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When my husband and I decided to relocate to Texas this past spring due so that he could take on a new job it meant selling a home and buying another one. Anyone who is bought and sold a home knows that this is no cake walk, there is a ton of work involved prepping the house for sale and searching for a new home. All those little repair issues that you know exist in your home and put off because they’re not the priority, well, all those things have to be fixed to sell the house. Then, when you’re purchasing your new home, you’re hoping that the seller has done all those same things, fixing things that are broken or not working.
My husband and I are both, admittedly, not handy. In fact, I tell anyone who cares that we only own a couple of tools, a hammer, a screwdriver and a drill so that I can hang blinds and curtains! I will patch holes in drywall and paint the walls, but other than that, I try to leave repairs up to professionals. For us, it is just safer that way!
When we found this house, we fell in love with it. Now, it may have been due to the fact that it was our third straight day of looking at houses and we were becoming depressed over what we were seeing. My husband had all ready started his job, we had all ready sold our home in Illinois and we needed a place to move to, desperately. Since moving into this house we’ve discovered all the damage that the previous owner did to the house. They were complete experts at covering up everything to make the house show like a dream. Within the first week of moving in I thought we were going to have to get professionals with Power Team Hydraulic Equipment to come in a start with doing repairs. We could have had them bring shop presses and all sorts of things just to repair our swimming pool and get it running properly, the pool pumps and filters had all been held together with duct tape!
This house is only 7 years old and it amazes me how abused it is. I truly believe that they allowed their kids to play hockey in the house, with real hockey pucks! I’ve even found puck marks on the walls and in the garage there are holes in the drywall the exact shape and size of a puck. We’ve found pucks in the bushes outside too. It’s really a shame because it’s going to be a long time before I can get it back in shape. Whenever I paint a room, I also have to paint all the wainscoting and trim work. Most of the doors need repainting as well. It’s just difficult for me to imagine anyone beating up something of such value.
I am slowly making progress, and if my plumber ever calls me back, I’ll be getting my daughter’s bathroom up and running again. There is no cold water in the bathtub/shower because the previous owners had screwed with the mixer valve in the plumbing. It just seems that anything they touched went bad. They should’ve been calling the professionals!
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