The Super Official Homeowners Thread

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We'll file all this under deferred maintenance. 

We overspent for a "desirable" Seattle neighborhood in 2014. The market was just starting to heat up, so bidding warns were a guarantee and sellers didn't have to do a whole lot for a house with the right specs. Except for the lawn, which was work, we've largely ignored the outside on account of spending another $50k on the inside (including rewiring whole house). We'll probably make a move in the next few years and the market has softened more towards sanity (relatively speaking), so some missing shingles has me considering the whole thing. 

The roof supposedly had a decade when we bought it, but recent wind storms have forced our hand. There are actually quite a few loose shingles and the gutters need to be fully replaced. They don't even make these rivets joint corners anymore. You can see why. We'd end up with more modern/smaller gutters, which puts us into redoing the fascia. Then, there's the gable boards that sit in water right on the shingles. They need to be properly flashed, so they're either cut back or fully replaced... which also might be getting us into new roof territory.

THEN, we gotta fix the fur on our house. I'm thinking power wash, but what happens next really depends on what the paint looks like after. I'd like the washed brick look - it'd be awesome if it just needed some sort of sealer after the wash. Worst case, I guess it's getting repainted white. To do it right, means to do everything. We either take care of it, or we argue with buyers about how much it'd cost. It's hard to say we'd see every dollar back, but I'd rather do it on my own time vs. when I'm trying to buy another house. If we go overseas, I'd also like to know shit is sorted before we go as we'd likely rent the house. 

I have no idea what some of this shit cost. I'm hoping we can just bring things up to snuff for less than it cost to rewire this house. We'll see.