Our 13 Most Expensive Home Repairs & How To Prevent Them
We’ve had the misfortune of experiencing the most expensive home repairs that plague homeowners, and we share our lessons learned so you can avoid them!
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What Is A Doorbell Camera (Video Doorbell)? & Why Have One?
What is a doorbell camera (or video doorbell or smart doorbell)? Believe it or not, these gadgets are invaluable for home security, and here’s why…
How To Get Rid Of Rats In The Attic & Keep Them Out!
In this article, we’re going to discuss how to get rid of rats in the attic and keep them out of the house. You see, we’ve had the misfortune of having rats in the attic of our rental house, which also made us keenly aware of how they could have went through other parts of … Read more
Homeowner or Home Owner? – A surprisingly tricky question
Is it “homeowner” or “home owner”? One word? Or two words? Similarly, is it “homeownership” or “home ownership”? Naturally, we stumbled upon this question when we came up with this website. Should we call it “Home Owner Headaches”? Or “Homeowner Headaches”? It turns out that this is a surprisingly tricky question to answer because historically … Read more
Our Bad Bathroom Remodel Job: A Very Painful Lesson Learned
We’ve experienced the misfortune of having a botched or bad bathroom remodel job, and we ended up paying a lot more in terms of money and potentially our health. With hindsight being 20/20, it’s easy to say we could have done this or should have done that, but the reality of the situation was that … Read more
The Home Repairs That Became Our Homeowner Headaches Story
We started the Homeowner Headaches website because we were going through a series of home repairs or home repair projects that originally began with the simple goal of trying to get solar energy. However, once we started peeling back the onion (so to speak) of the various home repairs that needed attention to even enable … Read more
Are Solar Panels Worth It For Homeowners? Our Case Study
Are solar panels worth it for homeowners like ourselves? To answer this question, we show the process of how we got them installed on the roof of our home, and we show their efficiency and performance after the permission to operate by our local utility company. Having a solar photovoltaic (PV) system was something that … Read more
Is It Worth Hiring A Property Manager To Rent Out A House?
Renting out a house can be scary. So we naturally asked ourselves whether or not it’s worth hiring a property manager. While homeownership in general is full of “landmines” in terms of costly maintenance and repairs, property rentals introduce even more financial (and legal) mines to consider. In theory, keeping or investing in a house … Read more
Termite Control – 5 Steps We Took To Save Our Home!
Termite control was something that we never really appreciated until we experienced firsthand the damage that the insects have caused to our most expensive investment – our home! Indeed, nothing strikes more fear into homeowners than termites, especially once they feel the pain of repair after the damage has been done. In our situation in … Read more