It is. That was the least of my worries. The first year of owning this place has been ridiculous, especially for how much we paid for the place (almost $500K for 4200sqft and 2 acres in the county). The worst part with that guy is it wasn't just Joe Schmo Homeowner. He ran a "business" as a (unlicensed) contractor and did finish work and remodels for other people. He re-routed the water pipes for the master bath into the exterior wall (those froze the first winter, fortunately they didn't burst), never had the septic pumped (with a ton of kids on a almost 40 year old tank) so that got clogged and back-flowed into the basement (insurance covered that fortunately), ignored the roof that was so close to leaking I'm amazed it wasn't already, sprinklers for the lawn had never been adjusted and weren't blown out properly (discovered a busted valve in the spring), barn door header is all but rotted away long with the floor of the loft, the list goes on and on and on. They were more concerned about "remodeling" the inside that they didn't take the time to fix all the important issues first.
I'm slowly getting on top of all the neglected items. Had the roof re-shingled last year (though I wish I had gone for metal roofing instead of asphalt now), fixed the pipes for the master bath, cleaned up the property, fixed and tuned the sprinklers, etc. Still a ton left to be done but I'm over the worst of it now. This year I really need to get the barn door and loft fixed before it gets any worse than it is. I also have a tractor finally (just an old Japanese import from the early 70's, but it has a loader!) so I'll be able to get more work done around the property with fixing fences and hopefully better managing the garden (just under 1/4 acre). Looking back I wish I had done a walk around video and/or pictures to show the state the place was in when we first moved in. I've really done quite a lot to it already in just a year. It looks so much better now.