I really expected things to break a lot more often in my house from how people talk about that, but yeah, they really don't. In a year and a half since we moved in, we've had a single unexpected repair. The house is 70 years old.
As long as you keep up with very basic maintenance, 95% of the costs will be the mortgage.
My parents have turned their house into the ship of Theseus despite it being perfectly fine. They decided to make housework their hobby and are constantly fixing shit that doesn't need fixing.
I really expected things to break a lot more often in my house from how people talk about that, but yeah, they really don't. In a year and a half since we moved in, we've had a single unexpected repair. The house is 70 years old.
As long as you keep up with very basic maintenance, 95% of the costs will be the mortgage.
My parents have turned their house into the ship of Theseus despite it being perfectly fine. They decided to make housework their hobby and are constantly fixing shit that doesn't need fixing.