STINKY PLUMBING??

Most everyone in America, (rather everyone who has bought a resale house), has experienced something they weren’t expecting after moving into their brand spankin' “new to them”  dream home.  Mr. Buyer and the “Missus”  most likely walked the property a dozen times alongside their Realtor going over every little flaw and detail.  “Our new house is just perfect. We’ll be so happy here, “ coos the missus. Mr. Buyer has an ear to ear grin as he eyes the new man cave he about to work in. The house appeared flawless….well except for those few little items they and their Realtor found, but heck, who cares, IT IS A GOOD DEAL.   The walls, the floors, the carpet, the sinks, the bathtubs, the siding, the paint...it was all just a whirlwind when their Realtor whisked them through for one last inspection before escrow closed and handed the lucky couple the keys.

Wait a second….  Does that always happen?  Does anything ever go wrong for “Mr. John and Mary Lunchbucket”?  

Here are some scenarios of perfect homes gone bad and happy homeowners gone mad...

Scenario 1: Meet Steve and Carol from good 'ol Santa Clarita, California.  Steve and Nancy began looking for their dream home about a year ago.  After nearly 1,000 close to but not perfect homes, the happy couple finally settled with a 2 story, 3 bed, 2.5 bath home, in a great neighborhood just down the street from the local bowling alley. The house is also located just 2 miles away from Steve and Carol Junior's elementary school.  Great location, great back yard, and for what it is worth, an a-okay house! They were sold.  Well...a few days ago after slaving in the kitchen for 3 hours to cook the turkey just right, the table was finally set, the kids had been corralled into the kitchen and Mr. Steve had finally let the work day rest, Carol and the family sat down to eat dinner.  While sitting at the table quietly discussing the ups and downs of the day, Carol glanced to the ceiling and noticed what seemed to have been water stains.  She was positive that nothing accidentally FLEW up to the ceiling and drenched the walls without see it and she knew the kids hadn't had a water gun fight and aimed at this particular spot instead of each other...or maybe they had but that is highly unlikely...and she was darn tootin' sure that it wasn't there when she bought the home a few months ago. A noticeably angry Carol jumped up, grabbed the phone, and put Mr.Isellperfecthomes on the phone with Mr. SteveIampissedoff.

Scenario 2: The day was long, work was rough, everyone who called had a stick up their you know what, and frankly, by 5PM Mr. Tom Thompson had had enough.  He shut down the computer, locked the office door, and escaped to his good 'ol 2009 Ford Focus sitting lonely and abandoned in the parking lot. On the drive home he had visions of his brand new leather recliner, his big, beautiful, 64 inch flat screen TV...and was thinking that this was the perfect remedy for a #&$^% day.  As he pulled into the garage, he parked the car, went inside, kicked off his shoes, grabbed a nice, cold beverage from the stainless steel refrigerator and sat in his chair and reached for the remote.  "Aaaahhhh....home 'at last!" Tom thought to himself. Just as he went to turn the TV on, something caught his eye.  He looked around the living room not quite sure what he had seen...not a thing laying on the beautiful hard wood floor, not a piece of dust on the..STOP...wait a minute...."WHAT IS THAT ON MY HARDWOOD FLOOR?!" Tom shrieked.  Surprise! His hardwood floor had a nice, pretty little buckle in it. Why, what, how he started asking himself. I'll tell you Mr. Tompson, your recently installed floor is now warped due to the moisture underneath the house that has caused the wood to expand and shrink upon evaporation. So where in tarnation did the water come from?  Forget to inspect all of the pipes under the raised foundation before signing on that dotted line?  The inspector did say something about old pipes, or something like that. Couldn’t remember. Oops.

I think you get my point.  So what are you going to do about the nooks and crannies that hold the nice little dust bunnies that you neglected to notice? Probably ______, moan and complain about it to every person you can think of. 

***Here is an OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU.  Use this page to BLAST about the "surprises" you encountered after a few months of living in your dream home. We, here at Bristol Restoration, have given you the opportunity to complain. Click on this link, go to the page, LIKE IT, then complain away!  Once a month we will be picking a winner who will get a prize.  The winner will be chosen based off of the most horrific PHOTOS, VIDEOS, & STORIES.  You may not have been so unlucky to have something happen to your new home; however, you may know someone who was.  Share this Facebook fan page with your buddy, and you BOTH have the opportunity to win a prize. ***

Here is the link: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stinky-Plumbing/176859869048461

We want the dirt. So give us the dirtiest dirt you have experienced and upon verification that it is in fact YOUR home, you may win some of the prizes that we have in store. Trust me, these are worth you taking 5 minutes out of your day to COMPLAIN.

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