We made an offer on one house but they wouldn't move out for six months so that didn't work. When we saw the house we ended up buying, Elliott hated it. I should have listened to him. The bones we good, it had a huge yard, the master was on the main, good closets, and it had a cedar roof. That's what I saw. What Elliott saw:
~ one ac unit for three levels
~ wallpaper from the 70's and 80's on every single drywalled surface
~ orange shag carpet upstairs
~ bathrooms (there were 3 1/2) original to the 1966 building date, and not in a cute retro way
~ 1 1/2 acres of yard with not a blade of grass and bushes uncut for years
~ kitchen with original avocado green appliances, one light fixture for the whole kitchen, a completely unworkable floor plan, no counter space, and CARPET ON THE FLOOR. WALL TO WALL.
I thought it reminded me of a little country cottage that we could renovate. We ended up buying it. We paid WAY too much for it--our real estate agent was also selling the sellers a home so we got screwed. Our inspector ended up being awful--he was a structural engineer and missed the many plumbing problems. The attic was covered in roach droppings so I made the sellers get the house exterminated. I also asked that they clean out the attic before they moved out.
To be continued:
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