Ahhh, home crap home!

[crowinator]

I still love our house. Really, I do. It's unique, it has everything we were looking for, and it's in a great location.

But it's like we're living in The Money Pit. Without Tom Hanks. My dad called it a "fixer-upper" when he visited, and I was like, "No, it's not!"

Yeah, it so totally is.

We bought a new full-size washer and dryer from Appliance

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[crowinator]

Heh, there should be a support group for people with old houses. I have no idea how the previous people stayed warm in winter, but I am a baby and not looking forward to it.

And yeah, I don't think the wiring is unsafe, so much as inconvenient. He only really expressed concern when I said we'd be using space heaters upstairs to stay warm in winter, because he said those things really suck up electricity. So, we'll have to be careful. We have the right GFI outlets in the kitchen, and frankly, I'm not worried about the one outlet in the bathroom. (There is a bank of outlets super close to the shower-claw foot tub, but we'll never use those. They're in a stupid location.)

I just hope installing the 220 volt goes smoothly, because I really want to use our new dryer. This is how I know I am a grown-up now -- I'm so happy about buying a major appliance, especially one that is associated with a chore that kind of sucks.

I might even be happier with the new washer/dryer then I am with the new tv and dvr. Maybe. (c:

a trip down memory lane

[checkers65477]

I smiled when I read this because it reminded me very much of our first house, built in 1925 or so.

The previous owner had lived there for ages. She'd gone into a nursing home and her son was selling the house. We bought it, never thinking about checking things like 220 lines. She never had a dryer. So we bought one and they delivered it and had no where to plug it in. :) She'd had a gas stove and we ended up putting a 220 line in there, too. Then the "money pit" hijinks began. Leaky basement. Breakers that flipped. (at least they had breakers rather than fuses.) When I would sit on the sofa at night my hair would blow in the breeze that came in through the windows. Seriously.

It was a darling house and my son was born there and I have tremendously fond memories but every house since then has been a new house. I love all the beautiful architectural details of old houses but I like being safe and warm (and cool!) better.

Re: a trip down memory lane

[crowinator]

I think we have breakers too. At least that's what we flip when all the power in the kitchen goes out. (c:

I'm glad my descriptions made you smile about your old house. That gives me hope for us. It's a cool house, and we won't live here forever. At least we don't have a basement to leak. Then again, our hot water heater is upstairs in a little closet. O.o

Our next house will definitely be a new one. I do like this house, though, and it's our first house, and one day when my partner is an attending we'll have more money and look back on this and laugh. I keep telling myself this. (c;

[sesbookish]

Did you have a home inspection? Just wondering, we did and then one of the columns on our porch fell over two months after move-in, so I don't know if it would have prepared you for this or not...

[crowinator]

Hah -- that's funny. In a sad way. Did you get the porch fixed?

We did have a home inspection, but I think he just flipped the lights and checked the panels to make sure everything turned on okay. Maybe home inspections are universally unhelpful . . .