Well-Maintained? Immaculate? Stunning gem?

The home failed a roof inspection, well inspection, and nearly failed the electrical inspection.  We now fully understand why the Seller continually insisted on an "AS-IS" purchase while not only failing to disclose significant, health and safety-related issues, but also took steps to hide the faults in the home. I believe that they were seeking to sel the home to an unsuspecting patsy. 

Virtually every room has some form of water damage

The private well failed the inspection. Interestingly, the well inspector indicated he'd provided a previous quote to the owner of the home, for repairs that needed to be done. When the well inspector was doing the inspection for us, the Seller came out and tried to keep the inspector from mentioning the previous quote, acting as though he didn't realize the well and water system were in such terrible condition. In my opinion, the Seller has little regard for the safety of himself and his family, for allowing this condition to exist. A failing well? Leaking roof? Mold found outside and inside of the home? 

Other than new tile, poorly laid by amateur hands (not straight, big gobs of grout, cracked tiles, square corners around bull-nose sheetrock) the home has not seen an upgrade since 2013 when the current owner purchased the home. Water damaged, rotting door frames, missing hinges, leaking tile work due to unsealed grout, leaky shower heads and faucets, broken hose bibs, leaking sprinkler system, acid-damaged pool, non-functioning hot tub, leaky well, uncovered electrical (outdoors and in), a kitchen vent hood falling off the wall due to only one screw holding it in place, broken, dried eggs on the floor behind the stove, insects... it's my opinion that maintenance and house keeping are not part of this household. 

When we sold our home in another state, our real estate agent did a walk through with us and pointed out what needed to be repaired, upgraded, modified, thrown away prior to listing the home. It's clear that neither Aaron Taylor, Kolleen Kelley, nor Taylor's "assistant" (who seems to be the only one doing work) have been inside (or outside) of 8734 Rancho Destino.  It stretches the conscience to accept that a home in this condition was ready for sale under the moniker of "STUNNING GEM," or "IMMACULATE AND WELL-MAINTAINED." We viewed several homes labed "fixer-upper" that were in significantly better condition than this mess. This was once a beautiful home, and we saw in it, the opportunity to make it once again, a beautiful property. We were willing to put aside all issues with the home excepting the roof, which was going to cost a minimum of $25,000.00 to repair and reinstall the solar system. Mr. Taylor laughed at us, told us to simply buy the home as-is, and refused to discuss reducing the price to compensate for the cost of the (written quotes) roof repair/replacement.

Of course one man's floor is another man's ceiling.  However, I think any reasonable person would reasonably agree that the images seen below could not possibly be represented by words such as "Stunning Gem," "Immaculate," or "Well-maintained." 

Most of these items are things a reasonably conscientious  home-owner would keep in repair.  I know my wife would be having kittens if there were un-cased doors, mold, alkali damage to every fixture and shower/bath area,  wrong-sized bullnose connectors on baseboard, torn screens, etc. No one expects perfection. No one expects to see nearly 200 pages of inspection issues, either.