That Aint Right

As some of you know I have been busting my ass remodeling our house so we could have it appraised. This past year we put about 4 grand into the house, including new cabinets, counter tops, floor and drywall in the kitchen, new drywall in the half bath and paint, paint, paint. Also I replaced 6 panes of glass in various broken windows and storm windows. I saved a ton of money by doing everything but the drywall myself. And no matter what my husband says, I did 99% of the work MYSELF. He mostly sat around or rummaged in the tool chest and then would dissapear into the basement mumbling.

Any-hoo... so the house appraised at 180,000 a year and a half ago. This year it appraised for 183,000. WHAT??? Let's do the math... 180,000 last year, 4 grand in new stuff and we only go up 3 grand??When I questioned the dollar amount, I was told they deducted 6 grand because our barn..ahem, cough cough.."garage" doesn't have "real" garage doors. Instead it has barn doors. I don't know on what world garage doors cost 6 grand! Also it badly needs a few coats of paint, but gees, 6 grand???

So here I sit,  feeling like someone stole my candy, shot my dog and called my momma a name. I am tired, cut up, and my hair has paint and caulk in it. The good news is the loan will still go through and we will pay too much for it.

But  I wouldn't change a thing, being a home owner makes it all worth it,,, well other than winning the lotto and being able to pay someone else to get cut up, covered in paint, caulked....