My grandma and I live in the house she owns. When she first bought it no one took the time to tell her it had caught on fire, let alone that there's no foundation to the home. The house is literally caving in on us. It's so bad I have trouble sleeping at night. The ceilings are falling in, the walls are starting to fall in as well, the walls are separating from the floor and we can see how the house is just sitting on the ground, the floors are also giving out even upstairs. Our electric is so bad that we barely have outlets to use because they all keep blowing.
She paid someone to fix the electric and redo all of it, but instead he pocketed all the money and left all the old electric wiring and never even finished the job. She took a loan out on the house for the guy to fix the house, but it's worse than ever and she's scared if she leaves they'll come after her. I'm so scared my grandma, our beloved dog, and myself are going to have the house fall on us. I need advice please because we have no where else to go.
By Elissa
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When you grandma bought the house she should have had it inspected before the final purchase and if the person selling the house refused to make needed repairs she shouldn't have bought the house. Who was helping your grandma to make sure she didn't make unwise purchases?
There is a nationwide government sponsored organization that will help seniors and disabled people make home repairs. I don't know the name of it because it has different names in different states and even different cities. That being said from the things you said is wrong with the house I don't think they would do all of the repairs.
Also, if for some reason you and your grandma would have to leave the house before a certain amount of time elapses the repairs have to be paid back on a pro-rated basis. IF you are as hard up as you say you must have a social worker/welfare worker with the Department of Social Services/Welfare Office. If you do talk to that person and see if they know of any help you can get. Also talk to your pastor, sometimes they will take up a special offering for a needy member of the congregation and their might even be people in the congregation that can do the work or even donate some of the necessary materials.
Is the house completely paid for? If so, I don't know who would come after you folks, the only thing that could happen is the County could eventually sell if for unpaid taxes, which from the way the house sounds, would be no big loss.
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