Do you love or hate your current home?

Well I feel your pain, we purchased our home last August and it is the home of our dreams, an 1898 colonial 4,000 square feet with all the charm of the older homes. Of course with that comes all the yuck of an older home. We were in the house less than a month when my dining room wall had to be cut open to replace a pipe that ran from the basement through the 1st floor past the second floor and into the attic- that was a ton of fun. Followed up with the replacement of other plumbing in the master bath and basement, a furnance that haven't been serviced in 15 years and a sump pump in the basement that just quit working. The plumber loves us- we paid for his new boat!!!! LOL! So I do love my home and wouldn't give it up for anything but I hate that I have to keep the plumber on speed dail- of course at this point we have almost replaced everything pipe in the house- so we should be good for a while. Aren't you glad you asked (lol)?

I live in a mobile home, lived here since 2002. I hate the place, It is very small. The kitchen is small and no dishwasher. There is not enough room for much of anything here. When all of my boys come home we take turns sleeping because ther arent enough beds or couchs for everyone. just not enough room.Some of our electrical outlets and lights dont work. If you use too much electricity at once the fuses blow. so we cant have heat on most of the time.The water heater is small and so our showers are very shot and my dishwashing has to be quick. I would love to have a new place but we cant afford it.

I do not like our house. We have been in it since the 70s, and it is now all paid for, but compared to my friend's houses, it is too small. The only one smaller then it is my friend's Margaret and that is because she married a widower whose wife was ill and he spent much of the money on hospital and medical insurance for her. This house was designed for newly weds and for those who were going to have only one or no children or for retired couples who loved small. But the furnace is an old style, it was not insulated properly and we keep bumping into each other. It should have been a two bedroom instead of a three bedroom and since my husband has a walker, it is not handicapped friendly and there is no patio door to make a ramp from.

My house is twenty years old this year. Wood frame is the worst. When a water problem happens, like toilets that overflow in the middle of the night, you end up with one he11 of a mess. Have to remove drywall on exterior wall and bleach studs every time, even if you see no damage. And windows when they leak, which I have some as we speak, are a nightmare. I love my house I just hate dealing with wood framing here in Florida. It's a 3 2 2 with two family rooms and an office. Plenty of room but not a mansion. The thing I like best is the open design.

I don't really have strong feeling like love or hate towards my residence. I've lived her for about 3 years and it's a place, just like any other. I don't think I would hate living anywhere, so long as I had a place to live. You don't sound greatful for anything and that's a shame. Move out if it's so bad and live on the streets for a while, maybe that would help. Happy MyLotting!

i like your discussions. i live in an apartment now for free, which is amazing, but its almost not worth it. the guy gave it to us because my boyfriend helps him out on saturdays with his home, and he has more money than he knows what to do with so he doesnt care about renting it, especially since the last time he ended up paying more to evict the last tenants since they never paid. but we have a cat secretly and were always nervous someone will come, and the pipes are broken and water leaks a lot. homes are always in need of work.

Sounds like your house is in the same shape as ours. We are lucky that at least we rent so all the problems come down to the land lord to have to fix. But he is a jerk. Our laundry room roof leaks and he has fixed it so many times that I have lost count. But it still leaks after he fixes is. Last winter I finally went up on the roof and put sealer on it myself and stopped the leak. Or bath tub leaked and after three years he finally had to replace it and do a whole lot of other work because of the water damage. The kitchen cabinets are held together with epoxy glue. The walls a cinder block. They have never been water proofed, so in the winter mold grows on them. The only reason why we stay her is because we can not afford to move and it is one of the few places around that allow pets. Also like you we're in a really good community. One of the best school districts in northern California. Quite neighborhood, except the jerky next door neighbor.

I almost love our house. I think the worst part is living on main st. we live in a small town too. i grew up 4 miles from here and my husband and i both went to this school. so its kind of cool that our kids will go to the same school we did and have some of the same teachers. The bad part about main st is our porch is always covered in road dust. There are some little things that i wish i could change but luckily nothing major is wrong with the house. we've been here 2 years in september. i would like to completely redo the kitchen. the way it is laid out isn't very practical. the only other thing that bothers me is at one point they split the house to make it a duplex so they cut through the floors to add stairs to the attic and from the first floor to the second floor. which made the one bedroom really small because it has both sets of steps in it. if we could change that and put the floor back that would be nice. our house is pretty big though and i love all the extra room. plus we have hard wood floors in our living room and dining room. it has a lot of the features i've always said i wanted.

This is a pretty good discussion and that is a very good question and I am sure there are a bunch of people who are happy with their current home for one reason or another,and then I am sure there are people who do not like where they are living now because either it is falling apart,or because they do not like the neighborhood or the location of where they live,and I am sorry that you have been living in your house for two and a half years now,and that you and your husband hate it,and I am sorry that you have had so many problems,such as having to live two months without water which had to be hard,and it had to have sucked to have to go a couple months where half the house did not have lights or power,and I am sorry that the plumbing under the the kitchen sink has been leaking since you moved in,and that you need a new roof that you can not afford,and that you need thirty thousand dollars worth of foundation work,and I am glad that you like the location and at least that is an upside,even though there are tractor trailers that drive past every hour of the night and day,and that the school bus garage is down the road too,and it does sound like a good community,and I agree small towns are better than big cities,and I bet you would love to bulldoze the house,and I do not blame you,right now me and my fiance are living with my parents in a double wide that is in the country,me and my parents have been living here for eight years last month,and my fiance has been living with me here for around a year or so,and she really likes where we live to,because it is quiet and peaceful out here and it is very safe,and we do not have to worry about getting broken into because we know the neighbors,and they are all good people,the double wide is in pretty good shape even though it does have some slight problems like a few holes in some of the walls,and the faucets on the bathtub in their room has been leaking and my father has been trying to fix it,and both toilets tend to get backed up,but other than the problems I love this house,and would not want to live anywhere else even though I do miss our old trailer even though it was really small,and we barely had room and my bedroom was cramped,but it was where I spent the first fifteen or so years of my life.

When we moved to this state, we downsized. I do miss some of the extra space but I really do like my home. I do all of the home improvement and upgrades myself, mostly, with some help, here and there, like when it is something I do not know how to do. We own 19.3 acres in the woods and I would not trade where I live. It is pretty, quiet, and easy to clean, since it is smaller. I like my place!!

The worst is that we rent and pay way too much for what we have. The best is the area and quiet neighborhood. Well, it's not the greatest area but it's quiet and the neighbors leave us alone. It's close to the school and it's not built up with shopping centers. It's city but only in the effect that it's built up with homes and a few small stores and shops. The house needs some repairs but we aren't going to do them because it isn't our house. The landlord seems nice enough but, I think if we ever did have a problem with her, we'd have a really big problem. We live in a duplex and the next door neighbors are nice, they're friends but there is no insulation between apartments so we hear everything that they do. Over-all I'm comfortable here but it's not the best.

First!I like your topics. I like my current home very much.But I need more money to build a best home in my world.Now,I am a freelancer.I believe I can have my company in some days!

we moved into the house that we live in just over a year ago.i still cant make up my mind about it.my sister lived in here about 5 years ago and i hated it when she lived here but it does feel better now.it is alot better than the flat that we lived in but is smaller(flat we had 3 beds but here we have 2)the kids are more settled in this place because we arentt getting hastle from the neighbours we had at the flat.the garden in this pace is huge thats gotta be the best bit.but then we are finding that we havent got our own little space like we did in the flat.plus all the stuff that my little one needs for her condtion have gotten greater since we moved.the other bad bit about this place is with the girls shareing a room little ones fits do wake her sister up every night.the neighbour hood isnt differnt because we have only moved up the road from the flat.it think we will be happyish here but if somewhere bigger came up i wouldnt turn it down

well, nice discussion. were living in this home, since i was born. i really liked it although we have some problems with it now. but i never hate this home. i'm very comfortable here. happy mylotting! :)

Did you not have an inspection done before signing for the house purchase? In those inspections they check everything inclu=ding electrical, plumbing, and foundation etc. Not saying anything bad about you but an inspection shopuld have been done and payed either by you, the sellers, or one of the real estate agents involved. We've had out house for 5 years now. When we bought it we knew the problems we shpould expect. Nothing very serious though so far. New windows is the most costliest thing we need to do as they are old, old windows and not very energy effecient. Thje best thing about our house is that after 30 years of renting we finally broke down and bought one. The worst I guess is that it is not up to code as far as electrical etc. The circuit board is not of enough amperage and wer still have the old fashinoned plugs in a few rooms that won't take the new plugs with the one larger prong. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~

Wow! I'll never complain about our house again after reading that. With that being said, here goes. I loved our house when we moved in. In fact, I was the one who found. I wouldn't shut up about how much I loved it, until hubby agreed we could get the house. It cost us way more than we could afford at the time, at least double monthly payment. But, I liked the fact that it had a big yard, lots of rooms, tons of closet space and was freshly painted. And, the neighborhood was quiet. But, that's where the good times ended. During the first year, the shower started falling apart and hasn't been fixed yet. And, now it molds if you try to use it. Luckily we have another bathroom shower to use. There is no carpet. Which you would imagine is a good thing. NOT! Just plain white stone tile through out the house. This stuff shows every speck of dirt and lint. No matter how many times you sweep or vacuum daily, you will still have marks. Something I've had to learn to live with. And, there is no insulation in the outer walls. I didn't know that when I moved in. Apparently, the house is made out of some kind of brick or concrete (outer walls) and there was no room for insulation. That means, it gets cold in the winter and we have a huge heating bill, cause the heat is going right out the walls. I could go on, but I'll spare you. And, turns out that the neighbborhood is not the best. I mean, it's alright. But, it's way too close to the highway. Wonder why I didn't notice that when we moved in. That was before my daughter was born. I was six months pregnant. Not such an ideal find now. Really thinking about moving, if I can ever come up with the money to do that.

When I first moved into my house over three years ago I loved it so much, had so many plans for it. I was pregnant with my fourth child and everything just seemed to be so perfect, too perfect. I had only been in the house a week and everything suddenly went wrong, with my pregnancy with the house and a few months later with my relationship. I blamed the house, it felt like things had only gone wrong since we had moved in here and for ages I just wanted to get out of it, I did nothing in the house no decorating nothing I refused. We cannot move though, the value of houses has dropped and so if we were to move we could end up losing out on any profit on the house so we are going to stay put now for a while. But I am OK with the house now, I am starting to rebuild my relationship with it again, starting to make plans for decorating etc so who knows I might even grow to love it again one day.

I love our home because we built it and know exactly what is in it. My husband did all the electrical and plumbing work, so that's no problem. He even wired for the phones and satellite. We live in the country, but on a highly traveled road that is between an interstate and a four lane highway - about a 17 mile stretch between the two roads. Right now, it is nice living here since we aren't pushed up beside someone else. Recently about 2 months ago we found we were having a Bingo Hall built in the county next to our property - less than 200 feet from us! But, right now,it seems they are having problems getting a license because of the State Fire Marshall and the water board, and also investors pulling out and we are probably not getting the hall. That is a blessing, because we do love this place. We've been on this property for almost 39 years, 9 months before our daughter was born. We moved in our house 32 years ago and we do not want to move.But that might be a possibility if the Bingo Hall was built and we could get what our property and house is worth! Otherwise,we'll probably always live here. We live far enough off the road that the noise on the road doesn't bother us.

I love my current home.Even though it is very small for all the six members of our family which includes my parents and my family,my home is sweet home.We all have complaints of residing in a small place.But we are now living in the centre of the town.Schools,markets,hospitals ,everything is near our reach.And being this one our own house,We had always took care to repair and white wash from time to time.And our home is a perfect place to live.I love my home!Hope you too get a home of your taste!

I admire your patience because you were able to survive that long (more than 2 years!) in that house where you live. You have been encountering a lot of problems then why don't you just left the house the first time you knew about the issues? Anyway I'm not blaming you because as you have mentioned the location is good and the community as well. But I believe that happiness and contentment in ones house should begin inside. You should be happy if the house you decided to live provides you the basic, most important things that you need like water and electricity. How were you able to survive for 2 months without water? I could not afford to live in your house but don't get me wrong. I'm not mad at you, I'm not sarcastic either. I just don't want you to experience the problems anymore so if I may suggest, you better move. Don't be afraid to adjust to a new location. Who knows you'll eventually enjoy your new and complete home. If I'm going to describe the place I live today, it's very nice and comfortable. We are on the 9th floor and this is the highest floor in this condominium. The pay is affordable and just right, there are slight problems with water supply which are tolerable and reasonable and electricity goes out for only minutes and that only happens if there is typhoon. In short, I'm very happy in this house where I live and I feel that the house loves me too.