My house is falling apart!

I understand completely Stephanie, because that is my life..My house has never been put together and it takes years for anything to get done..Then when my husband decides to fix something, something more important breaks down, causing more stress on me.. I really need to get a job, all my extra income is going to repairing this house once and for all..

Hi Stephanie, when I started my carrier in the Railway 45 years ago, I was assigned the task of repairing Steam Locomotives. They were giant of locomotives, running at a speed of 100 kilometers per hour. They weighed nearly 170 tones. The Loco Shed housed nearly 250 locomotives. They were always in dire need of repairs. One strange thing I noticed about them was that if one locomotive developed a defect the other locomotives too had the same problem almost simultaneously. It appeared that though locomotives were inanimate objects they commiserated with the problem of others. Another thing I learnt was that as the saying goes, "A stitch in time saves nine", you have to take care of the problem immediately otherwise the problem multiplies. Same thing I do now with home appliances. If a gadget is need of repairs, I do not wait but get it repaired immediately. If I don't do that, all the gadgets will suffer breakdown at the same time and then I find myself stranded.

My car is like that too. All the time this is what happens, and I am beginning to think it is because of the way I think about my things. If I think I am bad with electronics and motors or whatever then they always seem to get broken or wrecked. I am very gentle with books though, and most of my books are in peak condition. So I am thinking that if we choose only to think that things were great and always worked they would work more often. And things would work out that it would be easier on us when it was time to fix them. The universe conspires to give us what we think about most, especially when we think about it with great feeling. Better make that feeling a positive one though. Sincerely and With Appreciation.

I am in the same spot, we repair what we have to, and that list is getting longer and longer.

Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. How old your house is now? I havn't experienced that, but I can understand your feeling. The problems came one by one, all of the time were wasted on repairing the house. It's really terrible.

A week later? More like a day or two later. LOL, one things for sure I will miss my house but certainly will not miss the daily unforeseen expenses. Good luck to you will your home. It is however a joy to be able to make the repairs and sigh with great accomplishment; that you did it yourselves.

HiStephanieAnnC, It does seem that in life when one thing goeswrong everything else seems too but then again we have times where everything is going so well that human nature sometimes asks how long it will last and then suddenly bump back to earth things go wrong. I have a run last year, with washing machine dishwaher and tv. This week the run for the rabbits has finally collasped so I need to buy new. Sorry tohear that so much is going wrong right now, there wikll a turning point back the other way soon. Huggles. Ellie :D

hi stephnieannc with us it was things with warranties or guarantees to a certain time, and just as the time expires, the fridge went out, and the heater went out but since we were renting the management had to repair that one.Yes then my power source to my computer went futz and quit just like that, but in the fine print there was a guarantee on this part yet so we got a new power source without its costing a thing. When I worked on surgical and ob floors many years back we had a saying,things come in three, you get an emergency surgery at one am. you will have two more before the night is over.on the ob floor a baby is born at midnight and two more are sure to follow,one at two o clock,one at four thirty,it really did happen that way at times.

My second house was a foreclosure and for the first two years it was always something. We are in a new house now (well less than 5 years old at this point), so we only rarely have repairs that are needed. It's a huge pain not to mention a financial drain when too many things go at once!

It sounds like you have a very expensive task ahead of you! Thankfully I'm not in your situation as I don't own the property that I live in! I'm renting and so if I experience any maintenance problems with the flat then I give my landlady a call and she handles everything! That's the disadvantage of owning your own home! However, the advantage is that you do actually own your own home and you don't have to pay out on rent and things. There have been times in the past when something needed doing within the flat and I asked my landlady whether she would be happy with me completing the task and she's been fine with that. If I can do something myself then I don't mind playing the good tenant! I suppose the only way to go in relation to your own situation is to save and try and complete one task at a time. This is the only realistic way of getting things done in today's climate as things are difficult financially for most people now. Well, if the roof is need of repair I would get that done first as you don't want that falling on your head during the night!Andrew

it would not have appeared suddenly one fine morning.Just you missed them in the starting of the complaints.There would be some indications which you would have ignored for any reason.Just we should have it in mind," a stitch in time saves nine".

This is one of the biggest reason's I never wanted to buy a house! Repairs jobs would kill me like they are with you! At least when you rent your landlord repairs what needs repairing! Knowing my luck the whole would be falling apart at once! I'm glad I never wanted or will by a house! I feel for you!!

Thank God this hasn't happened to me but I do remember it happening to my parents many times. Like the fridge and washer would go out at the same time. On top of that there would be plumbing problem too. So many times it was at least three things within a week. I just couldn't believe the bad luck I felt my parents were always having. I guess alot of people go through this unfortunately. Maybe its because the applicances are usually brought all at the same time and they have a basic lifespan of their own. I don't know but its not fun having to deal with all of that when money is low. Sorry that you are going through all this at one time.