The biggest problem is that when the original owners had the addition put on behind the bedroom/bathroom, they tried to save money and hired the cheapest builders they could find, and didn't use a contractor. did not use a contractor. They didn't follow the codes but cut corners to save money. Where the new roof joined the old roof, they did not add valley flashing on the roof, and did not put the gutters in correctly. The gutter backed up, and the roof without flashing leaked, mostly between the walls to the bathroom and behind the living room fireplace. It had gone on for a time before it leaked down the wall in the bathroom, making the wallpaper fall off the wall and alerting them.
They hired a real roofer to fix the problem and had to have some of the rafters and roof decking replaced because of rot, and the whole roof replaced. He brought everything up to code, including the defective gutter. They didn't want to go to the expense of opening the wall to see if the studs between the rooms are rotted and have the mold remediation done. Since I, and some of the other family members, are allergic to mold, it has to be done. Hopefully, it was installed in a way that will come out intact. We are also going to have to jack the addition up and get a company to take out the wooden piers that they put the house on and put in concrete piers, then everything will be up to code. We were afraid that it would be too costly to bring it up to code, and we would have to tear it down. We were pleasantly surprised that it is going to be that simple; simple, not easy.
All this and the fact that it still looks as if it stepped right out of the 80s is why they couldn't sell it for the price they were asking at first. Another couple tried to buy it, but after they had it appraised, they couldn't get the money to fix it, and we were able to offer the appraisal price, which was much, much lower than the asking price.
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