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.
Well, hopefully the market will turn around soon. My mother is a real estate broker, and she has seen it start to improve this last quarter, finally, but then we are in one of the fastest growing regions in the U.S.