The ceilings are collapsing, the exterior walls are bowing and the stairs are a health and safety nightmare. To make matters worse the kitchen is buried under a mountain of empty plastic milk bottles and the shower in the corner needs to be condemned.
There's also damp everywhere, the floors are rotten and, oh yes, no one's so far been able to find out where the toilet's supposed to be. But with a measly £10k price tag - very likely making it the cheapest house in Wales - maybe this neglected three bed, end-of-terrace property in Tylorstown in the Rhondda isn't as bad as it first appears.
Certainly, if you know what you're doing it when it comes to DIY, it may be far less daunting a prospect than it first seems. Especially if you're someone like Gavin Thomas.
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This dad-of three, who's just picked up the keys to the rundown address, has been squaring up to renovation challenges like this for years. A self-styled 'house flipper' from Nantgarw in Rhondda Cynon Taf, he's been making a living since 2007 transforming ugly and unloved houses into homes that are liveable and inviting again.
Inspired by watching Homes Under The Hammer when he was still in school, the 37-year-old has long prided himself in fixing up some of the worst buildings this country has to offer. Although, as he freely admits, this one is definitely going to be his biggest challenge yet.
"I found out about it because the estate agents rang me," he said. "We've dealt with each other before and they know the kind of properties I go for.
"Besides, they were worried about putting it for sale online because of the state of things inside. For example, the stairs are really dangerous - they knew they wouldn't be able to conduct any viewings without people's safety being put at risk."
As a result Gavin added that the first floor was virtually cut off. "Whoever lived there before certainly hadn't been up there in ages," he said.
"In fact, the floor joists have come undone and whole pine end wall of the house was bowing out - so that'll have to come down and be replaced."
Gavin estimated that the house had probably been empty for couple of years. "There's still a lot of someone's stuff in there though - bin bags of it all over the place - and the kitchen was full of plastic milk bottles, a mountain of them.
"There's a shower in the corner of the kitchen too, bizarrely - although I've not been able to find the toilet yet.
"It's possible it was in an outhouse in the back garden but, as the banking has all subsided there's a good chance it's been covered over by a pile of earth."
Nevertheless, Gavin hopes to have the house finished come next summer. "It's a big job but I love a challenge," he said.
"Give it about six months and it'll make a nice little home for someone. Everywhere, no matter how bad, has potential - you've just got to know how to look at it."
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