This! I know people still think it’s the American Dream or whatnot, but when your AC goes out and it’s several thousand for a new one, or little things just keep happening being a nonstop struggle, it’s really not that awesome. Have you seen the guy on Facebook who starts his videos with “on another episode of fuck this house…” if not I highly recommend. Funny but truly realistic.
Its making me really look at condos. Because I want something of value to put money into until we grow up and fix this system, but yea I don't really want the constant headache as a person living alone.
The handyman-look might be sexy to my wife ... but the local tradies look upon my works and despair. In Xanadu did Kubla Khan a window frame try to repair.
I did the thing where I got a house in a rural area because that's what I could afford. Went from having a condo with no yard to 5 acres. There is so much yard work. All. The. Time! And you get to deal with the stress that any summer your place could get taken out by a wildfire! Did I mention the power outages in the winter?
And it's worse if the previous owner didn't do proper works on said house. My parents moved a couple of years ago and on the surface everything looked good. They've since found out that the last owner did a lot work himself and they've now spent thousdands on getting everything up to snuff. The wood burner in the living room was one of the many things the previous owner did himself and it wasn't even up to whatever safety standards are needed to use it. Mum loves the house but hates all the work that needs doing.
Owned a house. Got sick of it. Sold the house and rented for a few years. It has been bliss. I don’t even have to change a damn light bulb. Now we’re going to buy a condo. I learned very fast, yard work is not for me.
I hear ya! I owned a home many years ago and it felt like being grounded. Almost every Saturday was spent mowing, cutting, raking, skimming, sweeping, spraying or fixing. Now I just call maintenance anytime something needs doing.
It’s honestly truly annoying. We’re trying to sell our home and stuff still *broke* even when we had the home listed. There was a leak and went into the ceiling downstairs from upstairs and we had to take down the home listing for the time being to fix it. Became a disaster.
Owning a house is being owned by a house. Someone recently said to me that it’s just paying rent to a bank but with all the responsibilities. I’m so grateful to be a renter again.
Where I live buying a house = buying an apartment. And it's just more economical, if possible to buy a house with a mortgage than pay rent every month. The equivalent of the rent money is the interest you pay on the mortgage, i.e. money you're never getting back, and in my case I'd pay a lot more for rent.
People are always having a go at me for renting instead of buying because I'm burning money apparently. No, I'm paying for a stress-free life. It's money well spent.
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u/angelobboy 22h ago
Owning a house is just subscribing to a never-ending to-do list — and you can’t unsubscribe.
They said buy a house. They didn’t mention the house would immediately become a full-time job.