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All the Little Things
Aug. 12th, 2016 06:52 amWhile this house (it needs a name, I think) is sound structurally, every day we find another little thing that needs to be fixed. We knew we'd have to do some updating to the kitchen (and remove its pink countertops) and we knew the house didn't have a washer/dryer and we knew that everything was bland, bland, bland (white siding, white trim, beige walls, no landscaping to speak of), but then we discovered we also had/have to fix:
- the sliding glass door (it's about to come off)
- the fact that there wasn't even a *vent* for the dryer (got one installed now)
- some of the windows that just randomly close for no reason
- the front door knob, which would twist and twist and twist and never lock
- honestly, all of the locks because this was a rental
- the tub drain
- the garbage disposal (it made a kind of whining noise and then gave up when I tried to use it)
- the kitchen faucet (drip drip drip)
And that's just after living here for three days. Plus, since this was a rental, everything is new but CHEAP, so cheap. It's (mostly) functional for now, but we're going to have to replace a lot of things because a) ugly and b) it's gonna break. I hate cheap shit, it's such a waste of money and resources and it's like, it took this guy effort to buy and install it, so why couldn't he have bought something that wouldn't break after a few uses? Bah.
But the house itself is sound. Dad tested all the electrical and inspected the plumbing and he was very pleased by that job. And I have to keep reminding myself that we'd get the same shit in a rental, only we wouldn't be allowed to fix/change it. Also we're paying waaay less a month than we would for a similar rental.
I know in a few weeks when we've got a lot of this stuff fixed, a lot of the cheap shit replaced, and our stuff unpacked and put away, I'll feel a lot better. But right now I just feel overwhelmed and frazzled - which honestly, I know is typical.
Also when it fucking cools down. No a/c is shit.
Edit to add: Omega. The house's name is now Omega, because it's a vortex of the unknown, an end and a beginning, and we're probably going to perform ritualistic sacrifices here.
- the sliding glass door (it's about to come off)
- the fact that there wasn't even a *vent* for the dryer (got one installed now)
- some of the windows that just randomly close for no reason
- the front door knob, which would twist and twist and twist and never lock
- honestly, all of the locks because this was a rental
- the tub drain
- the garbage disposal (it made a kind of whining noise and then gave up when I tried to use it)
- the kitchen faucet (drip drip drip)
And that's just after living here for three days. Plus, since this was a rental, everything is new but CHEAP, so cheap. It's (mostly) functional for now, but we're going to have to replace a lot of things because a) ugly and b) it's gonna break. I hate cheap shit, it's such a waste of money and resources and it's like, it took this guy effort to buy and install it, so why couldn't he have bought something that wouldn't break after a few uses? Bah.
But the house itself is sound. Dad tested all the electrical and inspected the plumbing and he was very pleased by that job. And I have to keep reminding myself that we'd get the same shit in a rental, only we wouldn't be allowed to fix/change it. Also we're paying waaay less a month than we would for a similar rental.
I know in a few weeks when we've got a lot of this stuff fixed, a lot of the cheap shit replaced, and our stuff unpacked and put away, I'll feel a lot better. But right now I just feel overwhelmed and frazzled - which honestly, I know is typical.
Also when it fucking cools down. No a/c is shit.
Edit to add: Omega. The house's name is now Omega, because it's a vortex of the unknown, an end and a beginning, and we're probably going to perform ritualistic sacrifices here.
