The house has a shabby covered deck on the back and it has a built in hot tub. My teenage daughter was thrilled to hear that. Little did she know that a “free” hot tub is never free. Just ask my neighbors. Anyway, the tub looks like it has seen much better days.
One thing I have learned in cleaning out junkers is to never underestimate the value of an item. Our first rehab had a refrigerator in the kitchen that could have been donated to science. It was really bad (and yes we did open it on our first tour – big mistake!). Would you believe that we put that old nasty thing out on the street with a “free” sign and it was gone within 30 minutes?! One man’s trash… So, I decided to check out Craigslist to see if I might be able to actually get someone to come haul off the hot tub for free.
I was surprised to find there were multiple ads for people wanting a free hot tub. Three out of three people returned my emails. Now if I can just get my direct mail marketing to return that kind of result!
I went over to the house to snap some pictures to email to my new best friends and hit a snag. The hot tub probably isn’t coming out all in one piece if we want to keep the decking in some kind of repairable state. The hot tub is built into the deck and is quite large. Superman will have to get into the covered porch area and lift the thing out of its hole. We will then have to take off one entire side of the screened porch to get it out. And did I mention the deck is about 4′ off the ground and currently has very few steps left? I think my new best friend will be a Sawzall.
Does anyone happen to know a repairman or maybe a pool guy who would be willing to come out and tell me if there’s any hope in repairing the hot tub?
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