Sure, Michael Smythe. Here's the Zillow link which has many good pictures of it. I'd rather not upload many pictures here bcz it's laborious.
Basically,
- The bathroom on the second is sinking and cannot be stepped on,
- Roof has many holes including a giant 5X3 ft. one above the tub and it's snowing a lot!,
- There's a massive exposed wall on the second floor where the sliding glass door fell in and the frame around it is rotted,
- There's black mold growing all over and probably wood rot considering the weather exposure,
- The previous owner installed sliding glass doors instead of windows on the second floor that lead nowhere,
- The subfloor in the kitchen has massive holes in it and it's hard to walk and stand there,
- All the flooring needs to be redone,
- The entire ceiling, drywall and insulation, has come down in the upstairs living room exposing the rafters and the sky at the holes,
- There's many random holes in the drywall all over the house,
- The garage has three layers of jerry-rigged windows. One on top of each other and the outer layer is thick plastic sheeting stapled,
- There's exposed wall from the back room to the garage,
- Low hanging ceiling fans that are head height and drooping,
- Small side room has no wall to the hallway. I think there was an accordion compacting wall there bcz of the track on the floor. That part is the mobile home,
- Punctured hole in door with hot water rubber tubing going through it and traveling across the hall and across the bathroom!,
- Second bedroom floor subfloor is has a giant three foot bubble raised,
- The garage's middle support beam, which are three 2x4s stacked together are bending. This holds up the second floor living room,
- I'm not sure if the first floor back bedroom is legal and seems to have no foundation but is built wood on soil! Yikes!,
- Wood stove and massive wooden base on the second floor that needs to go so the insurance will cover he house. This mean HVAC in the second floor addition needs to be installed,
- Damaged garage door wont close all the way,
- Not sure if water or septic would run,
- Electrical lines in some places the previous owner messed with and added some,
- Mismatching handrails on the stairs,
- Kitchen has many animal dropping in the cupboards which I cleaned up but is still dingy. There's a hole in the kitchen ceiling with a net stapled around it so the previous owner could catch the animals that were running around above the ceiling!,
- Broken and out-dated cupboards and countertops,
- Many minor damaged areas all over.
There may be more I'm missing, but as you can see there is a lot. The entire roof needs to be re-done with the OSB underneath that needs to be replaced.
In that specific area half acres of raw land goes for $20K. I have two lot side by side at 0.45 acres each. They each have a separate address and APN but are on the same title. The septic system was redone just five years ago.
Yeah, I know it could be torn down. It's kind of in this middle state where it could go either way. That'll cost a lot of money to do so. Houses in the area are not that valuable, even though it's by a lake. This is Michigan, the lake state. So they're not scarce. There are Amish communities there! That's pretty cool!
I just want to get rid of it. Any more suggestions?...
