While homeownership is a huge accomplishment and there’s this utter glee when you sign those legal documents making it yours, there are the definite pitfalls that come along with it. When I bought my house someone told me that I’ll have probably have buyer’s remorse for the first year as I fix the place up and find more things that need fixing than what I had originally anticipated.

That was definitely true those first few months as just “wanting to redo the kitchen and master bath” led to a much heftier and costlier to do list. But once I moved in, it was all worth it. I really do love my house.

The things is that once you’re past those initial move-in fixes, other repairs pop up. One day it’s the water heater needs replacing. Another day the AC is leaking. All of those have been pretty manageable.

Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been dealing with a leak in my plumbing that’s been difficult to identify. After numerous opinions and sonar equipment, there are 2 plumbers under my house as I type this post. And this is only Plan A to see if they are able to fix it this way without breaking any floors or walls. Fingers crossed Plan A works.

My house has its original terrazzo floors from the 50’s, so it’s basically irreplaceable. Breaking the floor means replacing it with something subpar. I’ve resigned myself to the fact that I’ll have to deal with different floor in my bedroom (where apparently the leak is) if that’s what it comes to.

While I listen to the drilling or whatever that is, I’m hoping it’s a manageable, solvable problem that won’t drag on much longer. There’s the cost for something like this which is obviously a strain and there’s the stress of what’s felt like a mystery diagnosis on my house’s pipes.

Here’s hoping that mystery is solved and fixed in the near future.