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Default Purchasing a house with animal damage.....

"Pouch" wrote in message
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I have a lead on a home in an excellent area of town, prime area
in fact, and at a great price.
However, the home has animal damage.

Apparently the widow who owned it, let her dogs **** and crap all
over the place.

I've inspected it and it literally looks like a flood has taken
place.

IOW up to 6 inches up every wall I can see stains which I am
assuming are pee pee stains.
It looks like the house had a flood 6 inches high!


I realize the rugs have to go, but how do I clean up the rest of
the mess?

Can I just remove the baseboard molding's, clean, paint and be
done with it?

Also the house has hot water baseboard heating and the miserable
little creatures have peed on everyone of the baseboard units to
the point that the covers are rusted!!!

Any ideas on how to clean this up?



A 5 gallon can of diesel and a lighter...LOL..Seriously , plan on a complete
gut ...I would run away from it unless you could get it for just the cost of
the land..A "cat lady" who had dozens of cats in her house , some dead and
about 3 feet of crap on the floor was evicted from her city condemned home
and it cost close to 100 grand to fix...The guy who bought it got it for
like 12 grand..It was close to the harbor with views so he made out but I
doubt that's the norm and somebody from out of state bought it...I wouldn't
live in it if it were free even AFTER the reno...Just knowing about it would
turn my stomach.......HTH...