Since we moved to this apartment in December 2006, the following is a list of problems we have dealt with:
*a family of raccoons living in the space above the ceiling and in the walls
*rats getting into the kitchen drawers and eating the food (plus leaving behind a lot of their own treasures)
*a leaking washing machine (that Michael repaired)
*a broken dryer (that Michael tried to repair, but ended up calling a repair man-it took them 3 weeks to fix it)
*a leaking pipe in the wall in the girls' room (they slept in our room for 3 weeks, while the pipe was replaced, the mold cleaned out and new wall put up)
*same thing happened in the kitchen 6 months later (had no kitchen for a month)
*both toilets had some major clogging issues
*water heater busted and was replaced
*furnace is next on the list
*and the latest: I walked into the bathroom to brush the girls' teeth last week and smelled something awful... I looked into the bathtub to discover it filled halfway up with what I thought at first was sewage (later to discover it was junk from someone's kitchen pipe). Lovely.
I am incredibly thankful that we are renting and don't own this apartment, so we don't have to pay for all the problems.
It really isn't a bad apartment complex, we just happen to have the bad apartment (our next-door neighbor has lived here for 17 years and hasn't had to deal with hardly a thing).
Do I really want to own a house someday?
A visit with Rosie and Austin!
1 day ago
6 comments:
Wow, what a lot of problems in one apartment! Maybe you should switch to a different one in the complex when one is free! You are troopers to stick with it!
Wow! Makes our apartment sound like a keeper...we only have rats and lizards. :)
Well, among other problems.
A house sure is hard work, but I think it's totally worth it. And having your own yard is awesome for the kids too!
I'm sorry for all your problems. But I'm glad you don't have to pay for them.
I'm glad you finally updated your blog! ;)
Wow, that is a cursed apartment. I'm glad I didn't have to deal with all that when I lived in Old Mill. Those are a lot of things to deal with.
Oh the joys! I can't believe you've had so many problem in one apartment. Congrats on your little guy by the way. I've been thinking about you and hoping you're doing well.
I will tell you that home ownership is over-rated!! We have to pay for everything. Maybe you can swap apartments with your neighbor :) Good luck getting everything fixed.
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