We are scheduled to close on a house this week. We were asked to make an offer on the house because it has some issues. The owner had health problems which were caused by a stroke if I remember correctly. Family just wants rid of the house and the state gets the proceeds to pay for medical costs.
The house is being sold as is where is and all the junk in it goes with the house. There is about 2 foot of stuff piled across the floor. Kinda curious what is in the unopened packages that came in the mail.
Matthew told me if there was still free pizza with the tear off proof of purchase on the boxes we could get a lot of free pizza.
Makes one wonder how anyone could live in the house. How do you walk on top of 2 foot of trash. When we met the family member to look at the house, she wanted us to make an offer without going inside. She was embarassed with the condition of the inside. Our answer was no unlocked door and we walk away. We don't do blind purchases.
There was not even a path through the junk. Had to climb up at the front door and walk over the top.
We encouraged the family to look for another buyer who might give them a higher price. I told the attourney who contacted us to look for another buyer. We know we do not have the highest bids in Oskaloosa right now for this kind of houses. I even gave them some ideas of where to look for another buyer. They took our offer.
This is going to take us a while to haul empty when we get around to cleaning it out.
Question is did the community fail this man. Did he need help and no one was there to provide it. I know family members cleaned out the house once. When they requested guardianship they were denied. We do have people who are failing. How do we help them if they don't think they need help?
