My mother recently moved out of her house it was my grandmothers. She offered for myself, my fiancee and our son to move into the house, for no money. But we have to fix anything that needs fixing. The house has many problems and I am scared that it is not worth it, even though we pay rent now and wouldn't have to there. The basment floods constantly it is a old house with a septic tank, and the foundation is cracked on one wall horzontially, and bowing slighty. I called a plumber and got quotes but he said to contact a septic guy first. He was going to charge 300 dollars to pump it out but I don't know if that will fix the flooding problem. If anyone has any suggestions if they think it is too much work and not worth it or anything I would appreciate it. We don't have much money at all and we are barely paying the bills as it is. I would appreciate any suggestions or comments thank you soo much.

Your basement flooding probably has nothing to do with the septic tank. The cracked and bowed wall is a concern. The cracks are probably the cause of the flooding, and the bowing is probably the cause of the cracks. Don't spend a cent on repairs until the cause of the bowing is determined.

Possible causes of bowed walls:
1. Hydrostatic (water) pressure in the soil outside the wall
2. Tree roots growing into the wall
3. Insufficient wall thickness for the height of the wall
4. Insufficient reinforcing in the wall
5. Failure to brace the top of the wall into the floor structure
6. Improper backfill (stumps, rocks, clay, debris)

Your bowing could be caused by any one, or a combination, of those factors.

First step is to find out why the wall has bowed. This may involve some professional advice, and possibly some excavation outside the wall. Once you know why, you can remove the cause, repair the wall, and waterproof it on the outside. There is nothing you can do inside the basement that will solve the problem. The problem is outside, and so is the solution.

Be carefull pumping out the basement if it has a large amount of water in it.
First off, the electrical panel may be located and covered with water. An if its not you may have other electical fixtures that may be under water.
2nd. If the exterior soil around the house is soaked with water from all the rain we just had, be sure to wait a few days until the soil drys up. I have seen many a good basement destroyed by the hydostatic water pressure against the foundation walls after the interior water was removed. Other then that I agree with Richard.
As far as pumping it out. Go to a rental store and rent a pump for about $50 bucks and pump it your self. Just be sure the electrical is not submerged in the water. Once its pumped out, get a shop vaccum and clean up the mess.

Thank you for your responses, the basement floods only to about a couple of inches of water, it gets pumped out by a sump pump or something like that. I was worried about paying for the septic guy to come and pump it out and it not fix why the drain in the basement doesn't seem to let water go down it. Plus with the wall cracked as bad as it is I know that there are wooden reignforcements on the cracked spot but I am sure that isn't going to hold my concern was if it was worth moving my family into it. We live pay check to pay check and I thought if we moved there we would be in over our heads or have someone tell us something wrong. But thank you both for your advice.

Oh, there's a drain? Like a little grate in the floor? If so, have a plumber snake out the pipe that runs from the drain. Relatively cheap, and it may solve your problem.