I'm typing this up in 2 parts. The first part is about the sale. Second part is how this house sucked.
My now-husband was renting the house from his brother since 2006. BIL had bought this house then got a job in Portland, Ore six months after getting the house. Now BIL is selling the house to a flipper. Flipper saw the house and said we can take our time to move out. I said we would need 60 days. Flipper said, "ok" but sounded reluctant. This was on Thurs. Friday the BIL called my husband to tell him he sold the house. Husband told me Sat., said he forgot to tell me Fri. Geez. So since the rent is due in July on July 12, we can stay until July 12 or pay July rent if we want to stay until the end of July. We don't have a contract with him; if there was a contract we would not have to leave until the contract is up. So I'm not surprised we got the shaft. There is no water pan under the hwh, replacing it ($409 for the heater) is $900. Of course, flipper said it should not cost more than $200 for the labor. He said we can get the hwh and leave it for him, we can let the leak keep on leaking. Fuck that.
One thing was about a week before the flipper came by, the hot water heater started to drip. The day the flipper came by he sais, "why you want to fix it when it's going to be sold? I would let it leak. I'm going to take out the carpet and floors." Lovely, ruin my shit for the next month with this leaking water. Also, I have a feeling if we let the water ruin the house the flipper will bitch about us ruining the house.
So the things wrong with this house. the foundation. I don't know when that happened before or after the BIL bought the house. Crack on walls and floors The a/c needs to be replaced, pronto. No water drips except the time last year the part of the ac in the attic was acting up, and someone pushed the water pan, and the water was dripping from the unit, dripped on the closet, then water ruin the top of the closet, water leaks badly into closet, ruin my stuff. Then the closet gets mold and my husband buy mold soap to clean off the mold. Guess who had to clean off the mold? And I doubt mold soap is ligit, or the one he bought, seems came from China. The eaves need to be replaced. Also, this is Houston. It floods. It didn't flood this bad in this area before but too much development means more concrete, less green areas to absorb water. Luckily it never flooded this side of the block but the area in front of us has had houses flooded. A lot of houses are now raised about 6-12 feet in the areas that flooded.
BIL is a cheapskate. He doesn't like being told there are repairs. He pays for 1/2 the repairs. Oddly BIL doesn't have us paying more than the mortgage payment. Usually when you rent you want to make the renter more than the mortgage payment.
My now-husband was renting the house from his brother since 2006. BIL had bought this house then got a job in Portland, Ore six months after getting the house. Now BIL is selling the house to a flipper. Flipper saw the house and said we can take our time to move out. I said we would need 60 days. Flipper said, "ok" but sounded reluctant. This was on Thurs. Friday the BIL called my husband to tell him he sold the house. Husband told me Sat., said he forgot to tell me Fri. Geez. So since the rent is due in July on July 12, we can stay until July 12 or pay July rent if we want to stay until the end of July. We don't have a contract with him; if there was a contract we would not have to leave until the contract is up. So I'm not surprised we got the shaft. There is no water pan under the hwh, replacing it ($409 for the heater) is $900. Of course, flipper said it should not cost more than $200 for the labor. He said we can get the hwh and leave it for him, we can let the leak keep on leaking. Fuck that.
One thing was about a week before the flipper came by, the hot water heater started to drip. The day the flipper came by he sais, "why you want to fix it when it's going to be sold? I would let it leak. I'm going to take out the carpet and floors." Lovely, ruin my shit for the next month with this leaking water. Also, I have a feeling if we let the water ruin the house the flipper will bitch about us ruining the house.
So the things wrong with this house. the foundation. I don't know when that happened before or after the BIL bought the house. Crack on walls and floors The a/c needs to be replaced, pronto. No water drips except the time last year the part of the ac in the attic was acting up, and someone pushed the water pan, and the water was dripping from the unit, dripped on the closet, then water ruin the top of the closet, water leaks badly into closet, ruin my stuff. Then the closet gets mold and my husband buy mold soap to clean off the mold. Guess who had to clean off the mold? And I doubt mold soap is ligit, or the one he bought, seems came from China. The eaves need to be replaced. Also, this is Houston. It floods. It didn't flood this bad in this area before but too much development means more concrete, less green areas to absorb water. Luckily it never flooded this side of the block but the area in front of us has had houses flooded. A lot of houses are now raised about 6-12 feet in the areas that flooded.
BIL is a cheapskate. He doesn't like being told there are repairs. He pays for 1/2 the repairs. Oddly BIL doesn't have us paying more than the mortgage payment. Usually when you rent you want to make the renter more than the mortgage payment.
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