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[loobyoxlip]

Last night I went to get something out of the fridge and the light burned out. I have no idea how to get the lightbulb out. I must have stood there trying for about 5 minutes.

Then this morning we're getting ready to leave and the doorknob literally fell off into my hand This is one good thing of renting...I can just call them and say 'Come fix this!'

Anything broken in your house that needs repairing? And will the repair be done in the near future?

[luvnwdwgal]

Our home was built in the mid 1800's and was a fixer upper when DH bought it in 1979. It's been in a constant remodeling stage ever since. I could write a book about what still "needs" to be done and what we'd "like" to have done! Sometimes I wonder if it's ever gonna be finished.

[DreaminDizney1002]

Yep - we have a squeaky floor in the upstairs bathroom that has successfully woken me up early every day for the past two weeks! DH has to get up before me for work and the floor is all of a sudden SUPER SQUEAKY!! We have no idea how to get rid of the squeak as we have linoleum flooring in the bathroom - so my guess is I will just have to get used to the squeak! Tina, any chance your property management wants to come fix my squeak?

[OffKilter_Lynn]

I'm married to a wonderful guy who can fix anything!

Unfortunately, lately he's spent all his free time fixing up other people's houses to make money for our Disney trips!

So it looks like I could use someone to come over and change a very high light bulb!!

[Nick and Ryans Mom]

The first week of July the dishwasher, washing machine, lawnmower and a pipe under the kitchen sink all broke within 2 days of each other. I felt like I was cursed!! Luckily DH is very handy and was able to fix everything, although the dishwasher parts took 2 weeks to come in! We used a lot of paper plates

[Colexis Mom]

We came home from a long weekend to the smoke detector beeping (low battery)! Not sure how long that was going, but good thing we don't have the cat anymore, he would have gone batty! If that's the worst of our troubles, we'll be all set!

We built a house 7 years ago, and it's still not done It's just one constant thing after another!

[RobinKay6573]

I tried to replace the florescent lights in my kitchen the other day and couldn't get the cover back on. Then I dropped it and it broke...opps!

My puppy Belle also escaped from her crate last week and peed on my couch. I spent until 11:30 pm that night steam cleaning the cushion. The next day the odor was still there so I went to the pet store and purchased a bottle of Nature's Miracle and I think the odor is finally gone after two applications and leaving the cushion outside to dry for a day. Oooohhhh bad puppy

[GoofyMom]

DD went to take a shower yesterday, and the knob for the faucet fell off! She came out, wrapped in a towel and holding it in her hand, and said "um, Mom...." Since DH is in the Arctic until tonight or tomorrow, it's not going to be fixed 100% until he gets home. But I've got it put back on well enough that if we're very gentle we can still use it!

[JoanW]

My DH is a real creative guy. Disorganized and no plans, but he is creative. About 9 years ago I asked for new kitchen cabinets and a new floor. He started planning my new kitchen, and nine years later I have a partially finished addition but no new cabinets and floor. HOWEVER, last week we started ripping up the floor (crappy ceramic tile, installed by previous owner). We ripped, chipped, crowbarred, hoisted, and removed four (4) levels of flooring from the kitchen. One of the flooring choices was a lovely orange fake brick vinyl flooring product, to match the tangerine, avocado, and harvest gold fruit n flowers wall paper that I found behind an old cabinet. Ooooh you all say, it's retro! I bet they had a shag carpet in here somewhere! We moved the laundry room from the mud room to the upstairs addition so I didn't have to haul laundry up and down the stairs. There's no siding on the addition yet and no flooring on the upstairs part of the addition. But the floor is almost gone, we are down to the last piece to chip and hoist. I guess then we can put down new flooring and then start getting new cabinets. I guess we were on the 10 year plan. I don't think it will ever get done.

[clio]

we just replaced the roof on the house and now have to haave the one on the garage fixed, too. The tile in the bathroom has to be repaired, too.
Clio

[chezp]

Isn't it wonderful when you're renting and things like that aren't your problem? I know we need to repair our gutters, but that's going to cost, so we have to think about where the money for that's going to come from.

[wdwlovers]

AH, the beauty of renting! Having someone else come and fix it. We went through a spell in July where we had a couple minor problems. Lucky for us, our fix-it man lives inthe other half of the duplex. DH went to school with our landlord and the landlord's parents live in the other half of our duplex, so his dad fixes everything. Kinda nice to only have to go next door to let them know somethings wrong.

Good luck Tina!

[Teresa]

The kids pulled one of the towel racks down a couple of months ago. DH says he will fix it "soon". I think that means "2 seconds before we sell or die, whichever comes last".

[honeybee723]

Oh how I know the feeling! We just bought a house in March, and it's only 10 years old, but we've definitely had our share of issues. When will it end...I've been told never

Through all of it though, I still love my house, afterall, it is my first one

Melissa

[joyjoy]

It's just too depressing for me to think about. I don't call it the moneypit for nothing, you know. Suffice it to say, I've got enough repairs on my list to keep a handy person busy well into their golden years. Ugh. I hate spending money on house stuff like that.