The rope cutting doesn't make a lot of sense. We live in the middle of nowhere. and no one can see what is behind our house from the road. Who would take the time to cut the rope. What purpose would it serve? Who carries a scissors around with them in their car anyway? And, it didn't do anything to wreck the deck...it was just a grid line to map out squares. It just seemed weird.Out doors and over night it could have been a person on the rope cutting.
Keep up the effort of prayer, smudging and house blessing. A through house cleaning sometimes improves things. Washing walls, windows and floors will move out a lot of negative energy.
My floors could definitely use a good washing.