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Home owners of Lemmy do you have any advice on dealing with the stress of owning a home? (reddthat.com)

submitted 9 hours ago by POTOOOOOOOO@reddthat.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Every drop of water, crack, ant, royally freaks me out at this point. I can't afford to rent. I own a shitty house that is a fixer upper. So frustrating.

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[–] OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml 13 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

The biggest advice I can give is put systems in place to reduce as much as possible the list of things you have to manage freeing up your mind and time to solve more complex issues.

Stick a hose on the dehumidifier route into the drain never empty it again as an example where as before you emptied it daily or every 2 days.

[–] nis 4 points 5 hours ago

Good example.

In a similar vein: setup alarms. Smoke detectors is an easy one, but also water leakage detectors. If feeling adventurous, maybe logging of water/power usage as well to catch slow leaks.