Worst Room
By Marie
@Tampa_girl7 (52183)
United States
March 9, 2025 7:53pm CST
Here is another photo of the West Virginia home. It was undoubtedly the worst room in the house. It was and will be our den. We have started working on it and it is really coming along. I don’t have an updated picture of it yet. We will be doing more work on it in a few weeks when we go to West Virginia. It literally looked like a bomb had gone off in there. Can you believe that someone lived in conditions like this ? It was a sad mess.
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@snowy22315 (187362)
• United States
10 Mar
You guys should go into the house flipping business! When are you going to install the heating cooling?
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@snowy22315 (187362)
• United States
11 Mar
@Tampa_girl7 Those ceiling tiles like you were talking ing about won't work?
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@Tampa_girl7 (52183)
• United States
10 Mar
Even though it’s not finished that room is looking so much better now. We are trying to figure out the cooling and heating still. Really don’t know what we’ll do. It was built in 1906. It’s never had central air and heat. We have a gas furnace that does a nice job of heating most of the rooms. It needs to be updated to something that heats and cools.
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@MarieCoyle (42475)
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11 Mar
@Tampa_girl7
I look forward to seeing the ''after'' pictures, too. Your picture reminds me of a corner of the basement of the house we totally did over, it looked so hopeless. It doesn't appear like that in the picture, but I know it will be when you are done.
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@Tampa_girl7 (52183)
• United States
10 Mar
We sure hope so. It looks so much brighter now. It has new windows and a new ceiling and it’s clean.
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@Tampa_girl7 (52183)
• United States
10 Mar
@sallypup Yes, that particular wall was plaster over the cinder block and then old paneling that was falling off.
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@sallypup (63601)
• Centralia, Washington
10 Mar
@Tampa_girl7 Did you have to deal with plaster instead of drywall? We have plaster wall issues here and so far contractors don't want to discuss this with us.
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@Juliaacv (52924)
• Canada
10 Mar
With the window up so high, it looks like it is in the basement, is that right?
With your love and care you will rejuvenate this room to be the cozy and inviting room that you and your family will want to spend time together in. It will take some work, but some projects are just labours of love.
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@Tampa_girl7 (52183)
• United States
10 Mar
Yes, it is downstairs and partially underground.
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@DaddyEvil (145283)
• United States
10 Mar
Wow! No, I can't believe someone lived there! I would have taken one look and made a bee-line for the hills!
I'm sure it will be lovely when you and your hubby get done with it, though. 
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@Tampa_girl7 (52183)
• United States
10 Mar
It was structurally sound or we couldn’t have bought it. It is looking so much better.
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@DaddyEvil (145283)
• United States
10 Mar
@Tampa_girl7 I understand... I just wouldn't have known how/been able to deal with it.
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@Tampa_girl7 (52183)
• United States
10 Mar
@DaddyEvil In the early years after we first bought the house we most of the time had a dozen or so of my family members coming up with us and helping. We were blessed that my daddy, husband, brother and brother in laws were good at plumbing, electricity, masonry, carpentry etc.
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@rakski (135318)
• Philippines
10 Mar
@Tampa_girl7 great! Can't wait for you to show us the outcome
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@Tampa_girl7 (52183)
• United States
10 Mar
We have put 2 new windows in. It looks very different now.
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@sallypup (63601)
• Centralia, Washington
10 Mar
Whoa. I was fortunate. We bought our elderly house after it had been renovated. NOT perfect but not like your photo. We still had to put money into the bottom bathroom but somebody had installed a heated floor there. Sooner than later we're sinking money into the roof.
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@sallypup (63601)
• Centralia, Washington
10 Mar
@Tampa_girl7 The cats agree with you.
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@Tampa_girl7 (52183)
• United States
12 Mar
We like it too and originally were going to leave it open. Unfortunately we can’t. I can’t remember what my husband said.
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@Tampa_girl7 (52183)
• United States
12 Mar
@TheHorse We will leave the bricks on the fireplace exposed. I hope that we can get them a little cleaner.
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@TheHorse (225145)
• Walnut Creek, California
12 Mar
@Tampa_girl7 In the Midwest, bricks are "a thing."
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@Deepizzaguy (108370)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
10 Mar
The room in this picture does look scary.
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@aninditasen (16935)
• Raurkela, India
10 Mar
Oh my God that looks like a haunted house totally in shambles. How did anyone stay there?
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@Tampa_girl7 (52183)
• United States
10 Mar
It was very spooky in some of the rooms. It isn’t anymore.
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@Tampa_girl7 (52183)
• United States
11 Mar
@aninditasen Yes, a very good feeling.
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@aninditasen (16935)
• Raurkela, India
11 Mar
@Tampa_girl7 When you give a house or a room a good get up it gives you a good feeling.
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@Tampa_girl7 (52183)
• United States
12 Mar
@porwest The good news is we have paid each project off before we started another and the home is paid for too. We have saved for this coming trip too.
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@Tampa_girl7 (52183)
• United States
10 Mar
Yes, it truly was unbelievable, but a blessing to us that they had not taken care of it. The condition made it affordable for us to buy.
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@porwest (98860)
• United States
12 Mar
@Tampa_girl7 The question is, how much do you have to put into it and does the increased future value make a profit?
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@2ndchances24 (10241)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
10 Mar
O M L that will take a lot of $ to get it right,
& to think some 1 lived in there is even worse, good luck.1 person likes this
@Tampa_girl7 (52183)
• United States
10 Mar
They definitely lived in terrible conditions.
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@2ndchances24 (10241)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
11 Mar
@Tampa_girl7 
why is what I'm asking
why didn't they at least TRY to make it some
what better? that's just crazy people
won't make a living area of ANY KIND decent.
why is what I'm asking
why didn't they at least TRY to make it some
what better? that's just crazy people
won't make a living area of ANY KIND decent.
@RebeccasFarm (93531)
• United States
14 Mar
Yes some people are disgusting they will live in literal shite.
@Tampa_girl7 (52183)
• United States
10 Mar
It definitely has been much work. We have done a little bit at a time.
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@Marilynda1225 (84204)
• United States
10 Mar
Wow that really is a mess and can't wait to see a picture of your work in progress or at least when it's finished.
It' really hard to believe that someone lived in conditions like that.
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@Tampa_girl7 (52183)
• United States
10 Mar
I have so many memories from when my parents owned it in the 70’s. It broke my heart to see it in that condition.
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@Laurakemunto (13137)
• Kenya
10 Mar
Trult it's a sad mess and I would be scared to live in such a house honestly
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@Tampa_girl7 (52183)
• United States
10 Mar
We didn’t live in it until it was fixed up. We still only live there a few weeks at a time as we work on it.
