Sep 25 2008
Robertson Road (part 1)
In 1990 we moved into a house in the east side area of Troup County. The house was a fixer-upper and the landlord made us a deal we could not refuse. They would pay for all the materials and we would do the work. We would not pay any rent for six months and after that the rent would only be $200.00 a month. The house was three bedrooms, with a great room, three porches, and a fireplace. At the time we were living in a two bedroom mobile home so we jumped on the deal. This was the worse deal we ever made in our entire life so far.
The house had the appearance of not being lived in for quite a while even though the owners insisted it had only been vacant for a few weeks. Dust, insects, and even a bird were inside the house. Weeds and vines were overgrown in the yard and a window was broken out and had been replaced with plastic. Inside two whole walls were missing drywall and the ceiling in one bedroom would need to be replaced. We would also need to replace the carpet in all the rooms except the kitchen and bathroom where we would install tile. All in all the work was not too intensive for us and we thought we would enjoy the work. Our current landlord informed us he had sold the mobile home we were living in so we had no choice but to move into the house while we did the renovations.
