You're NOT alone! My house is just as bad and I swear it's alive. Would take me half a day to list everything that's gone wrong in the last year and I too am vigilant about maintenance and have sank any extra money into it. Losing the race of things breaking faster than I can fix or replace them. I spend the majority my free time working on it. Honestly, it's hell.

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Within the week, The first floor flooded via the bathroom toilet. Not a toilet's worth of water. All the water from my shower that morning, plus the washing machine tub contents. My opening the washer lid while it was mid-spin broke the washer. Water in three rooms and the basement looked like a rainforest with all of the water dripping from every rafter.

Then cold water pipe to the bathroom tub on the second floor froze, so no shower until that thawed two days later. And the garage door opener committed suicide. Of course the snow blower would not start.

Who knows what will be next.

Hello, from a fellow crappy home owner.

Brother!!!! I’ve had so much go wrong in so little time. Good to know there are other hell houses out there. Stay strong. We should set up a support group! 😄

You are not alone. Every day brings me another kick in the nuts.

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Stay strong!!

Seriously, lol! Yeah man, this house is stealing my life force. Trying to keep it together so that my kid has a house without a sky-high mortgage someday when he's ready. But I'm really wondering if it would be more of a burden for him like it is for me.

I feel the exact same. It’s really taking its toll on me. I’m riding it out for similar reasons, the house is in a great school area. If it wasn’t for that I’d be buying a shiny new apartment somewhere. Let’s hope it’s worth it in the long run.

I got my house twenty years ago. I can still remember my first night here. I was mopping the garage floor at 1 AM because the water heater gave out six hours after I turned it on.

The last two decades have taught me plumbing, electrical, carpentry, roofing, tile work, irrigation, retaining walls, framing, pest control, and lying to myself that the results are acceptable.

I have also learned to work on cars because I can't afford a new car and I can't afford a mechanic.

I still think it is better than renting, and feel lucky that I have been able to hang on for so long.