Adventures in Apartment Living

One day a young couple stumbles upon a big, beautiful, charming old apartment in a nice neighborhood. There are some slight blemishes, but it's a steal for the price. Thinking they've pulled off the ultimate rental coup, the couple signs the lease then and there.

The moment they move into the apartment, it falls apart. Starting with the constantly dripping bath faucet, to the absence of a shower head, to the clogged tub; graduating to the toilet leaking through to the neighbors down below, then not even working at all. Then there is the washing machine that floods the basement with every use, and might be the source of the frequent stinky backwash in the kitchen sink. And last but not least is the cranky old furnace that heads to kaputzville for the winter.

Finally, one sleepy Sunday morning a stranger appears at their door. He informs our troubled twosome that their dream home has gone into foreclosure because their unseen landlord has not been paying his bills. Might it be time to consider a new place to live, and an attorney.

Defeated, the couple retreats to their beloved abode, accepting their fate. Then the front door lock freezes shut and a water pipe bursts in the basement.

While I wish this was a synopsis for the remake of 'The Money Pit,' it is, in fact, my life.