We purchased a house mid July. We had other houses we needed to fix before we could get to this one. Then when we had started working on it my world was brought to a screeching halt by a case of covid. The last 2 weeks we finally got back on track and Matthew coming for a weekend to help out really speeded up the process.
Yesterday we took out the last of the debris and swept the floors. The new tenant walked through and was pleased with the house.
The owner who sold us the house had owned it for a long time but the last tenant had badly damaged the house and she did not think she had the energy to put it back together.
After listening to stories and evidence we found in the house, I am sure the tenant was using drugs. This led him to the belief, while he was high, that there were demons hiding in the house. He tried to destroy the demons and that was where it got interesting.
The walls had a lot of damage. The previous owner had insulated the house with blow in insulation from the inside. I had never seen that done before. After drilling through the plaster they had put up paneling. Well the paneling was gone. If you are looking for demons pull off the wall covers I guess.
We filled the holes in the plaster and fixed the walls. Paneling is not our thing.
The kitchen cupboards had used up their useful days.
The bottom ones were torn out and part of the floor was missing. Those demons might have been under the house in the crawl space. Yes, there was an egress to the crawl space, but when under the influence tearing out the cupboards and the flooring must have seemed to be the right thing to do.
We replaced the flooring and put in updated cupboards.
He had torn the gas line off the gas range and used it as a flame thrower. I guess if you are hunting demons nothing works as well as a flaming gas line.
Now the house has an electric stove and the window and wood around it has been replaced.
Must have been demons in the toilet tank as well. Probably a good thing he had water spraying around when he had the flame thrower gas line working.
Yep, got that replaced.
Hmm, suppose they were in the medicine cabinet or did he think his reflection was a demon? These are the questions inquiring minds ask.
Put in new vanity top, as he cracked the last one and new faucet.
Also put up a new medicine cabinet.
Maybe those demons were in the attic. Tore a hole in the top of a bedroom closet.
I had Micah fix that hole. Recovering from covid and standing on a ladder while leaning over to fix a hole over my head was not on the list of things I was going to do.
Must have been some demons in the furnace duct work. I am not sure you can shoot a non physical being with a gun, but he gave it a shot ( Ok, that play on words might have been a bit much).
Brandt put the duct work back together and sealed the holes.
After that it was just fixing walls and painting.
New coat of paint makes a house look so much better
All carpeting always has to go.
Love laminate flooring and some brands snap together quickly and easily.
Yesterday Micah dug around the sewer cleanout, that was 3 inches underground, so we could find it in the winter if the need arises, and we walked away from the house. All done.
I hope the last tenant of the house gets the help he needs. Since we do not know what his name is, I also hope we never end up with him as a tenant. I do believe in evil spirits but I do not think they were hiding where he was searching, if anything they may have been inside him.
There is a lesson for me to learn here. What is lurking inside me to skew my view of what is going on around me? I too often think I know all the answers when at times I am not even sure I have a good grasp on what the questions are.
To hold everything I believe up to the truths found in the word of God is the only way for me to have a good grasp on the world around me and to live a righteous life.
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