Comments on: No Longer Delaying Gratification: $164,000 Worth of Remodeling and Repairs!

By: One Frugal Girl

One Frugal Girl — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 14:10:47 +0000

In reply to Emily @ Simple Cheap Mom. We've been using gnucash for ever. It's not perfect, but my husband seems to like it better than most of the budgeting software out there. It generates a lot of great reports and seems to handle a lot of data, ours dates back to 2001. It's tough to figure out when to pull the trigger on home remodeling or any big purchase for that matter. We were in deprivation mode for so long that it feels good to open the wallets a little to make things more comfy and enjoyable.

By: One Frugal Girl

One Frugal Girl — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 14:08:26 +0000

That’s an interesting perspective. We purchased our house in 2001 years before the market reached record highs. We’ve done a lot to the house, but given the fact that we purchased it at such a good price it probably doesn’t hurt that we’ve put so much into it. Had we bought it when the market was high it might be a totally different story!

There are still things I don’t love, but that’s probably the case in every home. Our house was built in the 1950s so it has a ‘closed off’ feel. We opened the basement into one big room and one day I’d like to see us knock out a few more walls to open up the dining room and kitchen.

By: Revanche

Revanche — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 05:54:24 +0000

I’d like to hear more about GnuCash sometime if you think it’s a good efficient system.
That is a LOT of money but I suspect you’re happier with the end result than you might have been if you’d paid more in the first place for a nearly new house with all the updates the seller thought were necessary at the time. And who knows, you may not have liked everything about that more expensive house and still wanted to make some changes!

By: Emily @ Simple Cheap Mom

Emily @ Simple Cheap Mom — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 02:53:10 +0000

That’s like a whole new house in a lot of places!

We’re at the delayed gratification stage now. We bought this house a couple years ago and every wall is peach still. We are updating a powder room, but it’s been months since we ripped it apart and it’s not all back together yet (we’re lazy)

I understand why you would want a house that doesn’t annoy you. One of the regret my mom has is not buying the type of house she wanted sooner.

The main thing that caught my eye though was GNUCash!? We just started using it and I thought we were the only ones!