If you see this in a flip, accept my recommendation: don't cook on this.
This house was a disaster inside and out - it looked bad, it smelled bad, it was unclean, was full of trash inside and out, and generally beat up. (It did have a wonderfully polite roof leak however...)
It was as if the seller simply bought the house, literally taped some rolled shingle material on top of the house, and put it on the market to sell at a "profit!"
He does say the kitchen is said to be "Fully Functional!" as if that is a feature or selling point.
But, um, let's see.
This is the "functional" cook top. The knobs are broken. The elements are loose and broken and not resting flat. They bounced up and down! The pans are rusted. And the wiring underneath is nothing shy of DANGEROUS. Yes, that is high-amperage wiring!
Confession here! Home inspectors go to houses to test stuff!
I DID NOT EVEN TURN THIS BABY ON!
Are you kidding me? I'm not sacrificing myself on this alter! This first-born, male, fatted bullock will live to inspect houses another day.
To top it off, touching the tips of some of the breakers in the panel box would make lights in various rooms flicker on and off! Just touching the tips! I didn't even take the cover off the panel box! No way ... remember the fatted bullock comment.
My recommendation: people are attracted to houses with very low prices. And this house was priced very low! The inspection was conducted entirely in Spanish and I understood all the, um, adjectives my client threw out there! I don't use those words myself, but I understood them. He even came out with a few adjectives in English, some really good ones that I don't use in that language either! Sometimes the house deserves all the adjectives it gets ... good or bad.
Jay Markanich Real Estate Inspections, LLC 
Based in Bristow, serving all of Northern Virginia.
Office (703) 330-6388 Cell (703) 585-7560
Good morning, Jay.... the only people who should buy this type of property are those in the trades.... they can barter with others for work to be done...or they can tear it down and build new.... everyone sees dollar signs and they don't know which end is up when looking at this type of work.
True, Barbara, if you are in that market. This house would be exactly that. I would recommend a couple of bombs - but not insect bombs...
Jay - sounds like a disaster. More than a fixer upper.
It just saddens me to see property in such a condition.
Funny but it all looks familiar to me and the wife. We clean places like that and nver give it a second thought. Now we will.
Grant - a fixer upper with epic proportions.
It was awful Lenn. As I was sitting in the driveway waiting for everyone to arrive different people showed up to look at the house, excited by its price.
It wasn't simply the cleaning James. And a lot of the odor was generated by the crawl space, which was a lake full of who knows what, but exceptionally smelly. No, I didn't venture in there either!
Sounds like another " Investor" is going to bite the dust. I hope he got a good deal on it!
Just looking at the mess on the stove and counter shows that the home is not ready to sell.
Cheap or not, if the seller can't bothered to clean it up and make it presentable then you can beat there are hidden issues.
Oh yes, this is really sad. What the heck were they thinking?
Hi Jay,
Looks like the same electrician that doe's a lotof work around here. Even found brand new homes wired this way.
Good find and good advice.
Have a great day in Bristow.
Best, Clint McKie
Good morning Jay,
Sounds like the home with six double-tags in the panel box yesterday.
Wonder when and what price it will sell at!
Make yourself a great day.
Jay, this house is a mess! Do you have enough paper to list all the things wrong with it?
Now that is a quick flip Jay. I hope the buyer of the home can see that some work still needs to be done here.
Hi Jay - That looks like someone forgot the "fix" part of fix and flip. What a mess!
Jeff - this guy is smoking weird stuff to think he will sell this house.
Than - clean is one thing. Safe and sound is another!
That someone would see the price and buy it apparently Debbie. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain though...
Clint - this stuff is all too common. And it's sad.
Raymond - I had a box the other day I called "over population." Might post it!
Tom - I processed the tree behind my house to make paper for it.
Just a tad Tom A. Just a tad.
A whole lot was overlooked Dick. And dangerously so, throughout the house.
It's a home inspectors worst nightmare. How lucky for you!
Gee, Jay, did these buyers go running out of the place when you finished with this inspection? Maybe they have good fix up skills.
I don't know if it's the worst Suzanne, but any electrical danger is no fun!
Pat - the buyer is a roofer and was underwhelmed with the roof. But had no abilities to do the rest, or that much money. There was nothing Billy could have sold him to make things better.
Great opportunity for very few. This is another example why home inspections are important, protecting an unsuspecting buyer.
Thanks Tina. This buyer began suspecting stuff soon after we began!
Amazing what "flipper" believes that anyone will buy at a price...urgh !
I heard the price and it was pretty low S&D, but the repairs probably outweighed the entire price of the home!
Sometimes I have to wonder if people do not have their senses working. If this place is a s bad as you say, why even put in an offer.
I was shocked that they put a contract on it Jim. Especially since the buyer is a roofer. This house has been written about before (polite toilet).