Some of you might remember that I recently bought my grandmother's house after a very long, drawn-out process, much of which was covered by this thread. The long and the short of it is that a buddy of mine and I went in on the house together. We closed on it at the end of September.
Yesterday the water main burst in our cellar. Luckily we were able to get the water shut off fairly quickly (by pounding a wooden stake into the broken-off pipe to block it!), so there was no flooding damage. But now we have to replace the entire line from the street to the house, which means major excavations and possibly having to remove a tree that is in the way. So thousands of dollars worth of work. We don't know how many thousands yet, but the plumber who was in yesterday said "at least" $4,700, depending on how easy or difficult the excavation turns out to be. And I just spent all my money, you know, buying a house. So, yeah.
Why do people want to own homes again?
(And in an unrelated insult, my computer shit the bed. GAAAAAAAAH!!!)