Since we are in our house hunt, and soon to be homeowners, I'm just curious as to what has been your most expensive repair so far.
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It isn't really a repair, but buying furniture to fill our home has been the most expensive thing. We went from a 900 sq ft apartment to a 2200 sq ft house. We needed a lot of stuff! We still need furniture and we've been here over a year.
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New roof this summer set us back $5000. We also did a $6000 reno on our kitchen, but that wasn't a repair, it was cosmetic because we wanted a different feel in the kitchen.
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Hmmm, just paid almost $8k on new Milgard windows and an extra large sliding door.
Our kitchen and bathroom upgrades will be the most expensive but that won't be for some time!
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Our furnace cost $4500 to replace and while we were at it, we asked the HVAC company to install a heat pump which was another $4500 or so. Not everyone needs a heat pump tho!
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@sunny: what's a heat pump?
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New roof and new AC!
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Getting a dead tree removed. We were quoted over $2,000 for removal and stump grinding. Luckily, one of the companies recommended we call our road commission as they have an easement where they pay half of tree removal if the tree is within a certain distance from the center line in the road. Ours was so we only paid about $600 (the company they contract with was also cheaper).
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@Bao: it is a machine that moves warm air between the outdoors and indoors. Basically it supplements a furnace because we live in a more moderate climate. It's more efficient than our furnace so when it's not too cold outside, the heat pump runs (instead of the furnace).
It also can run "in reverse" so it can cool the home in the summer. In that case it moves the hot air inside the home and moves it outdoors.
I think only temperate climates use them because they aren't able to work well if the temperature difference between the inside and outside is greater than about 30 degrees.
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By far our backyard. We gutted everything and we've been working from the dirt up.
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We had old furnaces and A/C's that broke down. I think we have spent about $20k?
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We've been lucky so far but have only lived here about 9 months. Most expensive so far has been about $500 to repair out of code wiring. But we bought a home warranty specifically because our AC and water heater are 15 years old, and the seller replaced the roof as a condition of the sale. So hopefully we won't have anything too terrible for awhile. *knock wood*
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Largest expenditure window treatments (custom drapes and plantation shutters), but with landscaping was a big one.
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Our pool...
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Our a/c gave out and we replaced both the a/c and furnace for 11k bc our house was 9 years and the new a/c wasnt exactly compatible with our furnace. Made ahuge different though! Ouch in our pocketbook though!
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New gutters - 5k.
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We replaced the roof for $10k, which we budgeted for when we bought the house. The A/C had a leak which cost $600 to repair, and I'm glad we fixed it. Made such a big difference in our electric bill and felt much cooler in the summer.
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Same as @Leialou: ! For repairs, we had to replace a section of the roof and that set us back $700.
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I answered this wrong, thinking upgrade...
Most expensive repair was a new A/C
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We were planning a total kitchen gut job but ended up replacing the ac and furnace for $11,000. Kitchen is next in line and will be around $8,000.
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Unnecessary: hardwood interior shutters and window treatments at just over $6k for the house.
Necessary: new hot water heater and plumbing at just over $1700.
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Kitchen. Gut Reno.
ETA: for those estimating kitchen reno costs. Without knowing the size of your kitchen we spent easily that on just the cabinets. But our kitchen is fairly large. Don't forget to account for countertops, new fixtures, new lighting, new appliances, etcIf at all possible concentrate on items that are hard to change. As expensive as a kitchen Reno is it's only as expensive as you make it. Whereas a old failing heating/cooling system, or old windows, shotty roof are all things that HAVE to/ should be changed. Most anything else is cosmetic.
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We've only been here a year, but I broke the dishwasher and we had to get a new one (yes - to me, a dishwasher is a need).
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the roof, but we knew we had to change it when we purchased it.
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