It'd be nice to be able to just get on with things in your life, wouldn't it? Without having to worry about expenses, maintaining things and all that sort of thing. Sadly, life rarely works that way.
Our house has a fairly shitty extension built on the back — we didn't do it, it was there when we bought the place. We've suspected it was pretty shit for quite a while, but with the recent storms we've had we've confirmed that: it has a leaky roof in several places. Not a major leak or anything, thankfully, but enough to damage the ceiling and wall a bit. So we're going to have to figure out what to do about that.
The most straightforward option is, of course, to just fix the roof. The extension itself, although a bit shoddy, isn't structurally unsound or anything; it just looks like it was done on the cheap (and possibly without planning permission).
But then this might provide a bit of an opportunity to revamp things a bit; we're going to get some quotes for both fixing the roof and completely rebuilding the extension, with the latter option likely involving borrowing a bit more against the value of our house, which has gone up considerably since we first bought it.
I don't really understand financial things so this is one of those times when I'm grateful for my wife's ability to keep her head screwed on (most of the time) when dealing with stuff like this. And I guess I know what I'm putting Patreon money aside for for the next little while! So, um… if you have any friends who might want to support me and my work, give 'em a nudge, eh? 🙂
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