Get Rich Slowly has a great story of When to Replace Common Household Items.
When we moved into our house a little over four years ago we had great appliances. We actually bought the house from a great couple and they even left us a huge list to get to know the house. It was awesome. [...]
A few weeks ago my Mom was here visiting. She helped me clean up the garage and we separated things into a junk (trash) pile and a give away (yard sale/consignment) pile. Of course that was a few weeks ago and nothing has been done. Last night I noticed the sign at the Y mentioned [...]
Since we are going to move out of this house at some point, we don’t want to have to put in a lot of permanent fixtures to any of the rooms. On one hand you want your home to hold all of your things - we don’t have enough storage set up here - but [...]
We don’t have the greatest storage system in the garage, thus I end up cleaning and reorganizing it every month or so. Today I had to clean it up before I could move the dryers around - they are so big and needed more space that what was available. Of course cleaning it and moving [...]
We military people know we will end up moving so we end up renting houses and relying on landlords to fix problems. We save curtains regardless of how long ago we used them because they are great curtains and what if they will fit at the next place we live.
Of course if we own the [...]
Despite my best efforts to repair the dryer, it looks like we’ll have to buy a new one. I’m disappointed because I was hoping I could fix it! I admit I didn’t try everything I could - but I also admit I’m kind of afraid to. I had a heck of a time taking it [...]
We are renting our house ourselves. That’s fine, we collect the rent, we don’t pay a fee to anyone, we communicate with the renters, we take care of repairs.
But there are some moments when I wish we would have gone with a good property manager. First of all we would have gotten more money from [...]
We have a neighbor down the street who works for a lawn care company. He’s a great guy, really a friend of neighbors we have become friends with. Last weekend he came over and did a weed/feed treatment for us, for free! Well actually his payment is dinner when he is available.
A great way [...]
I’m so excited! The part for the dishwasher arrived this afternoon and we replaced it tonight. It was the pump, under warranty, thus saving us $70. We replaced it ourselves saving $70 on a service call and probably at least another $100 on labor. We are going to put that much on top of our [...]
I saw this over at The Stylish Nest and wanted to play along. I am supposed to share five things about my house so I’ll share about both houses.
1. This house we live in now is the first new home ever purchased in either of our families. That is huge. My kids made the first [...]