On 07/19/2018 11:34 AM, Frank wrote:




To elaborate, the faucets do not actually drip....just a bit of
leakage around the handle...I have some grease impregnated string that
cures the problem for a year or so. Probably enough to last 20 years.


As to the $28K bathroom....my house only cost $29k so even though that
was 40 years ago could not psychologically spent that kind of money.


FWIW: My wife and I remodeled the kitchen ourselves. We hired a friend
to help us and had a professional do the wallpaper and a professional
do the sink and counter-top.

It looks absolutely wonderful and it cost under $3k.

A couple we know spent $60k for a kitchen remodel and it is the most
generic looking thing I've ever seen.

I just paid the dentist two grand for a new partial which was more than
I paid for my first new car 50 years ago.

Tough for us old guys.* We have been here for 45 years but with a couple
of furnaces, several new water heaters, central air, a couple of roofs,
all new windows and sliders and new deck we have put in much more than
the purchase price.

You have to keep houses in repair.* Neighbor that died a couple of years
ago didn't and widow got half what houses go for here.* A flipper bought
it, took a year to upgrade and probably made $100,000.



So weird having owned a house close to 40 years.

Most of the repairs have been redone.

Still way better than renting.


The house next door was sold six months ago but it needed a ton of work.
Contractors still working on it. I'm sure he is paying as much for the
repairs as he did for the house.


He told me he is deciding whether to live there or flip it.
Unless the contractors are working cheap, I'm not sure if he will make a
profit.