How can people have no pride? Isn’t concept of being clean just common sense? You don’t have to look at too many foreclosure properties to wonder about people. Folks letting their homes get so bad. No… “Bad” doesn’t even cover it…filthy, nasty, disgusting, and unsanitary.
If you can’t afford a vacuum cleaner…Don’t buy a home. If you can’t operate a cleansing pad….Don’t buy a home. If you don’t understand the term “Clean up your mess”…Don’t buy a home! If soap and water isn’t something you use on a daily basis…Don’t buy a home! And,(sniff) could you stand over there? 
Homes require maintenance. You don’t call the super or the owner to fix something….That person is you! If you can’t take care of a home and do the required maintenance…then contact a real estate agent and get it on the market before you let it deteriorate. Don’t expect full price offers either. They buyer is going to have to clean up and fix your mess.
At closing…New home owners are told…You don’t pay….You don’t stay. It’s not like you didn’t have warning. Homeowners who are having money problems, and think they could lose their home, better contact an agent and get it on the market or attempt a short sale. No good comes from denying there is a problem. At this point you can always buy another home when things get back to normal. I am amazed at the denial people go through! But selling off appliances, destroying the property…down to taking off light switch plates and removing light bulbs? The mentality of a person who would do this is just so childish.
I personally believe the people who do this…should be held accountable for what they have done. I was raised to believe that no matter how much or how little you had, you always took care of it.
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You're making a big assumption about the fact that all people have common sense. I wish that were true. It would make my life much easier as well.
... maybe they washed their farm animals in that tub ?????????
YEUK !!!!!
Sherry, that all looks pretty nasty. I too have seen some...looking for the right word here...Okay I'll go with "disgusting" things. There are some people that have no pride in themselves and can't be changed. Probably was the way they were raised.
Well...I certainly agree that people should be held accountable for their actions. I did laugh a bit when I saw the picture in the lower part of your post, it reminded me of visiting my sons fraternity house *OUCH*
James-No Kidding!
Sheldon-Nope...just the kiddies! OMG!
Nick-We agree on that.
Russell-College kids can be something else...LOL!
Then again, some people are so mad and or frustrated because the house is going into foreclosure, that they destroy the property and make it uninhabitable. Some even set fire to it and burn it down!
There is no excuse but, what can you do they are long gone. We either hire someone to clean it up or leave it for the next owner. With so many of these homes on the market, we have to have a thick skin. Moving along, next!
Dee-It's too bad we don't have a national register for people who distroy these homes. They should never be allowed to buy another home, until they have reimbursed the previous bank for the damage they caused.
I've seen so many homes in the last couple of years that are unbelievably disgusting and I always ask the question "How could anyone live like this?" People who destroy their homes when it goes to foreclosure is very different and I agree with you that these people should be held accountable for the damage they do to a home. Maybe that would be a deterent for others not to purposely damage their homes when they get mad at the bank.
It is honestly sad that so many homes are left in these conditions-- people living in them seem to have no pride at all.
Ick, I show a lot of houses in this condition. It's pretty disgusting. The glamorous life of a real estate agent...
Sherry, I visited a foreclosure yesterday that I am listing and felt the very same way! OMG, I was afraid to walk through it and needed a mask on to walk through it. I don't think soap and water is going to help this one! lol
Deb-So true! Sometimes I think sand blasting...and some...a match!