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Home owners of Lemmy do you have any advice on dealing with the stress of owning a home? (reddthat.com)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Every drop of water, crack, ant, royally freaks me out at this point. I can't afford to rent. I own a shitty house that is a fixer upper. So frustrating.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

Learn to fix these things.

I get ants turn up maybe once a year during summer. putting some ant killer powder down when they show up usually sorts them out.

DIY isn't too hard, plenty of vids on youtube about how to do more or less everything.

I did all the laminate flooring in the top floor of my sisters house using nothing but youtube, a dremmel and a mitre saw.

I probably should have invested in a laminate cutter in hindsight but i got it done

[–] [email protected] 3 points 16 hours ago

To add to this, perfect is the enemy of good. You probably won't do it as well as a professional, but having it done is better than not at all (since DIY is generally cheaper.