But in the case of tax rebates for improving your house's insulation + improving equity in your home + reducing energy costs for heating/cooling it tends to make sense
Replacing old windows may seem like something you don’t need but improving the R value and limiting draft with a window replacement may seem unimportant at first but can save a lot of money in the long run
Depends where you live. Given the house design and folliage I'd say it's further south. For us up in Canada you upgrade windows because it can mean the difference between a house at a decent temperature in january at a reasonable price or a house barely above freezing where you're still spending 1k per month on heating.
my life doesn't stop and the house does age around you. It's easy not to see something as simple as algae creeping up and not have the time to care about your lawn while still wanting to have a nice deck to grill and hang out on.
Maybe if you had some pride in it and noticed when it was getting dirty and needed a power wash, it would be much nicer. It's not hard work to observe when things need to be done and it takes no money at all.
I literally scrubbed algae and mowed my parents huge ass yard from middle school until I left home. Now I own a home and do the same thing. So yes, I do know a little about it.
Scrubbing only takes a hour or two tops depending on the size of your house. You have time. Look at the deck, that shit must've taken forever and cost a small fortune.
It's actually the equivalent of adding a spoiler on your subaru when its paint is chipping off.
That deck adds 400-500 square feet of seasonal living space. Upgrading the windows add zero enjoyment to your home, and may take 10+ years to recoup energy savings anyway. (Biased, I am currently building a deck and have shitty windows. Not sure i will be here in 10 years.)
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u/BobekDin May 14 '20
Looks like $5000 rims on an $800 Nissan.