[Bonanza]

Originally Posted by rubicon

Interesting my response to the remark that the developer built great houses was that history would determine that. Generally homes fare well the first 10 years but then..........

We will be here 9 years in August. I completely replaced my smoke alarms twice and my CO 2 detector three times.

We replaced our HVAC about 6 months ago. GE Profile appliances came with the house but were terrible. I do expect to replace my water heater shortly and have replaced one water shut off valve because it was leaking. We plan on replacing all of them because the push/pull as a preventive measure because we are concerned about future leaks especially coming from underneath the vanities.

The house came with a popcorn ceiling which surprised us since we last saw one in the 1970's . So we hired a contractor to scrap it off and reapply a knockdown. Again we laughed because a knockdown ceiling in Des Moines was called an executive ceiling and we had executive ceilings throughout our house and three car garage in DesMoines in 1986.

We had our house repainted with a lifetime rubberized paint (nothing is lifetime) November 2014. i have had to replace two motors for my spa investing in a $1100 unit.

We had to replace a bathroom fan

We added a large built in pantry in our laundry room because the house (a Lantana) did not contain sufficient storage in the kitchen

I feel for you! I can't believe all the money you've had to put into your house.
What a shame.
If that had been me, I think I would have sold and then rented!