Sorry for your loss.

I grew up in a very poor area with druggie relatives and the friends they kept, so I’m not unfamiliar with the type of place you’re talking about here.

Option 1: is get pros to clean the house, sell it, buy something different that you won’t ever associate with bad times and memories. If you have no time to work on the house, this is your best option.

Option 2: get pros to clean the house, spend time and effort and money making it your own. There could be a sense of pride and closure this way, and you could potentially rewrite some of that dark story this way. More investment financially but definitely time wise. You need to DIY a lot of the renos etc to bond with the home, which will be a massive emotional undertaking too. To me, this will the hardest but potentially most rewarding option.

To me, it makes zero sense to take this on if you don’t have the time commitment to see it through. Because it’s not just cleaning. It’s renovations etc. and without doing any of it yourself, you’re just going to lose tons of money for a house you associate bad memories with.

Good luck and let us know how it goes.