The less than desireable neighbors are gone, but left all of their crap.
They rented the house for three years or so and turned a charming restored farmhouse into a apocolyptic eyesore.
I was just talking to the lady down at city hall and she said the house was owned by an elderly couple who bought it for their granddaughter, who lived there when I bought my house next door. The granddaughter came down with cancer and had to move for treatment, so they rented it out to an unmarried couple with a behaviorally disturbed teen son who enjoyed buying cheap vehicles, wrecking them, and then taking them apart and scattering the remains.
The elderly husband passed away a couple of months ago and now the widow is selling the house. I told the city clerk that I might be interested, but wouldn't pay over $70k or $80k since it is so trashed.
The house was bought in 2011 for $103k. I bought mine in 2014 for $111k. Mine is now valued at $160k due to the deck, privacy fence, and other little improvements I've done.
Before and after pictures of the poor house are amazing...
My place before and after...
They rented the house for three years or so and turned a charming restored farmhouse into a apocolyptic eyesore.
I was just talking to the lady down at city hall and she said the house was owned by an elderly couple who bought it for their granddaughter, who lived there when I bought my house next door. The granddaughter came down with cancer and had to move for treatment, so they rented it out to an unmarried couple with a behaviorally disturbed teen son who enjoyed buying cheap vehicles, wrecking them, and then taking them apart and scattering the remains.
The elderly husband passed away a couple of months ago and now the widow is selling the house. I told the city clerk that I might be interested, but wouldn't pay over $70k or $80k since it is so trashed.
The house was bought in 2011 for $103k. I bought mine in 2014 for $111k. Mine is now valued at $160k due to the deck, privacy fence, and other little improvements I've done.
Before and after pictures of the poor house are amazing...
My place before and after...