Comments on: 6 Tricks to Keep Home Maintenance Costs as Low as Possible

By: Kalyn Brooke

Kalyn Brooke — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 22:55:52 +0000

In reply to Malea. What an interesting concept!

By: Malea

Malea — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 05:11:59 +0000

A friend has gotten lots of non-emergency home repairs done via HelpEx – http://www.helpx.net/. They have had rooms in their house painted, a basement finished, work done on their yard, and more. In exchange they have met/hosted (mostly) fantastic people from all over the world.

By: Kalyn Brooke

Kalyn Brooke — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 12:41:01 +0000

In reply to Ali. You are most welcome, Ali!

By: Ali

Ali — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 20:52:06 +0000

That seasonal list – thank you!

By: Kalyn Brooke

Kalyn Brooke — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 20:47:05 +0000

In reply to Kayla. Wow, I can't even imagine what that must have felt like. I think it's incredibly terrifying to have to leave your own home and not know if it will even be there when you get back. I'm glad your family was safe and that you had some money to help cover those expenses!

By: Kalyn Brooke

Kalyn Brooke — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 20:45:07 +0000

In reply to Stacy. Oh my goodness, Stacy, your comment made me giggle. :)

By: Kalyn Brooke

Kalyn Brooke — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 20:43:55 +0000

In reply to Kristen @ Joyfully Thriving. Ugh, flooded basements takes me back to our own natural disaster! I'm so glad though that you had an emergency fund in place to help -- SO smart!

By: Kristen @ Joyfully Thriving

Kristen @ Joyfully Thriving — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 16:51:11 +0000

Our newly finished basement flooded two years ago when the town drain for our small town overflowed into our backyard and basement. Thankfully, we called a flood restoration company quickly who was able to come out and start drying our basement. Sadly, our insurance didn’t cover this since the water damage was from an outside source. Still, it was worth the $2000 from our emergency fund to save everything in our basement. Yep. Carpet, padding, dry wall…if you walked down there today, you wouldn’t even know we had a flood, so in the end, it was money well spent.

By: Stacy

Stacy — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 13:55:18 +0000

We have our “Oh s**t” fund and because we have a house we try to keep a minimum of $3,000 but I am pushing to make it $5,000. I want to prepare for the biggest possible expense; our furnace breaking. It’s comforting to have it but my boss makes fun of me every time I get stressed out/mad that I had to use it.

By: Kayla

Kayla — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 13:48:40 +0000

Our biggest emergancy experience was when a local earth quake hit, the after shock shook our trailer home so badly it cracked our cinder block foundations and shifted our home 6in in one direcrion. Our childrens room floor became collapsed we had crack all through our walls and part of the roof above our bedroom was damaged. We had to immediately pack whatever we could and stay with some family. We found out that our insurance did not cover earthquakes and we were stuck with fixing everything including leveling our home. Thank goodness we had just received our tax return or we would have been in a major bind and the fact that at that time my father was professionally leveling home so that saved us thousands. We are very diy so once it was leveled and blocks replaced we were able to get in and fix everything in about two weeks due to the house needing to settle and dry time from putty. It was very eye opening how quickly our home can go from liveable to not in seconds. Ever since we do whatever we can to have an emergancy fund.