Well, if it helps any, we've had all those problems in a house we ~paid~ for (or will pay for until the day we die)...
I know that doesn't really help. But it does factor into what I was thinking this morning. I don't want to be a burden for the boys. Wife and I need to think about retirement and I'm thinking one of those retirement communties where you can transition into different levels of care.
Then I thought "heck, I'd go today..."
;-)
In a way, it wouldn't bother me as much if I'd paid for this place (though I wouldn't wanna do that), because I wouldn't be throwing money away. I've put a LOT of my own cash into this place, but when I tried to point that out to the land lady who was giving me a hard time about deposits and all, I got indifference and basically was told "Well, we'd help, but you won't let us..." When I *told* the landlord about the fridge and all, and he wouldn't believe it wasn't working. Etc.
Anyway, I'm just ranting. I'm kind of a mess right now anyway what with people having been and gone and not knowing how i shoulda handled certain things and worrying about spending cash I don't have on things that don't work as they should.
We haven't mentioned the punch line... we had to take the door off the bathroom to get it in there, and there's no way the door will go back on with the dryer there.