[Gabz]

You are a joy to behold!!!!!!!!

Very well stated. You are definitely a better woman than I - I can't hold my temper as well as you.

[Judith Anne]

Yes, well, I'm off this thread. You can't talk sense to some people.

I'd guess that any house that people lived in for 80-100 years would take quite a bit of work to rehab, but for heaven's sake, blaming it on smoking is so strange...I'm still shaking my head over the brown crust--that was the oddest thing I've read from a putative conservative in quite a while.

I've also known of some pretty shady "rehabbers" who slap a few coats of paint and some cheap carpet over serious water and bug damage, and then sell to unsuspecting kids at a premium. I don't think much of the trade as a whole. Mostly they're out for a quick buck and wouldn't dream of buying for themselves the crap they turn over. Imaginary smoker's damage is the LEAST thing wrong with these structural nightmares.