DIY & Home Improvement

I've had to buy a new furnace/ac, a new well pump, new windows and a new garden barn roof, since I moved in. Well, and a new riding lawn mower because it's a really, really huge lot. This was my uncle and aunt's house. After my uncle died my aunt went to live with my mother and housing values were busting. Since I was on the quit claim, anyway, I moved in and took over all of the taxes, maintenance and expenses. Once she died, I refiled the deed.

I found the old paperwork for the house. They paid about $38,000 for it in 1969. Right now it's estimated at about $162,000. I've got about a 7 to 10 year plan to fix it up and sell it so I can spend my twilight years in a much smaller, easier to maintain abode.