Okay, I have seen some nasty properties in my real estate career, homes that have been foreclosed on are ususally the worst. I have seen houses trashed because people were pissed they were being thrown out. Once I went to show a house where the former owner had died of breast cancer. Her mom and sister were mad that the girl did not leave the house to them so in return they decided to turn on every faucet upstairs and stop up all the toilets and flush them, leaving behind a nasty, moldy, reeking mess. When I opened the door to the property to show my client, we literally could stand in the foyer, living room, hell, the main floor, and look straight up to the second floor. Every bit of plaster and drywall on the ceiling was totally gone and most of the walls were it had continued to run. What part of the walls that were still there had mold growing all over them. It had even proceeded down to the basement and into all the fiber glass insulation. NASTY!
But yesterday, well, yesterday was a new level like nothing I had ever seen. I have a seller, an investor, who has listed rental property with me. The poor guy had tennants who had completely trashed his property. No, trashed is certainly an understatement. This place was infested with fleas and there were so many roaches in the place that I pulled my hood over my head to keep them from falling off the ceiling into my hair. (Thank God it was raining and I had my windbreaker on.) The smell was deplorable; trash, sweat, filth and chemicals were he had set off four bug bombs already. He had totally stripped the place down to the cement floors and had all the windows open. I can't imagine anyone living this way and doing that to property. What causes someone to live so filthy that they get infested with roaches and fleas?
Needless to say, the place was less then perfect for showing but will be in excellent shape once he makes all the adjustments to it. New floors, new paint, new frame work and moulding replaced. Windows cleaned, baths re-done...it will truly be a showplace at that point.
See, it ain't as glamourous as the TV shows make it look!
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