When I moved to Sioux Falls a couple of years ago, I was toiling with a limited budget.
I was reluctant to throw away money paying rent.
I started house-hunting immediately. The section is charming plus the properties for sale were quite extravagant. I spent more than six months touring one house after another… My priority was a safe town plus wonderful amount of property. The only way I was able to afford a household with potential was to purchase a fixer-upper. I found a three-kitchen, two-bathroom residence that had been left vacant for over five years. The bones of the house were solid plus square but everything else was a mess. I am handy plus have some experience with renovations. I wasn’t afraid of tackling the project plus making improvements that would significantly increase the resale value. The most tough aspect was making sure I completed necessary repairs plus replaces before the arrival winter. I knew that by the end of August, the temperature would plummet into the thirties. By Thanksgiving there would be snow on the ground plus hot plus cold temperatures in the teens. I needed to have airslender windows, insulated walls plus ceilings plus a toiling furnace. I was dealing with a leaking duct system, a leaking roof plus lots of water harm. The winters in Sioux Falls are unforgiving. I didn’t want to shiver all winter, pay large heating bills or risk my water pipes freezing. I spent all of my free time plus every dollar of my savings on my house. I went without anything that wasn’t a necessity, including new appliances plus furniture, until the Springtime thaw.