Home Ownership Joys

Our days (and money) have been spent on house projects this year. We finally began addressing our 800 gallons a day water leaking out our sprinkler system at the new house. It was supposedly an easy fix. But with the Miles family any project seems to mushroom pretty quickly. Many hours of digging and trouble shooting and 20 feet of new pvc pipe we have decided to 'bypass' wherever the leak is and get the system up and running. We've enjoyed some helping hands too of course! Simultaneously we are undergoing some upgrades to our old house including a new roof and re-siding the house. The situation has been a bit delicate between the contractor and our renters who are night owls and would rather the work be done after 10am. The contractor has done his best to accomodate their requests but the project took twice as long since there were such strict time constraints. Additionally they have found dry-rot that needed to be repaired. So it's not good for any of the parties involved. For now we have decided to postpone the siding part of the project so everyone can cool off. Oh the joy of home ownership!