I needed a quick place to live, and someone gave me a 1972 Regent. It's 12' X ? (doesn't really matter, probably).
In it's former life it was a dog kennel (smell!) and a grow operation (legal in goofy Michigan). Yikes. Mold. Lots. And some damage to the floor. Did I mention the smell? Kind of.. well, a cross between a dog bed and just plain rotten. I was hoping pulling up the carpet would help, but after reading a while, I guess I'm not so sure. Maybe we're dealing with wet insulation?
The previous owner replaced the electric hot water heater without replacing the damaged floor first. With a strong back, a knowledgeable electrician, and some time, I'm thinking it could be done. The water heater will need to be removed, the floor cut out and replaced, with a hole left in the floor for the overflow pipe... Uuugh. Has anyone else tackled such a thing? What am I forgetting, or is it possible that it could be this simple? Just to make it more fun, the water heater is in the cabinet under the kitchen sink (to the side of it).
Also... there is a "vent pipe to nowhere" under the kitchen sink. Not surprisingly, the kitchen sink drain isn't working... It almost looks as though it were sided over, or, at least, I can't see where it's going past the wall. They wouldn't have put the roof-over on top of it, would they??? (Oh... well... I suppose anything is possible).
The good news is... someone, somewhere along the line loved this place enough to do some nice improvements on it. The drywall is well done, there are replacement windows in the kitchen (also nicely done). There is a roof-over (shingle) that only worries me slightly. And someone put up siding.
I'm hoping that there is hope for this little project, as, quite frankly, I don't really have anywhere else to go, and no way to get there if I did.
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Anyway... thanks for any insight you can give, and I'm sure I'll be back with more question as time passes.