“Bamboo”: 30 Major Problems Homeowners Encountered That Didn’t Look That Bad At First

I'm in my late 70's and I do 3 times a night. Every night I bless our foresight in getting an en-suite.

Anyone can join the disabled list at any time in their life. Always be prepared

I've never even seen a house where the bathroom wasn't on the same floor as the bedroom?

True true true. My toilet is 20 feet from my bed, and often that is too far.

I stop drinking liquids at 6pm and STILL have to get up and pee at least once.

Sage advice even with short commutes. I've never been so perturbed as when driving west through Texas in the evening. I was blinded even with sunglasses. Also, I lived inside the downtown area and commuted the opposite direction. The reverse would have taken 3x as long to commute and rent would have been double.

I'd prefer living somewhere where you dont have to sit in traffic to go anywhere. There is sunglasses for the sun!

If you live north or south of where you work, the sun won't be an issue.

When my mother was driving me to first grade in our 1958 Buick, we drove east, right into the sun. That's when I learned I have photic sneezing, whereby the sun or any bright light makes me sneeze multiple times. Passed it on to both kids, too

actually smart advice most people don't notice

Good idea!

ahhh, flooding. My friends bought a house in an area called "Millersville" Well, it turns out there used to a mill, hence the name of the area, and their basement was very prone to flooding. They had a very bad night when the sump pump died.

So true, we bought a house which we visited only through the day and with closed windows. I would never ever think it can be so noisy... I want to sell this place due to this reason, haven't slept well since we bought it

We get lots of mooing from the cow paddocks, plus we have a park with a creek lots of kookaburras and galahs

I've lived less than 2 miles from a private airport for 47 years and rarely hear air traffic. However, new neighborhoods (that had been corn fields) get blasted because takeoff and landing routes were established before the neighborhoods were built. I can still faintly hear a train from 6 miles away if I'm outside late at night and also coyote.

Think in UK it's illegal to sell house with bamboo or any sort of invasive plant without acknowledging buyer

There are two types of bamboo. There's the 'running' variety (this problem) and then there's what is called clumping bamboo. As the name implies it stays in a tight round pattern. But it does grow outward, just very slowly while maintaining the round shape.

A friend of mine sold their house due to an invasive tree that was damaging their foundation. It was cheaper to buy a new house than to mitigate it. Crazy! We have lots of wild growing bamboo in my area, which is weird because I'm in a mid-Atlantic US state. But I've heard that stuff will keep trying to grow anywhere.

Also beware of Reynoutria japonica. It's close to indistructible! The tiniest piece of stem or root left in the ground can start a new infestation. If you cover it with black tarp or similar, the roots can shoot away around seven meters to find light.

Bamboo and Pampas Grass. Pampas Grass is actually quite sharp to touch. Good deterrent but it can spread quite easily and can become invasive.

Always at least two toilets when you have more than 1 occupant of a dwelling! Bathroom emergencies are a thing.

This must be a guy thing...

Why would you just sit on it? Do your business, then go lounge on the couch instead

Especially when the kids were little. My hubby would hide in there for hours.

many places you can build a small half-bath (just a toilet and sink) very easily for this reason

Sounds like good advice. But how to know which inspectors are plumbing experts?

Find a building inspector with previous experience in construction, whether residential.or commercial. 'm a former project manager in commercial construction with a specialty in industrial electrical supply and distribution. Plumbing is easy peasy vs. electric. As I've said many times, "Plumbers don't drown on the job, but electricians get electrocuted daily". Most MEPs are hidden behind walls, so it's more about function with plumbing. It's also about researching the supply lines and septic field to ensure they haven't been destroyed by tree roots or heavy equipment. My M-I-L actually found a great inspector and he had been a home builder previously.

Yup. First time home buyers. Got one our realtor recommended (didn't know what we were doing) and have been paying the price

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I'm fortunate that when it comes time for me to become a homeowner, I already have my Dad, who builds custom homes, as my inspector. For things like electrical, that he isn't as familiar with, he knows plenty of legit/quality trades people, that will likely, not charge as much, for their services. I'm hoping to own my own house sooner rather than later but either the housing market has to decrease significantly or the rate of pay needs to increase significantly to reflect the current inflation levels. Realistically, by the time I'll be financially ready and able, to buy a house, should fall right in line, with the times, also being right, to do so.

We were dumb, we not only used the realtor's recommended inspector, he was her cousin! Wow we got screwed.

Cigarettes kills WAY too slowly ;((