The internet is an interesting place where one moment you can be just another person, and the next you can have a video go viral.
Roof Medics employee Charity Schultz recently had this happen to a video she posted on the social media site TikTok. Charity and her husband Tyler recently bought their first home with the realization that there would be some renovations to be done. As a way to keep friends and family from other states up to date with the house renovations, Charity started to make some TikTok videos under her username @Mia_bug. That was when she posted a video about uncovering a boarded-up shower. That video has been viewed 1.8 million times and has resulted in a handful of news articles across the world including articles in Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.
Being new homeowners Charity and Tyler knew that their house was going to have some renovations. During the sale of the house, they were informed that the shower was boarded up due to a leaky drain pan that needed to be custom-fit. The previous owners didn’t have the money to fix the shower, so they decided to board it up so they wouldn’t have to look at the un-usable space. At the time of the sale Charity says,
I knew about the shower, and that it was boarded up due to a leaky drain pan. I knew that the condition of the shower was not going to be in the condition that the seller told me. Usually when something is boarded up it means that the condition is worse, otherwise, it wouldn’t be boarded up. We were expecting some work was needed, but we were not expecting the amount of work that is needed to fix it.
The quirks of their new house didn’t stop with finding out the real condition of the shower. In some of her other videos Charity shared that there is a fan in the house that cannot be shut off, holes in the walls that have been covered instead of fixed, and chimney flashing laid over the shingles instead of under them. According to the new homeowners, the previous owners were big into do-it-yourself projects, which has left plenty of projects for the couple to work on as they begin to make their new house into a home.
With Charity’s newfound internet fame has come plenty of internet trolls. Commonly asked questions include “what about a home inspection?” “didn’t you look at the building layout?” “how could you trust what the seller said?” and “why would you buy a house that needs so much work?”. To answer the questions:
- The house was inspected, but home inspectors have a limit to what they can look at. While Charity will agree that the home inspector missed some important aspects of the house, like the improper chimney flashing, when it comes to the shower the inspector couldn’t break down the wall.
- Regarding a building layout, in Oklahoma, you have to pay for the building layout, and the shower was not a surprise in the fact that it existed, the condition of it was a surprise.
- The new homeowners were suspicious of the condition of the shower and didn’t fully trust what the seller told them.
- Charity and Tyler were looking for a house they could afford that had a good foundation. They are pleased with their house and understand that a fixer-upper is bound to have unknown projects.
At this time Charity and Tyler are amazed at how big the story of their hidden shower has gotten. If you would like to hear more about their story, directly from them, check out their episode of Not A Roofers Podcast.
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