[molson]

I moved into a worse neighborhood to buy a bigger, more modern house. It really can be soul-crushing to worry about all the things you need to fix at your house and trying to prioritize them and make available enough money to do it all. That little 80-year old house near downtown was charming, but also a huge pain in the ass.

But you can never get completely away from it. After everything closed on the new house, the insurance company snooped around the backyard when I wasn't there and sent a cancellation notice effective in 30 days unless replaced all (about 100) of the deck ballusters and railings, because they were too far apart. Something I'm sure the owner would have paid for if I knew about it a few days earlier. Ah well, I got those fixed, and now I'm going to re-shop for home insurance to see if I can get a better rate. It's just so random because it's the same insurance company I had at my old house, and if they had ever inspected THAT place....