Condo Living

Why do people want houses?  Why was I one of those people?

I feel like you work so hard to do things for your house and in the end I just wonder if its ever worth the time and effort and MONEY!  Its hard to feel like a house is anything more than a money pit when so much is said about the terrible economy.  Thankfully there's news of strengthening in the housing sector.  Yah!  Does that mean sell or does it mean get the new roof and windows?

The largest expense/improvement on our house was the bathroom renovation.  This morning the shower door from the renovation BROKE!  So agrevating!   I left a message with our contractor, the contractor who was against us putting the door in the first place, to please come and take a look at it.  Hopefully he calls back and its nothing big.

On to frustration #2, about a year ago we heard something scratching on the house.  I had an exterminator come and look around.  He found nothing.  Our next door neighbor had squirrels in their attic and decided to trap squirrels.  They just put a trap on a picnic table next to their house and caught all the neighborhood squirrels or at least a lot of them.  Our scratching stopped.  Then in August I saw a squirrel climb up my house (not a tree, my house) and into a hole behind the rain gutter.  I googled a few things, realized that part of the roof is the soffit.  Called the exterminators and they don't capture squirrels unless they are actually in your attic.  I called two roofers, they do the work after you have the squirrels trapped.  Ugh!  Frustration.  Cost.  For what?  Everything I already have!  Just so I can use what I have.

I am so happy that a "trapper" called me back today and is coming tomorrow.  He even repairs the holes in your house when he's done.  One stop shopping, I like.  I'm scared to know how much he's going to charge.