This is it for me.

The drip drip drip of repairs, small and large, I am faced with every year.

My house is about 100 years old. So I live with the cumulative choices of owners past. Some were conscientious about maintenance and quality work, and others most certainly were not.

This summer / fall I will have major work done outside because the 'hardscape' (stairs, retaining walls, etc.) is falling apart. That is not hyperbole.

And when you think, 'phew, that will hold it for a while' something else breaks and the cycle repeats.