Comments on: Home Sweet Money Pit

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 19:43:26 +0000

In reply to Susanna B.. Uh-oh. I hope it's a distant memory now!

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 19:43:02 +0000

In reply to Kit. Eek! Sounds like a lot!

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 19:42:28 +0000

In reply to Jen Smith. Oh brrrr. Luckily it isn't freezing here yet!

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 19:41:51 +0000

In reply to Virginia. Thanks so much!

By: Kit

Kit — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 17:06:50 +0000

I can so relate. While I don’t have a septic tank, I used to live in an historic home. The exterior had to be maintained in the original historic manner. This means an all-wood exterior. It had to be painted, often – using up to 7 different colors (all that gingerbread trim, ya know). It also means wood rot being discovered on a regular basis. I felt like we were constantly running around with hammer and paint brush all the time. Talk about a money pit.

By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 13:52:13 +0000

I have a list I keep like that too! I also add the contractor’s phone number and whether we wanted to work with them again. It has been so useful.

Best of luck getting everything back to normal!

By: Susanna B.

Susanna B. — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 22:11:48 +0000

I SOOOO feel your pain! Your story brought up FLASHBACKS to the infamous Water heater EXPLOSION of 1996 !!!

By: Susanna B.

Susanna B. — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 20:48:33 +0000

My sincere CONDOLENCES!!! I am now having FLASHBACKS to the water heater EXPLOSION of 1996!!!

By: Jen Smith

Jen Smith — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 15:43:05 +0000

That’s a great idea. And I feel your pain — when we had the super cold snap in 2021, my house was 55 degrees, despite the thermostat being set at 70 and running all night long.

By: Virginia

Virginia — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 15:07:27 +0000

Poor you, how awful!

But I’m definitely going to copy this very smart idea.

Wishing you speedy repairs for less cost than anticipated.