and being able to eat out everyday and still save. That is gone now...
radioactivez0r
Member
Pretty sure I'm going to dump hundreds of dollars worth of credit card rewards into gift cards for those places, because I'm there all the fucking time.
That reminds me, I need some drywall anchors.
House built in '58, in the last 3 months the thermostat died, the hot water pressure regulator failed, and now there's a hole in my ceiling from a roof leak buildup. I'm learning a lot!
Ziltoidia 9
Member
Its good to have a planned meal ever night.
Latvian Hitman
Member
Two words that can change your life: Homeowner's Warranty.
For $500-600/yr., you can cover most everything your homeowner's insurance does not. All your appliances, HVAC, plumbing, etc. I think it's a must-have for any homeowner that's operating close to the margins.
For $500-600/yr., you can cover most everything your homeowner's insurance does not. All your appliances, HVAC, plumbing, etc. I think it's a must-have for any homeowner that's operating close to the margins.
neobiz
Member
Damn son. I feel better having one from 1949.
It's super fun digging up the yard to fix the septic tank. So much corn.
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