flash, your right. If I'm gonna get het up about it, I should take action.
Here's where I'm a sucker: my landlady isn't in the landlady business. She's a civil servant like me, recently widowed, who is not all together financially. She used to live in this house before, that's why she owns it now. Of course she still has responsibilities as a landlord, but it's not a faceless corporation raking in the profits. She is starting to do some work around the house, some minor roofing (a recent storm made it necessary), one cracked window, etc. But we can tell that even though she wants to keep the house up, that each call to a low-cost repair person is a dent. Our fridge is making some odd cooing noises that my boyfriend thinks might be the condenser fan or a fan in the freezer from online searching, and we asked her about that. A new fridge (from her) and a new dryer (ours) might help some, as those 2 items seem to be the biggest drains on the appliance lists, other than the heat which we just wont use. But I just don't know about asking her to rewire. We recently had to have an outlet replaced, as the connectors were bad, so it's not that she's unaware of the old wiring. We try to be lowkey tenants, and the rent hasn't been raised in 4 years. It was a little high when we moved it, but now, California market being what it is, it's low rent.
I may be looking to buy this year. This has been a lesson-even though I adore funky old Victorians, there are certainly some setbacks and costs.
I just can't be concise.
Today is day one of my
(modified) minimum wage challenge.