How many home owners here?

[jimnyc]

How many own their own home?

Who else feels like going away for a week and having it 'accidentally' burn down? :coffee:

If it's not one thing it's another. First time owner here and still on the same house 23yrs later.

HVAC motherboard like 10x. We're finally getting a brand new system shortly. Has to be hanging from beams due to potential flooding issues.
Hot water heater like 3 or 4x, and a brand new one in place and protected.
Washer & Dryer x1 and never got another setup. :(
Between sump pump in basement and one in garage, about 8x pumps. Then massive system of industrial pumps outside and wells dug & line ran down public road to sewer system for drainage, at our cost of course. Just last week replaced the 2 pumps, and waiting on internal garage panel board.
And a ton of other basement related things. Everything above due to flooding issues.

But then, the house is also old, and prior owner was a complete idiot. So just endless issues throughout the home as well that I worked on and/or fixed over the years. And I still find things here and there that the dolt did.

Ok, just ranting. Oh, just remembered we are getting our backyard fencing all replaced in 3 weeks. All started from neighbors tree landing on it. :(

[SassyLady]

I've owned 3 houses in my lifetime. After I sold my last home I swore I'd never own another one. I'll pay rent and let the owner take care of all the problems. I don't want the headaches. Dishwasher, A/C, etc. breaks it's the owner that has to repair or purchase new one.

I made enough off the sale of the last one to invest the money which covers my monthly living expenses. I don't need huge house repair or maintenance issues popping up unexpectedly.

Jim ... maybe the universe is trying to tell you something. Time to move ... to Alaska, maybe.

[Gunny]

I was a homeowner. It sucks. I prefer calling the landlord and telling him his sh*t's broke :)

Technically, my daughter owns this house. Where the rubber meets the road, I get to fix everything. When her loser ex lived here he wouldn't do a thing that didn't land on his head. I'm just now catching up with his negligence.

ditto on replacing the water heater. Washer and dryer. Have to fix the bathroom wall from his stupidness's plumbing "skills". If I ever get the holes patched, the place will need some paint.

I'll be getting a new fence this coming Spring.

We don't do sump pumps here. The big issue with the ground here, depending on where you live, is it shifting and cracking your foundation. We go from wet, to ultra-dry to cold to super hot. Foundation repair is big business here.

Never ends. My big thing I learned when I bought my first house is I'm not getting past the trees, what type and where they are. I like trees but the wrong kind -- meaning Arizona Ash because it grows fast -- are a royal pain in the ass. They look nice and pretty in a new subdivision when they're small. Until they grow under your foundation.

Matter of fact, I think I'm just going to pass on every owning another home. Thanks for the reminder :)

[jimnyc]

I have wanted to move for the longest time, but kinda just a pipe dream for now. Alaska would be awesome for a spell while I'm still semi-young enough to handle the winters. It's not the weather that bothers me, I love that! It's the hard work that may come with it!

Florida is the likely target. I believe we will be moving into the in-laws home via inheritance down the road but that would leave any potential dates between tomorrow until whenever the GR has it on his list!

[icansayit]

We had our 1st home in Virginia starting in 1979, and only recently (now almost 3 years) doing fine in an Apartment complex for the Over 60 Gang of Thugs and Leftovers (as my son calls us).
We love it. No sewer rent, no water bill, no grass cutting, no weeding, no trash collection bills, and no traffic at all hours with what we used to call BOOM BOXES...now car BOOMERS at all hours.
Home ownership is now too expensive...nice...not having a mortgage the County, or State can take over with a Democrat run spending spree gang of hustlers.