And the search continues... 1st the statistics- 4850 square feet, 5 acres, 5 bedrooms 3.5 bathrooms in-ground pool, bar & one of the full bathrooms downstairs in the rec area nice property not far from daycare or work routes.. HUGE house. But look closely, I always thought this pic looked weird (this house has been on the market for almost a year) doesnt the roofline from the right side to the center seem to drop to the center of the house???? SO I thought it was a trick of the pic. We go up the front steps (warped, but no biggie) and as soon as we walk in the house I turn to Ray and ask if it feels like the floors are flowing down to the center of the house? He says, ya, isnt that weird. we looked all over (someone had the WORST idea of paint) Pink dining room, patchwork blue main walls, orange master and lavendar master bathroom, dark teal bedroom, another one was pastel pinkie/orange with dark burgundy trim (BLECH!) anyway, back stair railing was loose, cathedral ceiling sheetrock looked like it had some water damage and the pastel/burgundy room ceiling definitely had water damage that they tried to hide with popcorn paint. As I go up the top stairs I notice that the top step is shorter than all the others (weird) and I turn to look back down and see that the wall isnt straight and the floor there is off (buckled or something) so this house (like the poltergeist house) is sucking down into its own center! I get downstairs into the rec room and see that the carpet is completely gone and there is a water line all the way around (uh-oh) and the bathroom down there has mold/water marks at the same level. ABout this time, RayRay tells me he has to potty (ACK! Winterized house!!) So I scoop him up and run for the back door. I get it open and find at least 3 inches of slimey mud at the bottom of the stairs going up (eeeeeeeeeeewww) so I scoop him up again and run for the upstairs.
So we had a good laugh about peeing in the grass (my child thinks this was extremely silly)
Now, about that mud..grandma\realestate agent says "Oh, they had a problem with the drainage and thats why that happened (um-YEAH!) so now we know what caused the water damage. Fixable, probably but ALOT of work on top of all the painting and wallpaper removal (did I mention the dining area had a black and white striped border paper on top of that bright pink paint???) that I would have to do (I couldnt live in a house with bright pink walls and an orange bedroom not to mention lavendar bathroom) . SO that night I'm putting rayray to bed and it hits me. That picture of the sloping roof, the top stair that looks squished, the flowing floors, the excessively wet foundation.....and someone had been in the attic because you could see alot of dropped insulation under the attic access. Something is SERIOUSLY wrong with either the roof and supports or the foundation but it all leads back to the center of the house! Either way, this house scares the pants off of me. Ray loved it but grudgingly admits that there is definitely something wrong. He poo'd poo'd the paint issues and I reminded him that this was because he doesnt paint and it would all be my responsibility (lol) and he doesnt like ladders so who was going to fix the sheet rock in the cathedral ceiling????
So, another no...too bad because this was a HUGE house with alot of potential but also alot of potential to be a money pit.
I wonder whats wrong with it....... <spooky music>
