Hey everyone just looking for advice. I've been in my home for 7 years now and it's my first place. My neighbours just sold their house and I was approached by a realtor/lawyer about a well access easement.

Basically the layout of the properties is they're both about an acre or slightly larger. There's 40ft between houses but I basically own right up to the side of their house. It goes their house, 20ft green space, thin tree line, 20ft wide gravel driveway to side of my house.

I don't use the green space whatsoever but for whatever reason they have a well bordering my property. They're asking for a 75'L x 20'W easement to allow for future potential maintainence of the well. I have no problem for them to do whatever they want over there if need be but I personally don't like it being legally binding.

My dad's wife is a realtor and she advised against it because it potentially deter future buyers from my place or give them leverage to come down in price.

The way that the easement for me was written up is basically that it's an agreement between the two properties forever no matter who lives there. I know I could suggest it being an agreement between me and the new owner and it's voided when one of us sells but that's how it was currently worded.

I am planning on selling my house in the next 2-3 years so I'm not sure if I feel comfortable with signing an easement.

I do feel bad as my neighbours are elderly and retiring and have always been nice to me but I'm not interested in potentially lowering the value of my home either.

Thoughts?

The self leveling sealant says for joints as shown in the image. The other 2 both say cracks. I dont know what to choose or is right? Also the consistency idk how thick or runny the product is, but im assuming I dont want self leveling because driveway way is slanted that would not sit the product in place as intended comapres to a flat surface?

12+ years ago we swapped out our builder’s windows with Champions Windows largely due to their lifetime warranty. Fast forward to March 10th, 2026 when Champion came out to see what windows needed to be replaced under warranty.

May 1st - tech showed up with the replacement windows and 3 of the windows had cracked glass. Replacements reordered.

July 9th - tech showed up and one of the replacement window was the wrong size, it was too big. Replacement reordered for the 2nd time.

August 21st - tech showed up and this time Champion sent a replacement pane, not a complete window, and if you guessed it was the wrong size you’d be right. Replacement reordered for the 3rd time

October 26th - get phone call to reschedule install because they ordered the wrong window for the 4th time

The new install for the window is now November 18th, assuming the right window comes in, 7 months after the first warranty replacement install.

Champion used to be a great company. Nowadays, I’d run as far away as possible from them in

Recently bought a house, didn’t think much of the water canal being there since I got it for a steal deal. Fast forward sometime and I keep hearing people walking, yelling, and leaving trash in the water canal. At first I was calling the local Sheriff non emergency line, and got tired of them not actually doing anything. Now I have installed a 7 foot fence as permitted to do so. In this image it’s hard to do see but the land is sloped down from the fence line. My worry is for my kids and wife. I don’t want one of these visitors don’t try to pitch a tent next to the fence, or try to jump the fence.. not sure what to do, or how to solve this issue.. county won’t do anything about it as they put up a chain link gate and fence around the entrance of the canal but it was cut open. What to do? Or what would you do?

Moved into a new build home recently and experienced a minor flood due to a water line above the ceiling not being connected. This is insane right? I'm not a plumber but don't they put water through these things to test them out? This is supposedly a top 3 builder in my city 😕

Would I be overreacting if I left them a 1 star review for an oversight like this?

I’m considering purchasing a two bath home, however there’s no washroom on the main floor (one upstairs, one in the basement). For those of you with a similar layout, has this been an annoyance for you at all?

ETA: Thanks everyone for your input! You confirmed what I was already thinking and I’m crossing this house off my list.

I live in the rural county where houses are somewhat far apart. It’s not expensive but it’s peaceful and quiet.

I have to take my niece to school M-F. She lives in a subdivision where houses are extremely close to one another. I have visions of looking out my bedroom window seeing my neighbor in their bedroom window.

I also wonder if it contributes to neighbor conflicts. What do you think?

Hey all, new to me house, trying to figure the ins and outs. Any ideas on this wiring? My non contact voltage detector was going off while in 24+ volts mode and 100+ volts mode. It's next to a power outlet that was used to power a mounted TV. As far as I'm aware there's no Ethernet wiring in the house. Maybe old telephone wiring? Would that carry a voltage?

We moved from a 1500 square foot home, with a two car garage to a 1300 square foot home, with no garage, that is in a great location, minutes from family, great school district, beautiful property...BUT we bought it agreeing that we would have to improve some things and the room to expand was a great selling point.

Our old home had a sunroom and lots of natural lighting. It had beautiful arches. It had charm and character. It did not have 3 bedrooms though or much storage space as it was built in 1928.

This house has an attic, but I feel like you can't store that much in an attic due to the temp fluctuations, but we store decorations up there.

Everything else is stored in the basement and half the basement is partly finished and my husband has sort of a man cave down there. The basement isn't included in the square footage, but it's sort of an extra space, but I personally don't use that space, but my husband likes it.

We also don't have a dishwasher anymore and that's rough.

I miss the character and lighting. I was so proud of my old house, but the school district and location wasn't great. It's hard to accept that the dollar amount translates more the location rather than actual square footage. We could afford a bigger home in a different state, but we wanted to move to be closer to family and for the kids to be in a safer area.

I've been depressed for a few months now, separate from moving. We moved a year ago. But I've been focusing on how I wish my home was more lately and feel nervous that expanding the kitchen and dining room a couple hundred square feet is going to probably cost 100k AT LEAST, + we have to build a garage.

My husband has a project car and says we should really build the garage first. We have a shed like structure to store the law mower and snow blower in right now.

With this house our kids each have their own bedroom and a large yard to play in. It's good enough and I know I should be grateful. It truly has the potential to be what I want it to be, but I'm just nervous we will never get there.

Was it dumb to sell our old home or should we have waited and saved more? It is SO hard to find homes in the area we moved to. So, it really felt like the practical choice.

All we can do is continue to save money, but with two small kids and not having 6 figure high paying jobs. It's going to take years and years. The most we can save right now is about 20k a year.

I'm trying to find creative ways to save space and organize things. We painted and decorated the rooms and it feels cozier, but still just missing my old home.

Just venting.

I live in Central BC, Canada and have developed a rat (possibly pack rat) problem in my crawl space. Unfortunately, I only have mouse traps and the two stores that would carry pest control products with remotely close to me (45 minutee) are all sold out; professional exterminators are even further.

I have ordered a variety of rat appropriate traps and they should arrive Thursday, built to bucket traps, but am wondering if is there anything I can make at home that will work until then?

I have had a crazy month starting with a roof leak leading to a ceiling collapse. I am trying to make the most of the situation and give myself some renovations to enjoy before I close everything up again. So far I have added insulation to the outer walls, ran more outlets to places I always wanted them, added recessed lighting in the bathroom and master closet, and replaced the bathroom fan. Does anyone have some suggestions of other things I can do? I don't need anything too fancy, it's still a starter level home.

I bought this house in July. My general contractor was here to install an outdoor outlet, but after seeing my electrical panel, he recommended replacing it, so I held off on the outlet. He said he could subcontract to his guy to replace this with a new 100amp panel and add the exterior outlet for $1900. For another 300ish he could add a 20amp circuit to the kitchen for my microwave.

I had an electrician look at it. He said the panel is completely full and quoted me $1,900 to replace it with a 30-circuit, 200A-rated panel, but keep my existing 100A service. For another $700, he could add a dedicated 20A circuit for the microwave.

Right now, most of my kitchen is on one 15A circuit.
Is this panel safe as is? One breaker has foil on it, and breaker #1 feels really loose. I’m not even sure it works properly.

Would you replace it? Is putting in a 200A-rated panel while keeping the existing 100A service a good idea, or am I better off leaving things alone?

Our bathroom is one of those rooms that's technically fine but somehow looks 20 years older than the rest of the house.

The tile isn't awful. The toilet works and the shower is fine.

It's really the vanity that's bothering me. The cabinet doors are dated, the countertop has seen better days, and there's never enough storage.

I'm tempted to just replace the vanity, paint the walls, swap the mirror, and call it a day.

But I'm worried a brand-new cabinet next to everything else will just make the old stuff look worse.

Has anyone done a small bathroom refresh instead of a full remodel? Was it enough?

Filling some sidewalk seams before winter. Curious if I should use chalk, mortar s, or something else.

There are no signs of rodents in the attic. There are holes at each of the truss connections. Could it just be a result of poor handling during construction? (More in comments)

This faucet has holes around it and everytime I hook up a hose to it and turn the water on it sprays water everywhere. Is there some special hose I need to get?

Started to organize a cabinet underneath the kitchen sink and noticed water dripping from this pipe that my dishwasher drains into. It is coming from the connection I circled red in the picture. Does the whole trap need replaced? The connection is tight but it swivels at this point too, is that normal? TIA

For some context, this is where a concrete slab and the siding of my house meet.

Check the sewer. And if it’s cast iron it’s already well past its life span at this point. PLEASE PASS. 😅

I am in the process of a DIY crawlspace encapsulation. I discovered the end of a black corrugated pipe at the base of my home foundation.

It looks like the same black corrugated pipe running off my home’s gutters but I put water in it and it doesn’t drain.

Should I just seal up this pipe before continuing. with the encapsulation? could it serve another purpose than drainage?

Just got done finishing a room in our basement for my wife to use as an office. Used R7.5 XPS foam, then 16 on center studs with R15 rockwool between them. You know, if you're going to do it, do it right (and once). Her office stays toasty and quiet.

This got me wondering again on why my office, the only room that was finished space in the basement gets so chilly. I had wondered previously if there were even studs as I couldn't find them when trying to put up shelves. Tonight curiosity win and i cut a hole in the wall to confirm once and for all what is going on. Other than the framing around the window and to create a closet, there are zero studs. I could scream. I have the supplies but that indicates that there is around 320sqft of drywall that I will have to tear out if I want to add studs and additional insulation.

It isn't a priority so for now I have resealed the edges of the foam and sprayed any cavities for the thermal break not to be compromised. If nothing else, I am grateful they didn't finish any of the remaining basement so at least that is a clean slate for someday. For now I will live with it and be stuck hoping drywall anchors hold.

This window will leak a little bit of water anytime. It rains hard. It seems like it was set in place by concrete? The glass blocks themselves are still in good shape, but the grout is failing. Some of the blocks hardly have any grout between them and it is crumbling away, especially on the inside. I've never done any work like this before, but I'm not sure how feasible it is to patch up all of the grout or if it would be easier to just replace the whole window. I can get a replacement window for about a hundred bucks at home Depot

In my adult life, I've owned three different homes, and for some reason, I always end up buying next to nosey neighbors who start neighborhood gossip, keep it going, and stay in everyone else's business. What is it with nosey neighbors? Why can't people just keep to themselves instead of worrying about what everyone else in the neighborhood is doing? Sometimes, I've wanted to tell them a really juicy story just to see how far it spreads and how it changes. #MINDYOUROWNBUSINESS

Been dealing with my neighbors and their guest parking over my water meter for a while now. Last December it ended up cracking the pipe leading from the meter to my home. Sadly the plumber "couldn't" determine the cause of the damage. Picture is from a survey done after the repairs with my lot on the right. Turns out they had even built their shed in my property and thankfully willingly moved it the same day.

After the repair was done they stopped parking there for a while but lately its been ramping up to almost daily. They've been going partially into my property with the parking as well. I've talked to them a few times including tell them I'm fine with them even parking in my yard to prevent more damage but its all blown off.

Any advice besides going to public works about a blocked meter tomorrow when they open or calling police about a vehicle on my property when it's past the line.

Edit: for further clarity. The stake is the edge of my property so the water meter is on their side.

Edit 2: Holy crap i didnt expect so many replies so quick. Thank everyone so much

Edit 3: just got off call with Public works that sent me to code enforcement. They'll be sending someone out to talk to them and order it to stop hopefully they listen but im doubtful