Living in a home that was built in 1975 that an slum lord owned sucks. If you did not know, last year we bought the house we were renting for about 10 years. The original owner was pretty much a slum lord and refused to pretty much take care and fix anything.
He then sold it to a guy who actually tried to fix it and keep it up. The guy then sold it to us and we bought it due to fear and being a low income household with kids and almost homeless that could not find anything affordable and cheaper than were we lived for 10 years. It took a lot to get the rest of the money needed to buy it but we did.
Let me just say, the first owner we let him know about a leak and then he got mad and refused to fix it and so the addon to the house has have new drywall because the rain and water over the years has washed it out on one side. All that is needed is insulation and drywall. There was also a hole in the back yard that was sinking and he refuse to fix it also.
The second guy actually patched the roof and made it so it would not leak but over all we are going to have to get the roof redone but so far only two leaks we have noticed one has been patched over and no longer leaks, the second one it just started but we are working on trying to get patched. It only leaks when the winds are up really really high and the shingles move but other than that there is no leak.
I have to come up with the fund to replace the septic tank because of the age of it, the top busted out of it but it still works and everything still goes down.
The AC oh the poor AC is really old and we have to call a maintence about every year for it. It needs coils cleaned now and a new thermostat. Last year it had trouble cooling due to being high heats and it was struggling. This year a mouse decided it wanted to jump into the blower fan and it got ate. It unbalanced things and made it sound like a lawn mower.
The vent in one of the rooms is no longer connected to the system and we have a window unit in there to keep it cooled off but we have ran into issues with it because it makes moisture and a lot of water on top of the unit and I am trying to find ways to fix this issue.
The hall closet that was once a fireplace also lets in heat and causes mildew on the ceiling and it is right there at the room that has the AC unit.
I am not complaining because my family and I have a roof over our head and do not have a rent payment or a mortgage it just kind of sucks of the not knowing that this was going to happen. I mean things happen that you cannot control all the time so it is understandable and the house itself is old and needs updating so maybe this is a way we can update it but parts at a time because it is expensive.
