[Capt Spaulding]

Originally Posted by weederr33

Went to look at buying a first house. Square footage was great, layout was great, outside looked pretty good, but wow did it take a turn. Go inside and BAM, instant pet smell. Carpet is all sorts of mucked up and the walls are clearly not well taken care of. It appeared the interior had been repainted several times, but whoever did it clearly didn't take art class or failed staying within the lines of a coloring book. Trim was horrible done and did I mention the smell of cat piss? A rational thinker would move on and forget about this home. But a part of me wants to rip the carpet out, deep clean, and remodel the interior. But then again, I like doing things the hard way.

If you can get it cheap enough, $100,000 can get rid of a lot of cat piss. Our first house wasn't quite that bad, but it wouldn't have made the June 1977 issue of Better Homes and Gardens.