And the Horror House saga continues.....

Oh MY gosh!!! Can people really be THAT naive??
Can people really be THAT evil and mean-spirited???

Ugh.

We'll the homeowners of that nightmare house that we previously placed an offer on and then terminated because of a whole hell-load of problems with the house, decided that they don't believe us or the inspector, or the three individually licensed, experienced contractors/builders, that something is really very wrong with their house.

They've decided to keep our $3,000 deposit until we provide written proof and license information from all of the experienced people that walked through their house.

We've spoken with all of the contractors/builders and inspectors, who talked us out of buying that house, and they will be providing their expert opinions on why this house would cost at least $50,000 to get it up-to-code with plumbing, heating, roofing and structural.

We are also receiving a letter from our home owner's insurance policy claiming that they cannot insure a home with all of those propblems, especially one that never had building permits, or approved/passed inspections for 1,500+ sq feet of additions.

We want our money back, damn-it!!!

The homeowner's real estate agent told us in the contract that we could terminate the agreement and get our complete deposit back, after we voiced our concerns about all the issues/problems with the house's inspection. But now that the homeowner is complaining, she is reniging on that promise/offer.

We contacted Bernalillo County Building and Inspections to inquire about the building permits and inspections for Dolk, and were shocked to find out that the home had one inspection in 1999 that failed.
And then it had one electrical permit/inspection for the meter connection to the garagein 2002. And it had initially failed, too!

But the worst and most bizarre about this house, is that no other building permits were requested nor given. And no other inspections were done, nor completed!!

For a house that received over 1,500+ sq ft of additions and remodeling!! Can you believe it?

The additions, which include a large 300+ sq ft dining room, a large 500+ sq feet entryway/welcome, and a huge 700+ sq ft cathedral ceilinged living room have absolutely NO source of permanent heat at all....and this home is not located in the desert...no it's located at 7,000+ ft elevation in the Manzano Mountains!

And to heat the sprawling 3,000sq feet are only a couple of electric baseboard heaters in the bedrooms and one little pellet stove in the living room.

Not to mention the homeowner used R-19 for the ceilings and floors, when code requires R-30 min. for fllors and ceilings! That house must be freezing in the winter or when they leave for the day and come back at night. And what do you do about the frozen pipes?

The house's dryer vented directly under the house. Which might not have been terribly bad (besides the fire danger) except that when the homeowner built the additions, he failed to add ventilation, as in little vents to allow moisture and damp air to escape and not cause mold underneath his house (of which there were mushrooms noted under the house during inspection!). Ugh!

And what about all of that landscaping/irrigation plastic piping used for the entire home? It was not meant to be used with the activity and water pressure of a full-house plumbing system, and will very likely deteriorate within the next 5-10 yrs!

Do, we really want to go back up to the roof issues....the mistakes made in shoring up the additions to the original portions of the house? Or the way that the homeowner laid the shingles on top and caused them to wave, shimmer, and stick up like morning bed hair!
And the back of the houses' roof, wasn't even covered completely. He used a strip of metal to lay down the center to cover the gap. Enough light was coming through the roof crack that the attic needed no lightbulbs!

Oh gosh! I do NOT even want to go back inside the house and discuss the uneven floors and suspicious deep gaps under the carpet, knowing that the additions were not even shored up to the house, and if any settling or earthquakes occur, will probably make the house split in 3 ways, so that all the additions fall right off the original house!

And the water damage to the upstairs bathroom wall and floor(probably caused by the uneven, unshored-up roof), and the bowed kitchen floor because of the dryer venting moisture underneath with no ventilation in the crawlspace.

And the cracked and broken window seals. And Non-working electric baseboard upstairs. And what about that strange layout of the kitchen that placed the dishwasher on the opposite side of the room and sink, so that you had to carry dishes across the kitchen, dripping over the stick-on vinyl tiles all the way?

And the electric fuse box that required people to use a stepstool to reach the emergency shut-off switch? It was not safely up-to-code because it was placed more than a foot to high.

What is wrong with this homeowner?? Why did he have to screw up, what could have been a fantastic house?!! And why can't he realize and see all the mistakes he made?

Why is he trying to drag us back into his nightmare, horror-house from hell?!!

If he doesn't give us our money back by Monday, we have warned his real estate agent, that we will be contacting the Bernalillo Building and Inspection Dept, to make a surprise visit to the homeowner's home and do a full house inspection.

And the man from the building inspection and permit department already told us that if a house doesn't pass inspection, it can, and will be condemned until all repairs are made in full.

Let us all hope it doesn't go that far, and that the homeowner and his real estate agent get some sense into their heads and realize the trouble they could all be in, if they continue to try and sell that house the way it is. And if they refuse to return our money to us. Watch out!!

Staty tuned for updates.