Moderator Post (s) for this thread: >LibrarybyBillhart on 01/12/2008
...like the major disaster was buying the house in the first place.
Sorry, if that sounds harsh, but maybe you shouldn't have bought it if it is in THAT bad condidtion. The fact that you did now means you need to live with it and the un-nice-ness of living through the slow repairs/remodels it seems to need.