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Kissy331
My two miracles!
Member since 5/06 17826 total posts
Name:
Kristen
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Re: What cost surprised you the most -
Definately our biggest expense has been OIL! I bet now in the summer electric with our CAC running
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ILJ619
LIF Adult
Member since 6/06 1985 total posts
Name:
Irene
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Re: What cost surprised you the most -
Posted by Blu-ize
nothing surprised me more than when the price of oil skyrocketed.
We bought our home in late 2002 and was paying $1.29. The next year it was 2.19..then $2.59! Yikes! Talk about a re-assessment of affordability!
This is exactly what surprised me I never thought to lock in until it was too late.
A good surprise was when I actually took down the ugly wallpaper the wall underneath was in good shape I was afraid of what they were hiding!
LOL 
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| Posted 7/21/06 12:33 PM |
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Bxgell2
Perfection
Member since 5/05 16438 total posts
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Beth
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Re: What cost surprised you the most -
Yup, that's why I did all the painting myself  ... the most suprising cost for our renovations was the electrician. We totally gutted a kitchen, took down a few walls, put up a few walls, etc., and yet, somehow, the recess lighting ended up costing more than anything else, including our kitchen cabinets! 
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| Posted 7/21/06 12:45 PM |
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MrsRbk
<3 <3 <3 <3
Member since 1/06 19197 total posts
Name:
Michelle
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Re: What cost surprised you the most -
Posted by Blu-ize
yep-water is $5 a quarter!
Wow! We pay about 175 per quarter
ETS: We live in NJ
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| Posted 7/21/06 12:46 PM |
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charon54
My two boys!
Member since 5/05 7279 total posts
Name:
Rebecca
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Re: What cost surprised you the most -
The highest water bill I had was $12.00 and that was really 2 quarters because DH forgot to pay it the previous one.
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| Posted 7/21/06 1:48 PM |
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Lucky09
2017!
Member since 1/06 7539 total posts
Name:
DW
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Re: What cost surprised you the most -
We (I) decided to put in wood floors on the entire first floor of our house.  
DH is still reeling from the price tag.
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| Posted 7/21/06 3:50 PM |
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Bebalina
<3
Member since 6/05 2922 total posts
Name:
N
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Re: What cost surprised you the most -
CON ED kills me every month...
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| Posted 7/21/06 9:13 PM |
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nferrandi
too excited for words
Member since 10/05 18538 total posts
Name:
Nicole
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Re: What cost surprised you the most -
We're putting up a new deck right now and we're about $2500 over our estimation.
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| Posted 7/22/06 5:39 PM |
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HarleyGirlFLA
Come on in
Member since 5/05 9674 total posts
Name:
Mel
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Re: What cost surprised you the most -
All the "little" (non furniture) things to get the house set up. We didnt take anything with us from NY.
New house, new stuff.
So things like a toaster, can opener, toilet bowl brush, plunger, coasters, cleaning supplies, shelves for the garage, etc....
It's really amazing how such little items can have such a big bill.
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| Posted 7/22/06 8:29 PM |
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Blu-ize
Plan B is Now Plan A
Member since 7/05 32475 total posts
Name:
Susan
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Re: What cost surprised you the most -
Posted by ilt1221
Posted by Blu-ize
nothing surprised me more than when the price of oil skyrocketed.
We bought our home in late 2002 and was paying $1.29. The next year it was 2.19..then $2.59! Yikes! Talk about a re-assessment of affordability!
This is exactly what surprised me I never thought to lock in until it was too late.
A good surprise was when I actually took down the ugly wallpaper the wall underneath was in good shape I was afraid of what they were hiding!
LOL
Us too, we had to have two layers of wallpaper removed from the living room walls and luckily they were in good shape..also the fireplace was painted over and we had that sandblasted and the brick was it great shape..whew..dodged a bullet.
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| Posted 7/22/06 9:52 PM |
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MrsBlueSash
Love my sailor
Member since 6/05 5793 total posts
Name:
Christian
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Re: What cost surprised you the most -
Posted by MrsNYPDsGirl
We (I) decided to put in wood floors on the entire first floor of our house.
DH is still reeling from the price tag.
We also put in wood floors...900 sq ft. Erf! What surprised me were the little extra costs that had us end up 10% over estimate. But they say its normal to overrun estimates...still....erf!
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| Posted 7/24/06 1:39 PM |
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Blu-ize
Plan B is Now Plan A
Member since 7/05 32475 total posts
Name:
Susan
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Re: What cost surprised you the most -
Oh yeah and the cost of finishing the basement!!! 
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| Posted 7/24/06 1:44 PM |
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kaklesmay
Love my baby boy!
Member since 9/05 1151 total posts
Name:
Kim
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Re: What cost surprised you the most -
furnishing.
$25 for a little carpet?
We wipe our feet on it !!!!!!!!!!!!
Of course you need one for outside, inside, kitchen, back door, bathroom, hallway, area rug for LR, 
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| Posted 7/24/06 3:48 PM |
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karen62794
LIF Infant
Member since 6/06 103 total posts
Name:
Karen
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Re: What cost surprised you the most -
$500 from an exterminator to get rid of birds living in my soffits!
And $2,500 for a new front door.
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| Posted 7/26/06 2:21 PM |
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