I saw your comment that buying a house was a huge mistake, and I was wondering why, if you don't mind my asking. I'm in no position to get a house rn and might not ever be, but if I ever am, I don't want to do something stupid that I'll regret, you know?
For one our relator and the inspector she hired were fucking jokes. There were/are so many problems with this house that they just didn't inform us on or flat out overlooked until it was too late and the ink dried. My breaker box is legally outlawed. Meaning if a fuse goes, tough shit, like currently my ac/heating unit. This house shouldn't even be powered because of this breaker box. That breaker box also has nothing labeled properly, so we don't know what goes to where. There's lots of other little things that we explicitly said had to be fixed before we moved and that they just never did any of it. But because we were on a crunch, we took their word for it that it was fixed.
January 2024 my ac/heat units disconnect box caught fire, because the idiots that installed the thermostat just put one in and it didn't match. So my unit was blowing out both heat and air and it nearly burned my house down. We hadn't even been in the place a full month when that happened. I spent (and my mutuals have spent bc they helped me out A LOT) 3k in trying to get my ac unit in working condition, turns out the drainage system was all ass backwards, lazy installation.
The roof was too old. Didn't know that when we were in talks of buying, because A BIG SELLING POINT WAS THE ROOF. That it had tonnnnsss of life on it still. No it didn't. So we had devised a plan to get the roof replaced...And then, nuclear option lmao, a tree took out my fucking living and dining room a month later in hurricane helene.
If you live somewhere that has severe weather, that's all your responsibility. You have to be the one to fight the adjustors and the insurance companies to get anything done. My roof is fixed, but my ceiling is still open and unfinished, my walls are still stripped, my floor ripped up. You only have a year to get the repairs done before it comes out of your own pocket. I have 3 1/2 months left but I'm at the mercy of the people who do the repairs. And FEMA did not help us. It was a waste to even try and get assistance from them.
For someone like me, homeownership is too heavy a weight to carry. What should have been an achievement has been nothing but a nightmare. I will take apartment dwelling over this any day. This house has crushed me mentally and emotionally and I hate it.
My advice is if you ever come up on the chance to buy a home....and this actually goes for renting as well, do not buy in a state that is lax in its policies, such as you don't need to have a second door in case of a fire blocking your only exit or not being legally required to provide air conditioning and heat (if you die you die not their problem). Do not ever buy a home in Georgia. Do not buy a home where there's hurricanes and tornados. Do not ever wholly trust your relator and who they hire, get a second opinion that isn't attached to the sale of the house. My mistake was not being more involved with the buying, because my mom and brother are trustworthy idiots...where I am a paranoid asshole.
I guess to end my spewage is just hope you're not as unlucky as my family consistently is. 🫡
