In a word: dilapidated. The house was beautiful once, that's true- and it would take an absurd amount of TLC to even approach beauty again. While the inside could potentially be salvageable, the exterior is a bit of a lost cause. The siding is falling apart from years of weather damage and lack of upkeep, with vines crawling up- choking the building.
The front porch is rather ugly. Two windows flank the creaky front door- one window (left from the interior, right from the exterior) is permanently adorned with a spiderweb crack. Any attempts to replace this window pane will end in failure, as the new window will display the same cracks within a day of re-installment. But there's an old wooden porch swing that still works! The chains are rusty and it creaks miserably if more than one person tries to swing on it, but it can still hold a considerable amount of weight. The porch roof does its job tolerably, and the supports for the roof have thus far withstood the tests of time.
A single, lonely tree stands in the front yard- half-dead but refusing to go down without a fight. Its branches rarely bare leaves, and the tips of its longest branches scrape against the side of the house on windy and rainy nights.
There's a sign on the back of the house, by the back door: "HUMAN SACRIFICES NEEDED". Any attempts to remove or paint over the sign would end in the sign returning to its previous condition. Ray likes it too much to get rid of it, anyway.
There's a garbage pile in the backyard- trash left behind by previous residents, and dumping grounds when the house was unoccupied. Ray's taken to digging through it for spare parts, but the chances of finding anything useful in it is next to zero. Old children's toys appear there sometimes that Ray swears weren't there the last time he checked.
The house has 20 windows total: 4 in the front, 8 on either side, 4 in the back. Aside from the aforementioned cracked window, the only noteworthy attribute of the windows is that the windowsills desperately need some attention- most are rotting and heavily weathered by the elements. The windowscreens on several windows have mild to moderate tearing and ripping.
One front door, one back door. Part of the wood on the front door is splintered- it appears it was kicked at some point, likely by a potential intruder. It held firm, luckily; and the locks on it are strong. However, the back door only properly locks approximately 1/4th of the time. If anyone really wanted to break into the Ghostbusters' house, they really wouldn't have to try too hard... But honestly, why would you? What kind of valuables are you expecting to find in this place?
There is a garage in the front, large enough to fit a single car. Currently, it fits a great deal of garbage left behind by previous owners/squatters. The garage door is loud enough to metaphorically wake the dead. Inner door leads into the living room.
EXTERIOR
The front porch is rather ugly. Two windows flank the creaky front door- one window (left from the interior, right from the exterior) is permanently adorned with a spiderweb crack. Any attempts to replace this window pane will end in failure, as the new window will display the same cracks within a day of re-installment. But there's an old wooden porch swing that still works! The chains are rusty and it creaks miserably if more than one person tries to swing on it, but it can still hold a considerable amount of weight. The porch roof does its job tolerably, and the supports for the roof have thus far withstood the tests of time.
A single, lonely tree stands in the front yard- half-dead but refusing to go down without a fight. Its branches rarely bare leaves, and the tips of its longest branches scrape against the side of the house on windy and rainy nights.
There's a sign on the back of the house, by the back door: "HUMAN SACRIFICES NEEDED". Any attempts to remove or paint over the sign would end in the sign returning to its previous condition. Ray likes it too much to get rid of it, anyway.
There's a garbage pile in the backyard- trash left behind by previous residents, and dumping grounds when the house was unoccupied. Ray's taken to digging through it for spare parts, but the chances of finding anything useful in it is next to zero. Old children's toys appear there sometimes that Ray swears weren't there the last time he checked.
The house has 20 windows total: 4 in the front, 8 on either side, 4 in the back. Aside from the aforementioned cracked window, the only noteworthy attribute of the windows is that the windowsills desperately need some attention- most are rotting and heavily weathered by the elements. The windowscreens on several windows have mild to moderate tearing and ripping.
One front door, one back door. Part of the wood on the front door is splintered- it appears it was kicked at some point, likely by a potential intruder. It held firm, luckily; and the locks on it are strong. However, the back door only properly locks approximately 1/4th of the time. If anyone really wanted to break into the Ghostbusters' house, they really wouldn't have to try too hard... But honestly, why would you? What kind of valuables are you expecting to find in this place?
There is a garage in the front, large enough to fit a single car. Currently, it fits a great deal of garbage left behind by previous owners/squatters. The garage door is loud enough to metaphorically wake the dead. Inner door leads into the living room.
Abandoned But Not Forgotten