Fortunately, neither of us had to move into the house immediately. We bought the house in December 2011, and I still had my house in Houston, which didn't sell until April 2012. Jamie still had his apartment down the street. So we could attack some of the issues in the house without the complications of furnishings. One of the first things we did in the house in December 2011 was to hire foundation people to stabilize the foundation. Very few of the angles in this house are exactly right angles. Windows have shifted so they are not square to the vertical, doors are slightly askew and some have had strips attached to their top to make them fit their frames, the floors have a lot of unevenness and the back bedroom floor has a slant with over an inch drop (Jamie believes it was originally an outdoor porch intentionally designed to slope downward for drainage). The foundation people replaced some posts and did other things to strengthen the foundation, but said we won't be able to straighten the floors without causing serious problems everywhere else. These issues became less noticeable after we furnished the house in the coming months, and we’re used to it anyway.
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