Just moved into a new home, partner getting upset...

welshbookworm

todayisagreatday wrote: »

Did you actually go through the ceiling whilst in the bath :eek: Makes my woodlice problem seem minor. Glad I'm in a bungalow!

Though we did spend a week yanking up all the carpets which were wet through with dog wee and trying to get rid of the smell!!

No, thankfully. But I did have two burly workmen nearly banging my door down when I was in my nighty :eek:
They looked slightly startled

Doodles

I can relate. When we bought our house, it was only weeks and months in that lots of problems with plumbing and electrics came to light.

It was an old house, and there was lots of bodge jobs which we had to sort out bit by bit. I sympathise over the plumbing issues. We had to spend about £1.5K on repairs to the plumbing in the basement rooms, that was unexpected.

It can feel quite depressing, as you are so excited to move in and the relief of the stress of it being over. And then you get all these problems!

Just try and get all the problems sorted as fast as you can, that would be my advice, and it will soon feel like home.

PhilE

2 doors down from my mums place, a couple moved in and started having the kitchen refurbished.

Apparently water literally sprung from the floor as the old tiles were taken up, turned out there was a ton of water under the house, and the whole property had to be under pinned. There goes their savings, and the value of their house.

NaughtiusMaximus

I seem to have got off quite lightly compared to other posters.

We've been here just under 2 months, the only 2 issues we've had so far are a leaky water pipe in the garage (fixed by a plumber for £25) and the built in dishwasher which came with the house died the 3rd time we used it.

csgohan4

had a bathroom leak in to the kitchen, the realization you can't complain to a LL seemed odd at first but least you can fix it quicker than they can and according to what quality.

Agree with the above regarding a tool box and getting some DIY material. I learnt over the years what I needed. I would also add calipers to it as well to know how wide some pipes are e.t.c. Don't forget a hack saw e.t.c

teddysmum

todayisagreatday wrote: »

Did you actually go through the ceiling whilst in the bath :eek: Makes my woodlice problem seem minor. Glad I'm in a bungalow!

Though we did spend a week yanking up all the carpets which were wet through with dog wee and trying to get rid of the smell!!

Perhaps they gave the writers of Corrie their plot when man, wife and Great Dane came through the ceiling.


Several years ago , a housing estate was built near to where I lived as a child. Back then the fields were decorated with what locally were called 'open holes', being brick chimneys used for mine ventilation.


The estate was built over these former fields, including the shafts (always amazed us) and one day an unfortunate couple returned to their new hose to find that the three piece suit and hearth rug had disappeared forever, leaving a gaping hole in their living room.

jaype

My sibling moved into a house where the previous owner had connected a camping stove to the mains gas.

Said previous owner was a hospital consultant... (clearly with zero common sense)