Owning a home is often the dream of most people, so signing those papers and moving in can often feel like the culmination of years of work. Right up until you realize that no landlord also means everything that breaks is up to you to fix, and these things tend to not be“When buying a house, what's something you thought was minor but has become the bane of your existence?” and homeowners shared their stories.
Bamboo. Someone before me planted super invasive, 15 foot tall growing bamboo in the backyard. It was spreading so wildly it was uplifting the granite pool and growing under the foundation of the house. You could see the remnants of a “barrier” of sorts of where they initially planted it, obviously not knowing how bamboo grows. I myself did not know, until I purchased the house. Absolute nightmare.Go to the neighborhood you’re looking for at night and just sit and listen.
Can't open the windows in the summer because as soon as they cough themselves awake in the morning the stench of cigarettes starts drifting up through them and fills out home. They smoke in every room, and in the bedrooms till after midnight every day.You want to be on a high spot within your neighborhood, not in a low spot that collects water from other yards when it rains.
Finding contractors for Minor repair jobs. I had a chimney leak and called 4 companies, 3 of them didn’t want the job since it was a 300-500 dollar repair, the 4th set up an appointment with me but never showed up. It took me over 4 months to find someone.I can't even get contractors to give me a call back most of the time let alone come give me an estimate - even for large projects like bathroom/kitchen remodel. I've given up for the time being.Which direction your bedroom is facing.
Being the only house on a"non-maintained" county road. Developer didn't complete the road up to the county specs, so they won't plow it, fix it, or do anything to it. Why would I pay my own money to fix a road I don't own?There’s like, zero sound insulation. Did we check for that? No. Did we think to? No. But will we on our next house? We’ll honestly probably forget.The Dutch Home Owner Association VEH has tons of tips and lists for first time buyers.
And the apples? Well, unless you spray them with about 4 chemicals through the year, they will be small, scabby and wormy. I've used them for apple sauce and dried some, but they aren't great. The deer who come to our yard love them though!We gave our flower beds a year to see what they did before messing around with them. Turns out our front beds are full of yarrow, which is sort of gross and hard to remove.
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