12-20-2018, 02:07 PM
So when I bought my Townhouse in January of 2015, it was brandy new. I picked out the paint, and the flooring and it was the first house I'd lived in that was brand new since my parents built when I was a little kid. It was awesome to have this brand new house, that I got to pick every detail out all by myself (and terrifying because I'd not ever done that as an adult). Lived there 2 weeks, got a terrible cold snap- the hot water in my kitchen had frozen. I could take a shower upstairs, but I couldn't wash a glass in the sink. The builders "fixed" it. But everyone on that side of the complex had the same problem. It never happened again until this last winter in the house. Luckily I sold in the spring time. My "new" house, is older. Its solid, but honestly, it has issues. Most have been tiny in reality. I needed to put new door sweeps on both outside doors because I could see outside when they were closed. I need to re route the dryer vent to the outside. I need new windows sooner than later. I need to break up the tiny little front porch I have, and add vents to the front of my crawlspace and then I'm hoping to build a nicer bigger porch. The trade off for me, is that I got a big fenced in back yard for Hannah and the doggo. I'm in a nice quiet little town, and I'm not looking to move anytime in the next 10 years. In the next 5 Years I'd like to capitalize on my equity and add an addition to increase the size of my master bedroom and add a master bath. Keeping in mind that I make a fraction of what most of you make, I'm pretty pleased to know that I have a house that I can fix up on my budget and its liveable in the meantime.
2019 Impreza Sport