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>Can anyone tell me what likely happened with this house?
The walls and the carpets are the least of your worries. It's pretty easy to clean up a place, but it's not easy to repair the bones. There's probably beautiful hardwood floors under those carpets and those walks are awesome plaster walls. The men who made that house were probably quite skilled when they built it. We just don't have that in homes anymore. You're gonna want to look at the foundation and structural members before you actually know the true condition of the home. When you look at a home ignore the finish and focus on the lines (how all the wall, door, ceiling, etc. lines run). The lines tell you how well the structural members have held up over the years. From what I can see there is definitely some sagging in some areas, but obviously hard to tell if any structural members have been hit hard. You would need to take a level and a tape to the house and get in the crawlspace and attic and possibly open up a wall to really see. Moisture is the #1 contributor to a house's degradation; usually that means roof leak, broken pipe, or lack of house water drainage system (gutters, french drain around perimeter, etc.). Every house has moisture damage. Older homes generally have more resilient timbers and because of the lack of insulation and such, they are able to dry out better than modern, sealed homes.

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So I came across this real estate listing near where I live, and the price looks affordable... but the walls and the carpeting look funny. Can anyone…