Thank You, Emergency Fund
Our house sits about 100 feet back from the street, and has a sort of circular driveway. A driveway that has seen better days. We’ve known since we bought the place that it needed work, but we finally bit the bullet and started getting estimates.
The driveway is 3380 square feet. [Yes, it’s that big.] And it has tree roots busting out from underneath it in spots so it can’t just be resealed. It needs a whole new overlay.
Our first estimate came in yesterday, and let’s just say it’s $1.10 per square foot and let the math hang out there in the ether so I don’t actually have to type the big, scary number. I’m grateful that we have an emergency fund to cover just such things instead of having to put something like that on a credit card.
Dave said,
March 15, 2006 @ 5:47 pm
Oh my God! That’s crazy. Your emergency fund must be nice and healthy.
I hope you can play around with the “estimates” so that you can get it to a less shocking (scary) number. Although I must admit, your driveway is huge and this can’t be helped. 
Terri said,
March 15, 2006 @ 6:27 pm
Yeah, unfortunately our driveway is frightfully big. It’s the kind that splits around a few trees and then comes back together. So not only are we 100 feet back from the road, but it’s like we have two driveways at that length.
On the other hand, our two year old LOVES running around that big circle in her tricycle.
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