Pipes? We got 'em.

The plumbing in this house was BAD. There is no basement, so all the pipes go through a crawl space, and we live in a cold climate. To protect the pipes from freezing they had wrapped them in old clothes. It was disgusting. The water was not on when we took possession of the home because the plumbing needed to be replaced. The first plumber that looked at it said that most of it could be saved and estimated a few hundred dollars to repair it so that's what I budgeted on. My husband's friend (thank God for good friends) is a plumber and we asked him to do the work. He came over, took one look at it, and started ripping everything out. Bless his heart, he came over to do a few hour job and was here for two very long days. We replaced everything though, and now have proper shut offs and heat tape to keep everything from freezing. We also used PEX pipe so if it does happen to freeze it won't break. We also had to tear out a wall  because it wasn't wide enough to hide the plumbing. So we had to construct a bathroom wall and drywall it. Goodbe budget. 

Even though we got a huge friend discount, plumbing still made a huge dent in our budget so we're going to have to get a little creative with our budget to make up that difference. 

Good news? We have a bathtub!