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“Never Again”: 30 Homeowners Warn Others About The Mistakes They Made With Their First Houses Didn't stay on top of the cosmetic things over thirteen years. The carpet was a bit worn, but no biggie. Could stand to replace the wallpaper in the bathroom with paint, but no biggie. Never did rehang that towel bar but I was a single dude, so no biggie. Refrigerator works but occasionally makes a noise like a clucking chicken, no biggie. And on and on. Filled multiple handwritten pages.

Until I wanted to move. All those no biggie issues became about nine months of doing not much else with my weekends and evenings.

With my current house I now stay on top of that stuff. Never again.

Cyrano_de_Maniac , Blue Bird Report

Final score:

175points

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Gemini 1 year ago

Good job 👍

22points

“Never Again”: 30 Homeowners Warn Others About The Mistakes They Made With Their First Houses I bought a townhouse on a beautiful golf course. The views from my home are magnificent, but they are out there before dawn 7 days a week doing maintenance. The biggest, loudest equipment I’ve ever seen (or heard) plus weed trimmers and blowers. I don’t golf and the maintenance never crossed my mind when buying this place.

chronic_insomniac , ping lee Report

Final score:

152points

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Gemini 1 year ago

That honestly sucks

41points

“Never Again”: 30 Homeowners Warn Others About The Mistakes They Made With Their First Houses Started too many DIY projects at the same time, demoed. a bathroom for remodel, removed doors from kitchen cabinets to be replaced, started removing wallpaper we didn't like, removed old beat-up base trim, etc.

Result was we felt like we were living in renovation project for several years. Should have done one project at a time rather than getting carried away.

richardelmore , Bidvine Report

Final score:

150points

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Stygtand 1 year ago (edited)

A little tip for renovations. Start with the bedroom. Get it done so you have a place to rest/safehaven. Do 1 room at a time afterwards. Hallways are always the last thing you renovate. When you do the kitchen try and find a small area first where you can setup a temporary kitchen. Takeout is gonna get old real fast, and coffee/tea will keep you sane. If you only have one bathroom/toilet do it when you got time off work so you can get it done as fast as possible. Edit: when you start a project. Make a time schedule. Then add about 40% to it. Nothing is ever easy there are always bumps on the road, and they are easier to deal with when you dont feel pressured from time.

79points

“Never Again”: 30 Homeowners Warn Others About The Mistakes They Made With Their First Houses Buying that cute little cabin wayyyy out in the mountains. Can't work from home as the internet sucks, commute to any job is at least an hour. Buying groceries takes an entire morning and healthcare is 90 minutes away.

SeramaChickens Report

Final score:

150points

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Rob 1 year ago

We live remote, in the mountains, Loch Ness practically in the backyard, plus other lochs. We are both retired, and we are the ones with the noisy dogs, but no one close enough to care. Trip to the dentist is 90 minutes each way, hospital/shops 45 minutes each way.

68points

“Never Again”: 30 Homeowners Warn Others About The Mistakes They Made With Their First Houses Going with an inspector the realtor recommended. Regret it every day

solarslacker , energepic.com Report

Final score:

137points

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Judes 1 year ago

I did something similar. I went with the conveyancer the real estate manager suggested. He "forgot" to include our $10,000 deposit on the final tally. Luckily I noticed it immediately, and got him to fix it, but we suspected he and the real estate manager had some deal going.

30points

“Never Again”: 30 Homeowners Warn Others About The Mistakes They Made With Their First Houses I didn’t call before I dug…hit a gasline. Such a doofus mistake and one I’ll never make again. Gas guy was super cool about it though after I admitted my shame. In the end, came out pretty unscathed both physically and financially thank goodness.

Sure-Refuse-2914 , Andres Siimon Report

Final score:

121points

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Uncanny 1 year ago

A guy up the road from us decided to save money by extending his driveway sideways himself. Cut thru the broadband cable…took out the internet for the entire neighbourhood. Cue lotsa repairy type blokes, digging holes and having to run new cable all the way down from the top of the road into our housing estate.There were white vans and blokes in fluoro jackets everywhere. All on a holiday long weekend. I don’t think he saved money on his driveway. 😄

51points

“Never Again”: 30 Homeowners Warn Others About The Mistakes They Made With Their First Houses The biggest thing my wife and I learned was financial. Just because the bank tells you that you can afford anything up to a certain amount doesn't mean you should go up to that amount. Sure we enjoyed the house, but we couldn't really afford to do much. We couldn't afford new windows that we desperately needed, we couldn't afford to go on vacations, couldn't afford to upgrade much of the house etc.... If we ended up staying there we wouldn't have been able to afford to replace the roof when it would have needed it or handle expensive car repairs. We ended up moving to a more affordable house and now we have some money to start investing for retirement and to buy me a newer vehicle.

TonyTried , Scott Graham Report

Final score:

115points

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arthbach 1 year ago

The bank DOES NOT tell you that you can AFFORD a certain amount. They tell you what they are PREPARED to LEND you. These are most definitely not the same thing.

104points

“Never Again”: 30 Homeowners Warn Others About The Mistakes They Made With Their First Houses I tore out very high quality appliances just because they weren’t stainless steel

I tore out great vintage bathroom tile that seemed dated but I now wish I had kept

RMW91- , Charlotte May Report

Final score:

110points

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Apple Jakes 1 year ago

Stainless appliances are wildly overrated.

86points

#10

“Never Again”: 30 Homeowners Warn Others About The Mistakes They Made With Their First Houses Starting projects I didn’t know how to finish. Those were tough lessons. As some point, it’s best to give up and call a pro.

Spuckler_Cletus , charlesdeluvio Report

Final score:

101points

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Gemini 1 year ago

Pro builders! 😎

8points

#11

“Never Again”: 30 Homeowners Warn Others About The Mistakes They Made With Their First Houses Two story house with all the bedrooms upstairs and the laundry was at the opposite end of the house on the lower level.

The builder suggested moving the laundry to the second floor since it was a floor plan change they’d done before.

My mother in law talked us out of it because it would change the guest room layout.

Regretted that decision every time I carried laundry baskets up and down the damn stairs.

ChippyVonMaker , Annie Spratt Report

Final score:

100points

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arthbach 1 year ago

I would most definitely not want a laundry on an upper floor. There's no way I'd want to carry a load of wet laundry down the stairs to hang on the washing line outside. It's far easy to carry dry (but dirty) laundry downstairs, and then dry (and clean) laundry upstairs.

38points

sonia72quebec , Michael Tuszynski Report

#12

“Never Again”: 30 Homeowners Warn Others About The Mistakes They Made With Their First Houses Could have bought the adjacent lot, it wouldn't have made a big impact on our mortgage payment, but we didn't. So a crazy couple build a house there and we were stuck with them for years.

Final score:

99points

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Vanessa Richardson 1 year ago

We bought the empty lot Nextdoor to our house! We live in a historic district in Kansas. The house that was on the lot burned down many years prior, can’t build a new one there bc historic district. Owner stopped paying taxes, lot went up for auction, no one else wants it bc you can’t build on it and voila! Doubled our yard space for $150.

96points

#13

“Never Again”: 30 Homeowners Warn Others About The Mistakes They Made With Their First Houses Thinking all of our neighbors would be neighborly.

SteveKraynakJr , Alvin Engler Report

Final score:

97points

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Vermonta 1 year ago

Mostly just nosy

16points

#14

“Never Again”: 30 Homeowners Warn Others About The Mistakes They Made With Their First Houses Doors come in different sizes. Fun facts.

Cucalope , Lisa Fotios Report

Final score:

94points

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arthbach 1 year ago

I am incredibly surprised this was news to anyone. Have they not passed through multiple doorways every day of their life?

50points

Karma Black 1 year ago

In my house, all the doors are different sizes; but they look close enough in size that unless you're looking for it, it's hard to tell.

22points

Ace 1 year ago (edited)

It's just not the sort of thing you think about until it comes to replacing one. I recall doing so on my second house and being quite surprised at the range of sizes available. And that was a two-year old building, so not like an old discontinued size or anything.

12points

Circ_Lyfe 1 year ago

Grew up in an apartment my whole life. Never noticed when visiting friends or family. Had zero idea until I worked at Home Depot.

5points

XanthippeⓐWulf🇨🇦️️🇬🇧 1 year ago

Ok ok ok...but hear me out darling. My dearest, lovliest, most brilliant of partners, who has a doctorate, works as an experimental physicist whilst also having an MBA in engineering bought a door that DIDN'T F*****G FIT! and we will never let him live it down as I have vowed to have it etched on his tombstone!

3points

Russell Rieckenberg 1 year ago

What the poster may be implying is his door may be an unusual size and needs to be custom made.

1point

Vanessa Richardson 1 year ago

What sucks even more is when you find out your door is a custom size. lol

4points

Mel The Axolotl 1 year ago

This is exactly why my sister and I can't have a door to our room, because it's an odd shaped doorframe. (We still have privacy tho cause it's at the top of a staircase with my brothers room on the other side and nothing else, so you don't go up there unless it's specifically to go into the bedrooms)

1point

David A Paterson 1 year ago

And just because the hardware store salesman says that the door is suitable for outdoor use, doesn't mean that it is.

3points

Ben 1 year ago

Lol, been there. I used to think everything had consistent specifications. Nope

1point

More! 1 year ago

Yep, different sizes for each room in this 1960’s house. Why did they do that?

1point

Seadog 1 year ago

And any builder that doesn't put in at least a 36" door to the kitchen should have his license revoked. 42" would be preferable.

0points

Vinniegret 1 year ago

Better too small than too big! Easier to fox too fix too small

0points

Kim 1 year ago

Did you leave platos cave the day before buing a house? How could any adult not know this?

0points

The Veil of Fire 1 year ago

We were once showed a new build home for sale. It was lovely. Thought it would work out fine until we saw the master bath door. I was a teen in high school, 5'3" approx 125 lbs. That door was so thin I had to walk through it sideways to see the bathroom. Nope. One small error and the entire house was ruined. Yep, doors come in all sizes.

0points

DennyS (denzoren) 1 year ago

28", 32", 36" are standard single, for anyone wondering.

0points

Leo Domitrix 1 year ago

Who didn't know this?!?!

-1point

Timbob 1 year ago

You’re not serious , are you ???

-1point

#15

“Never Again”: 30 Homeowners Warn Others About The Mistakes They Made With Their First Houses Didn't take care of the bushes and trees in the back. I assumed the rain would take care of them and I could trim as needed.

Almost everything was taken over by Ivy and killed, and everything else died because we didn't prune enough.

Dewalt-Shampoo , Kelly Report

Final score:

88points

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Black Cat 1 year ago

Rats love ivy. They can hide in it, climb up it etc. And of course you never just get one rat. Those beautiful buildings with ivy growing up the wall? Just a botanical staircase for rats wanting to enter the upper floors.

36points

#16

“Never Again”: 30 Homeowners Warn Others About The Mistakes They Made With Their First Houses We became enamored with a vaulted ceiling in the open concept living/dining/kitchen area when the other option was an additional room over the garage. Hindsight being 20/20, I'd live with a 10 foot ceiling and take the extra room.

Imrindar , Bill Wilson Report

Final score:

87points

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liam newton-harding 1 year ago

Never give up storage.

31points

#17

“Never Again”: 30 Homeowners Warn Others About The Mistakes They Made With Their First Houses Ignoring that weird running water sound we couldn’t identify. We were *very* young, very stupid homeowners and after checking around inside and out we just shrugged and figured it was one of those weird things where you could hear the water in the pipes. Nope. Three days later my mom came to visit, heard the noise, opened the hatch to the six or seven foot high crawl space we forgot we had, and discovered our brand new indoor wading pool courtesy of a busted outdoor spigot that we didn’t know to winterize (did I mention we were young and stupid??). Thankfully fate smiles on the truly foolish. The pipe was fixed, the water seeped into the ground over a period of time, and all was right with the world. I still don’t know who builds a house with a “crawl space” the could double as an unfinished basement.

LCK124 , Damon Lam Report

Final score:

82points

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Just-4-2day 1 year ago

Larger crawl spaces are a blessing to the people, trades, that need to work under your home.

64points

#18

“Never Again”: 30 Homeowners Warn Others About The Mistakes They Made With Their First Houses Before making an offer I didn’t visit the house on weekend nights. I may have realized the scale of parties that get thrown in a neighbors house, and that would have saved me grief. Neighbors move, things change…. But look really closely at the neighbors before making an offer.

zoinks_zoinks , John Arano Report

Final score:

79points

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LH25 1 year ago

My mom suggested we visit at least the neighborhood if not the house itself at various times for a week or so. It was great advice and the current owners were happy to leave and let us hang out a little. The neighborhood was and still is quiet.

22points

#19

“Never Again”: 30 Homeowners Warn Others About The Mistakes They Made With Their First Houses Didn't check the air filter for the HVAC when I moved in. When I went to replace it *almost an entire year later* (that was my second mistake), there was no air filter. Previous owners must have removed it without replacing, so the HVAC system was just raw dogging the air in my condo for an entire year.

hermitess , ready made Report

Final score:

77points

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Laura Nordai 1 year ago

I've bought 3 homes in my lifetime...the first two were both over 100 years old...both times got a s**t inspector...both times I had to replace the HVAC within one week of moving in as well as MANY other things like securing a foundation wall. Third home, I gave up on my love for the old homes and just built one!

18points

#20

“Never Again”: 30 Homeowners Warn Others About The Mistakes They Made With Their First Houses Realtor told us that the sellers would be really offended if we asked for a home inspection. Bought the house in October without an inspection. The following spring, one of the gutters fell off because the subroof was rotted. Oh, to be that optimistic again.

MrsTaterHead Report

Final score:

77points

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arthbach 1 year ago

Always get a home inspection. If the buyers would be 'offended' and won't allow, then walk away. They are hiding something.

120points

jayellkay84 , https://unsplash.com/photos/-1l0iZaM8ms Report

#21

“Never Again”: 30 Homeowners Warn Others About The Mistakes They Made With Their First Houses Buying a house that needed a new roof. HOA requires specific tiles, which were on backorder. Homeowners insurance got dropped because the roof wasn’t replaced. By the time it was, the insurance agent ghosted me. It’s been nothing but a nightmare.

Final score:

74points

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arthbach 1 year ago

The problem is not the new roof, but the HOA. If you had been able to replace the roof in a timely manner there would have been no problems.

104points

#22

“Never Again”: 30 Homeowners Warn Others About The Mistakes They Made With Their First Houses I didn’t realize my first house was in a flood zone until it came up at closing. I should have walked. But it was all I could afford.

secondrat Report

Final score:

71points

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madbakes 1 year ago

In the US, it's a big thing with lenders if the house is in a flood zone. I'm not sure where this is, but if it's in the US, I'm very surprised OP couldn't have been aware.

28points

#23

I had a new home and not didn’t have hardly any furniture or kitchen stuff. I thought I should remedy this immediately by putting all the stuff on cards. Ended up taking years to pay it off, and much of the stuff I bought, I ended up not really liking or using.

Head-Plane-48 Report

Final score:

65points

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arthbach 1 year ago

Far better to head to second hand shops and IKEA and buy the bare minimum. Then start learning what you actually need and will use. Each month buy a little.

55points

#24

As someone who did not grow up in the US, I did not know the difference between vinyl and hardwood flooring. The new construction home I bought had hardwood floors mentioned in the listing (it still has) but the builder gave me cheap vinyl floors and my realtor (who was also selling those new construction homes) did not feel the need to point it out / fix it or get me a deal!
Second, my realtor convinced us that 3 bedrooms + lounge area was better than 4 bedrooms. Builder got to save some money by not having to build a dry wall and completing a closet installation by leaving that area as an open lounge. We did not know any better and thought that a lounge with my TV, guitars and Xbox would be a great idea! I later realized the amount of equity we lost by not building it as a 4 bedroom instead.

Never worked with that realtor again. She still keeps sending us gifts from time to time. As first-time homebuyers from a different country of origin she should have educated us about these options when we had asked.

TL:DR - developing the right filters and mental model to screen your realtor (as a buyer) is invaluable.

mavewrick Report

Final score:

58points

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David A Paterson 1 year ago

Some realtors are the devil's spawn. You've got to learn which is which.

29points

#25

I failed to notice that there weren't any closets in the house. AT ALL.

LD50_irony Report

Final score:

57points

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Apple Jakes 1 year ago (edited)

Wardrobes and pantries seem like forgotten history

27points

Normal-Tradition3401 Report

#26

Check the main sewer line usually in basements. I live in NJ. Old sewer pipes can crack and leak and clog up. I skipped this inspection in my first home inspection. Turned out the pipe was cracked and had tree roots growing in. Flood my whole basement with sewage water.

Final score:

56points

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FrogMan 1 year ago

Yecccchhh!

9points

#27

Still buying the house...even after the seller rejected my offer, then relisted the house at a much higher price. I was desperate to get out of NYC and was moving to Florida. If I didn't meet the seller's new price, it meant that I'd have to take more time off work and spend more money to take another trip back to Florida to start the house search process all over again. So, I ate the extra $50K he demanded. In hindsight, it was so dumb. I should have just stuck it through another NY winter and flown back to look at more options later. I always resented that d**k move and never felt great in this house -- and that was one reason. Hopefully, someone in a similar boat learns from this.

NewsMuseViews Report

Final score:

55points

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Megan Curl 1 year ago

More bad news….if you’re in FL, you probably have an HOA, and there’s nothing worse than a bunch of retired power hungry busy bodies running the neighborhood.

30points

#28

I had a main line clog (but didn't know that). I couldn't get a snake through the toilet to flush out whatever clog seemed to be affecting that particular toilet. I flushed the other toilet and it worked (but it was at a slightly higher elevation).

So I pulled the toilet.

S**t water everywhere, flooding upwards from the f****e. The wax seal came apart when I pulled the toilet, and It had to be gallons before I got it plugged. I had to cut six inches from my drywall in the whole bathroom and throw away all the trim.

Spooler32 Report

Final score:

53points

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James Ussery 1 year ago (edited)

F-l-a-n-g-e... That's one of the words censored. Really? Is that a naughty word now?

89points

#29

“Never Again”: 30 Homeowners Warn Others About The Mistakes They Made With Their First Houses Deciding to paint our own kitchen cabinets and measure/install our laminate countertops ourselves. They aren't holding up, and wish we had just spent some $ for a professional job.

StunButton , Blue Bird Report

Final score:

45points

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Ace 1 year ago

Or just used the right materials. You don't need to spend a fortune on professionals, but if you buy the cheapest products available you'll find yourselves regretting it later.

30points

#30

Forgetting to blow out the sprinklers before the first freeze of the season. It could have been worse but it was such a preventable thing.

BackSeatFlyer85 Report

Final score:

42points

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FrogMan 1 year ago

Forgot to turn off the water to the outside before winter. Lo and behold, a pipe froze and burst once it got below freezing. Luckily my wife was home and knew how to shut off the water before things got too bad

9points

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#31

Not asking what the random 2” red rubber hose above the sump pump (that was apparently replumbed into the main sewer drain system instead of outside the house) was for.

Three basement floods, two check valves, a new sump pump later - an electrician asks why we have an open hose running from the basement into our shed and then into the ground. Prior owners had hooked sump pump drain into the underground runoff pipe for the downspout. When it rained, water would just backflow straight into the basement through the hose.

If you see something that doesn’t make sense, don’t ignore it.

FancyUmpire8023 Report

Final score:

17points

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#32

I was 23, and my soon to be wife and I decided we didn’t want to spent a penny renting, so we went looking for a home (1975). We found a affordable one that needed work, but couldn’t come up with the down payment. Her dad was loaded (supposedly), but told us timing was inconvenient. So, Aha!! I’d previously had a loan with the credit union, do I applied, put down home improvements for the reason, and got approved 2 days later. While we were waiting to sign at the closing our real estate agent, who knew we were having problems coming up with the down payment, asked how we got it. He went white when I told him, and advised he not to say anything about it unless directly asked. It was illegal to borrow for you down payment!! Paid it off it record time!!

ratherBwarm Report

Final score:

17points

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Steve 1 year ago

VA loan. No down payment is needed. One of the good benefits of serving in the military.

4points

Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

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#33

Put grad clippings first time cutting sod into black plastic trash bags and then put them in the garage. After a while our explosive meter started going off - the bags were hot to the touch. It’s then we realized that the decomposing grass was releasing methane and was a fire hazard.

craftycraftsman4u Report

Final score:

17points

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Herbie S. 1 year ago

This is how barn fires start. If hay is baled too green it will heat up and spontaneously ignite burning down the barn.

7points

#34

I filled the outside weep holes in brick thinking the mortar fell out.

SocksWithSandal Report

Final score:

15points

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John L 1 year ago

Ouch. I use steel wool. Helps keeps out pests, while still allowing the air flow.

6points

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#35

Not camera inspecting the drain line.

I didn't want to pay the extra 150 to drag a plumber out.

1950s Era clay pipe. Belly in the line under my driveway. Excavated and replaced whole line from street to fdn. 6000 dollar fix.(2015).

Never again. Pay to camera the line every time.

tomgweekendfarmer Report

Final score:

15points

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Thrillion 1 year ago

Sellers literally "blew out" the kitchen drain line so when we did the inspection it drained... right under the slab. Thanksgiving was in a month before we moved in. Drain stopped draining because there was no more pipe under the slab and the line to the city was clogged with dirt. We had no kitchen sink through the holidays and had $6500 bill to tunnel 11ft, cut the slab and repair the line. That house was cursed.

0points

#36

Thinking everything was an emergency

louislemalaime Report

Final score:

14points

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#37

I put in French doors that open in…right into my couch. When my dumb dog finally destroys them (dang squirrels make him crazy) I will replace them to conveniently open out!

realliveginger Report

Final score:

14points

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Stacy Carroll 1 year ago

Can you just flip the hinges

8points

#38

Checking delivery options, maybe not ridiculous, but i never read about it on any lists to watch for when buying. USPS, private shippers, and places like doordash/instacart. I would leave for work before the post office opened, and the post office was 30 minutes out of the way on the drive home to pick up packages, so I couldn't make it there during the week. No Uber, Instacart, Doordash, or delivery from stores. The biggest issue I had was my POD for moving. I had everything in a POD to be delivered when I bought a new house and it was in storage while I looked. Turns out they didn't deliver and I had to get a mover to empty it and drive it to my new house. I didn't live in the middle of nowhere either, big community, hooked up to local utilities, it just wasn't a serviced area.

FewHippo4348 Report

Final score:

14points

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Gina Cavalli-Boehne 1 year ago

This! We needed an area with our hospitals/doctors close to us. We also need the delivery services available. Both of us are disabled and those services are so needed these days!

7points

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#39

“Never Again”: 30 Homeowners Warn Others About The Mistakes They Made With Their First Houses Don’t assume you can handle the mortgage because it’s close to what you paid in rent.

Woodypeoples , Kampus Production Report

Final score:

14points

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Vermonta 1 year ago

mortgage insurance and property tax jack it up significantly

2points

#40

Not figuring out light switches to outlets before I moved furniture in.

Thinking I'd paint walls 'later'.

BlueCatLaughing Report

Final score:

13points

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DennyS (denzoren) 1 year ago

The switch to outlet is a serious issue...I spent hours working on the layouts before doing renovations at home.

2points

concentrated_failure Report

#41

2 bigger ones I can think of:

Accepting a gift $10,000 to help buy a house that we really had no business at the time buying. We were not financially literate at the time and had no idea what we were getting ourselves into. I would never buy something again relying on a gift of money to do so. It means you aren’t ready to buy.

Also, over buying more house than you actually need. Such as 4br house for 2 people or whatever. (Current market conditions may be somewhat curbing this tendency in buyers.)

Final score:

13points

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LH25 1 year ago

We know a couple where her dad told them to buy as much house as they could possibly afford. They got one with a payment they could barely afford, counting on his overtime income to make it. Then his overtime was cut. They had to sell at a loss.

1point

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#42

Planting morning glory seeds without realizing that they spread like crazy and strangle everything else in the garden. I know: it seems like a small thing, but wow, that was dumb of me.

smile_saurus Report

Final score:

13points

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smugdruggler 1 year ago

Fun fact; Morning glory seeds are hallucinogenic.

4points

#43

You need to change your furnace filters, all of them! (We had a second one in the attic that we forgot to change, so …yeah..repair bill.). 🤦‍♀️

hgwellsinsanity Report

Final score:

13points

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#44

I read the inspection and it said "fairly significant grading issue" and then I spoke to the inspector and he said it out loud to me. he said that's why the dirt basement was always damp.
I didn't think it was that big of a deal and not nearly the most pressing thing on the list.
we ended up having to spend so much money on the grading and the (eventually) moldy basement.

Dirtheavy Report

Final score:

12points

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Seadog 1 year ago

SO many people think a level yard is best. You want water to move away from the dwelling. If the yard is level it's going nowhere but down and if there's a big hole in the middle (basement) that's where it's going to end up unless you have multiple pumps to keep it from finding it's way under the floor.

0points

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#45

White grout on our kitchen floor. Stayed white for like 6 months. Kick myself every day for how stupid that was. Only part about our kitchen I hate.

When I replaced our doors I custom ordered them all at the same time. Got the rough opening right, doors showed up. Went to hang the first one aaaaaand we have 2x3 interior studs. I ordered the doors for 2x4 framing. Custom order, not returnable. I think it was like 750$, down the drain.

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12points

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Seadog 1 year ago

Easy fix to make a 2x4 stud door fit 2x3 studs. My concern would be why does the home have 2x3 studs? Most codes require a minimum of 2x4. 2x3 also means the insulation is completely inadequate.

0points

#46

A fixer upper doesn't sound like 100k+ work but it ends up being that 🫠

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12points

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iseefractals 1 year ago

In the 90's my uncle got a job as the VP of Compaq, and had to move to houston. As a signing bonus, Compaq said they'd foot the down payment and moving costs. My uncle found a 10,000 sq ft house with indoor racquetball court, a pool and 2000 sq ft pool house with a sauna for $350,000....because the previous owner attempted to burn it down for the insurance money. Lots of stone and marble, so it was mostly cosmetic and smoke damage. Still had to spend an additional $250,000 just to pass inspections.

1point

#47

Bought a home warranty

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11points

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Keith T 1 year ago

Our realtor gifted us a home warranty at closing. 3 months after moving in our heater broke. Fortunately, it was fixable, but it took almost a week of back and forth with the warranty people to get an HVAC tech they approved of.

3points

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#48

Didn’t think about the combination of a disabled parent plus only one bathroom, which was upstairs. 🤦🏻‍♂️

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11points

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Carla Campbell 1 year ago

Really?

3points

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#49

Not reconnecting a downspout that was disconnected.

Getting my roof pressure washed.

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10points

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Rostit. . 1 year ago

Never pressure wash your asphalt roof. Metal roof or something without grit on top sure

4points

#50

Buying a house we liked but not caring about resale down the road. Like we had a great house with a tiny tiny yard, which didn’t bother us but turned out to be a pain to sell

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10points

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#51

waited too long to get a plumber to inspect a leaking pipe in my garage. turns out the damage is way worse than i thought and it's going to be an expensive mistake even with an insurance claim.

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9points

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LH25 1 year ago

I've heard that some insurances won't even pay if there is evidence the leak has been there a while and you should have dealt with it earlier.

1point

#52

Didnt get my sewer line scoped initially, had a blockage a few weeks after purchase, sewer line is compromised and collapsing and needs to be replaced via a burst ~$9,000CAD. Woof.

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8points

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Hey! 1 year ago

I would have gone back to the seller.

1point

#53

We bought a home with an old septic system. But the city was putting in a sewer line “soon”. Did not happen soon, and we had to deal with septic issues for over a year.

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8points

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#54

Not getting a survey

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7points

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Seadog 1 year ago

NEVER NEVER NEVER buy property without a survey. and get a reputable surveyor. I've seen countless properties that it depends in which end of the street you survey from determines where the line is. I've seen as much as 20 feet variance.

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DB 1 year ago

Should never have bought one in the first place. Giant money pit and stress generator. Did I learn my lesson? Nope. Bought a second one. What's wrong with me?

5points

Rick Seiden 1 year ago

Bought the house. I'm not homeowner material. There's a lot of responsibilities that go with being a homeowner, and I just can't keep up with them all, or don't care to keep up with them all. I hate yard word, I hate painting and decorating, I hate hiring people to do stuff for me. It's a disaster. If I could do it over again, I wouldn't buy. I know that its an investment, but for me, it's not a good one.

5points

Tim 1 year ago

I always question the soundness of a house as an investment. The amount of money you have to chug into interest, repairs, maintenance, just minor things, adds up. So much more than renting. I don't even have to buy light bulbs.

6points

R Dennis 1 year ago

Bought a nice house outside the city in a quiet area with water on two sides... well, I am now disabled and there are no sidewalks anywhere. The well is too small, so water pressure sucks. Worst of all the septic system is failing. Because our field isn't grandfathered in, it can't be repaired. Since we have mostly water in our backyard, we can't just build a new one... $2000 to get an engineered field designed and $35,000 to get it installed (with the price going up 10% every year). With me disabled, we don't have the income to just pay for it but we make too much for an assistance loan; interest rates on a personal loan would make our payments as much as our mortgage. As much as people hate on BTC, I appreciate it because I made enough to pay for this catastrophe.

3points

mhoulden 1 year ago

Do a web search of the address and neighbouring streets before you make any commitments. It might find things that don't appear in the estate agent listings. The local paper can be interesting. Map archive sites like https://maps.nls.uk (for the UK) might reveal old mines or quarries. Local councils often have planning application records on their websites so you can see if the empty field across the road is about to be redeveloped as houses. Visit the area at different times of day and different days of the week. Somewhere that's quiet at the weekend might not be during the week. This is all stuff that doesn't cost any money but can save a lot of time later.

3points

Carrie de Luka 1 year ago

Planning applications at least should come up on searches that your conveyancing solicitor will do for you but it's sensible to get a good feel for an area before you decide to start looking there.

0points

Stay Off My Lawn 1 year ago (edited)

I think of all the cons of homeownership and they don’t come close to outweighing the single pro: no creepy crooked controlling landlord.

2points

Jude Laskowski 1 year ago

And no one has a key to your home unless you gave them one.

0points

T'Mar of Vulcan 1 year ago

After my father died I said to my mom that we (she was Dad's direct beneficiary but I was living with her) should sell the house. She said, "It needs too much maintenance," and refused. My dad, bless him, had thought he'd always be around to fix things, but of course he wasn't. (I know you were a war hero who fought Nazis, Dad, but dayum.) So after my mother died I ended up living in a huge, 5-bedroom house all by myself. Bro and SIL moved in after about 6 months and we have spent over 80 grand fixing all the issues. One issue can't be fixed - the soil has settled over the 47 years since Dad built the house (he built it himself as he was a bricklayer by trade although he worked in a white collar job for 35 years) and the outlet pipe from the one toilet no longer slopes downward. It's UNDER the house so there's no fixing it (the house is brick and concrete - here we don't build wooden houses). We throw large buckets of water down the toilet once a week to keep the pipe from clogging.

1point

Steve Hall 1 year ago

It is always cheaper to call a professional to do the job than it is to have them fix your mistakes.

1point

Circ_Lyfe 1 year ago

I have an amazing house with 5 acres. BUT the house was on the market for almost a year. I was going to offer 20k less. It's in a SMALL town that most people have never heard of and they live 10 minutes or so away. Plus, I looked at the towns sale history. The realtor told me another offer was just put in that day, and I should up my offer. My mom, who took her real-estate boards, told me she was lying because she wanted a high commission. I panicked because I loved the house. Offered 5k less than listed. The previous owners were bragging to the neighbors. My neighbors couldn't believe the house in this area sold for almost asking. They would have been surprised if it sold for 30K less! Happy with my house, but soooo mad I paid 20k more than I intended. Lesson learned

1point

John L 1 year ago

My mistake (had the house built), being cheap on additions. Biggest mistake, not getting hardwood floors. I did think ahead though and got the best carpet padding available, with a cheap carpet, thinking I would get better carpet latter. Ended up never needing better carpet as the carpet padding helped keep the carpet in good shape. 20 years and only one buckle....

1point

Rose the Cook 1 year ago

Assumed that every standard thing in the house was included only to find that the hot water service and the stove were not paid for. The former owner went bankrupt and still owed money on them. The receiver refused to remove the items, which were in poor condition and unlikely to sell individually, and demanded we buy them. I wanted them out so as to buy new rather than pay for damaged goods but dumb ex husband caved in.

1point

David A Paterson 1 year ago

A pretty niche thing. But we noticed a strange buzzing noise coming from our patio. It turned out that the previous owner had cut the electrical wires and left them live (in parallel with the outside light). Every time it rained the patio wires short circuited. Don't assume that your house's electrical system is safe.

1point

Carrie de Luka 1 year ago

No survey or house inspection? Anything wrong with the electrics should surely be noted?

2points

Racing Tadpole 1 year ago

We hired the guy next door as a 'handy man' very bad idea.. we've had to redo every job he's ever done for us..always hire professionals

0points

Cyndielouwhoo 1 year ago

I think mileage varies, we had awesome (honest) realtors, a highly-rated house inspection company, got a good price on the house and since we're a handy family, maintenance hasn't been too bad.

0points

brittany 1 year ago

got a house with a basement. never ever ever again. i hate basements. i am always uncomfortable down there. its where the laundry is kept and as its unfinished and old, it also leaks and has bugs. i physically dread going down there with every single fiber of my being.

0points

Racing Tadpole 1 year ago

Turn the lights on and have a radio playing to lessen the dread feeling

0points

GB 1 year ago

We sold our beloved house to buy a different one--a cool large mid century modern place on a couple acres. Worst decision of my life. The house is awesome but it's in a s#!+ town. The people here suck and the "city" is fugly and completely devoid of culture and art. And now we're priced out of our former city so we're stuck here. A nice house is a hellhole if it's location is depressing. Location, location, location!

0points

Jude Laskowski 1 year ago

Didn't you check out the area first?

0points

Joy 1 year ago

My husband and I bought our first house together a couple of months ago. It only had one owner since it was built in 1972! We had to do a lot of cosmetic work, but otherwise it's in pretty good shape. There are, however, a lot of "little" things that need to be fixed. The previous owner "fixed" a lot of things himself, but they were more like only temporary fixes. It would be so much easier to deal with everything if we both weren't so busy at our jobs. We work at the same place and work between 50-60 hours a week. On our days off, we have to spend that time working on the house. It's very annoying. All things considered, we would buy it again. If our jobs weren't so crazy, fixing the house would be so much easier. I told my husband that we are DONE doing things ourselves now. We're going to hire professionals from now on. Our mental health was suffering so enoughs enough. He finally agreed.

0points

Pieter LeGrande 1 year ago

Brand new house, the builder asked what colours we wanted the walls painted. We decided on a different colour in each room, all really bright, strong primaries-no pastel shades for us. Aaaaah! Result: a month later repainting the whole house off white.

0points

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DB 1 year ago

Should never have bought one in the first place. Giant money pit and stress generator. Did I learn my lesson? Nope. Bought a second one. What's wrong with me?

5points

Rick Seiden 1 year ago

5points

Tim 1 year ago

6points

R Dennis 1 year ago

3points

mhoulden 1 year ago

3points

Carrie de Luka 1 year ago

Planning applications at least should come up on searches that your conveyancing solicitor will do for you but it's sensible to get a good feel for an area before you decide to start looking there.

0points

Stay Off My Lawn 1 year ago (edited)

I think of all the cons of homeownership and they don’t come close to outweighing the single pro: no creepy crooked controlling landlord.

2points

Jude Laskowski 1 year ago

And no one has a key to your home unless you gave them one.

0points

T'Mar of Vulcan 1 year ago

1point

Steve Hall 1 year ago

It is always cheaper to call a professional to do the job than it is to have them fix your mistakes.

1point

Circ_Lyfe 1 year ago

1point

John L 1 year ago

1point

Rose the Cook 1 year ago

1point

David A Paterson 1 year ago

1point

Carrie de Luka 1 year ago

No survey or house inspection? Anything wrong with the electrics should surely be noted?

2points

Racing Tadpole 1 year ago

We hired the guy next door as a 'handy man' very bad idea.. we've had to redo every job he's ever done for us..always hire professionals

0points

Cyndielouwhoo 1 year ago

I think mileage varies, we had awesome (honest) realtors, a highly-rated house inspection company, got a good price on the house and since we're a handy family, maintenance hasn't been too bad.

0points

brittany 1 year ago

0points

Racing Tadpole 1 year ago

Turn the lights on and have a radio playing to lessen the dread feeling

0points

GB 1 year ago

0points

Jude Laskowski 1 year ago

Didn't you check out the area first?

0points