11-23-2010, 05:35 AM
Things to remember:
The owner & son had seemed nice...
So with a positive spin, perhaps they got caught with a lemon, and maybe will be trying to make lemonade of it in time...
I know that there is no way I approve of how our place looks, and would hate to be judged by it... but we got a home that had been remodeled by a contractor from Hades (our assurance when we bought was that the remodel was permitted... we had the house professionally inspected, but could never have known the shenanigans this guy pulled.... framing was not on his "to do" list...we now know that a permit can mean less than the paper it is printed on)
We are working to rectify this mess, but it does have cost$$$ to do so, and some people spend all they can just to buy a new house....
Judging by the fast deterioration of your neighbors house, I am going to venture that they MAY have been ripped off, and are stuck....
As for the yard??? without seeing it, I will not judge... but that may also have to do with being ripped by a contractor....or not...
The owner & son had seemed nice...
So with a positive spin, perhaps they got caught with a lemon, and maybe will be trying to make lemonade of it in time...
I know that there is no way I approve of how our place looks, and would hate to be judged by it... but we got a home that had been remodeled by a contractor from Hades (our assurance when we bought was that the remodel was permitted... we had the house professionally inspected, but could never have known the shenanigans this guy pulled.... framing was not on his "to do" list...we now know that a permit can mean less than the paper it is printed on)
We are working to rectify this mess, but it does have cost$$$ to do so, and some people spend all they can just to buy a new house....
Judging by the fast deterioration of your neighbors house, I am going to venture that they MAY have been ripped off, and are stuck....
As for the yard??? without seeing it, I will not judge... but that may also have to do with being ripped by a contractor....or not...