the stuff i thought was normal in my house ended up costing me the most
i’ve owned my house long enough to realize that some of the things i assumed were just "normal house stuff" were actually warning signs.
the biggest ones so far:
the toilet would randomly run for a few seconds. thought nothing of it. turned out the flapper was going bad.
one room always felt colder than the rest. figured that was just how the house was. turns out there was barely any insulation in part of the attic above it.
the bathroom fan sounded like a lawn mower but still worked, so i ignored it. eventually found out the vent was barely moving any air.
there was a small gap around one exterior door that i kept meaning to fix. after a while i realized how much cold air was coming through it.
none of these looked like emergencies. that's probably why i kept putting them off.
what's the "this is probably fine" thing you ignored that ended up being an actual problem?