9 layers of wallpaper? Wow. Ya sure the house is not paper-mache?
Sounds kinda like my house. I remodeled it a couple years ago. Darn good thing they used oak 2X4s, since the load bearing wall had the studs 48 inches on center (I kid ya not), and it had 7 layers of shingles on the roof. Started out just tearing the kitchen cabinets out to rebuild the kitchen, and the more I tore out the more I found that needed redoing. By the time I finished, the only part that was original was the floor, 3 exterior walls, and the fireplace. Woulda been better off just bulldozing it down and starting from scratch.
I hear ya. We have had the same experience. Things that were “remodeled” had to be redone. Everything was jerryrigged and half-azz. They had so much furniture/antiques in here that much of the bad stuff was covered up.
We’ve spent mega bucks and lots of elbow grease to get this house into shape so we can sell. With the market the way it is, we are up the creek.
Been there, done that.
That’s the problem with fixer-uppers.