First-time homeowners become easy prey

Not so long ago, the children of some friends of ours decided it was time for them to buy a house. And because their budget was limited, they could only afford to look at the older houses on the market.

It takes experience, money, commitment and more money to handle the challenge of redoing an older house, a place very likely set in her ways.

Though that young couple didn’t know, it is always wise to be extremely wary of older houses, especially if the word quaint is used, which can often mean in dire need of remodeling.

That couple, normally level-headed and practical, fell in love with that place and, in a fit of passion, bought it. That hussy of a house seduced those young folks into a mortgage.
It’s an old, old story — an inexperienced couple taken advantage of by a very experienced house.