Status: Renovated
Ugly price: $76,000
Restored price: $110,000
The ugly duckling on a block of well-kept homes, this was a sad little two-bed, two-bath ranch house that sold for less than half as much as other similar homes in the neighborhood.
The home's biggest problem was its owner, a hoarder. Floors, cabinet tops and other surfaces were piled with junk, much of it soiled and worthless.
Once the buyers got rid of the junk, exterminated all the pests and eradicated the molds, the home only needed some cosmetic repairs and replacements, which were done in just a few weeks.
The house was resold for $110,000, up from the $76,000 paid for it in this condition and retook its rightful place among the other tidy homes in the community.
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