How much did your new home cost you in repairs and upgrades

[Anonymous]

In the first year?

Just bought in the fall and already having to spend $6000 on a leak, $3000 on a toilet repair/damage, $1000 on a new fridge, $2500 on electrical upgrades, and $1000 on fixes to pipes that were done wrong.

[Anonymous]

Zero after we were done. A ton of upgrades during the building process.

[Anonymous]

Did you not get a warranty?

[Anonymous]

All these repairs in a new build?

[Anonymous]

Did you get an inspection?

[Anonymous]

OP. I don’t mean a new build. I mean newly purchased/new to you, not a brand new home.

[Anonymous]

None since it was new, but drapes and painting and blinds probably $70k.

[Anonymous]

Everyone I know has something plumbing related happen after they move in.

I think sometimes it’s because an older person is living there alone and then a family comes in and starts turning a lot more things on.

Also it happens because the devil knows you’re out of cash.

[Anonymous]

I think we just did a deep clean, hired landscaping and had the hardwood floors stained darker and buffed or whatever gets done. Everything else was fine.

[Anonymous]

Nothing, it was a new build. Well, spent a bunch on furniture, moved from apartment

[Anonymous]

Bought a fixer upper last summer. $60k in so far and we haven’t started the real Reno. The biggest line items have been systems repair (broken appliances, deferred maintenance on hvac and fireplace), plumbing repairs (new hot water heater, replace toilet), and cosmetic (top to bottom paint which required plaster/wall repair, refinish floors). We do as much as we can ourselves and handyman is on speed dial.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In the first year?

Just bought in the fall and already having to spend $6000 on a leak, $3000 on a toilet repair/damage, $1000 on a new fridge, $2500 on electrical upgrades, and $1000 on fixes to pipes that were done wrong.

used or new?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In the first year?

Just bought in the fall and already having to spend $6000 on a leak, $3000 on a toilet repair/damage, $1000 on a new fridge, $2500 on electrical upgrades, and $1000 on fixes to pipes that were done wrong.

used or new?

Used.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:None since it was new, but drapes and painting and blinds probably $70k.

woah. what makes the blinds/drapes so special? I think we spent maybe $1000, max $1500 on levelor honeycomb cellular shades for our house

house painting isn't included in a new build?

[Anonymous]

1920s home on national register of historic homes
$5500 repainting exterior
$6500 repainting interior
$15000 reroof
$12000 rewiring -this was horrible and took 3 weeks
$3500 concrete walkway
$2500 porch repair
$2500 new light fixtures
$6500 new appliances
$1500 replace broken glass windows
$6000 retile bathroom
$4500 landscaping
$500 replace door knobs and hinges with period door knobs
$600 refinish hardwood floors (I did it myself with a rental otherwise it would have been $8 a square foot, took me a week)
$3500 new gutters
$12000 hvac
$800 to buy and install nest thermostat and ring door bell
$1500 new hot water heater
$600 bracing sagging floor
$150 kitchen quarter round molding
$8500 new cabinets
$4000 quartz counter top and farmers sink.