The almost empty kitchen- Cabinets and appliances will be in next week.
This was a regular sized door that closed, it feels much better now!
New roof! These guys removed two old layers of roofing, replaced three sheets of rotted plywood and re-roofed the whole house in about 7 hours. Roofers are amazing. And I LOVE the change!
When I left this afternoon the contractors were about to pressure wash everything from sidewalks to gutters, some damaged wood panelling was coming down in the kitchen, and they were planning to begin painting, though I doubt that happened today. The carport was being removed, but we hit our first bump in the road there. It should have been an easy removal, but the previous owners poured the new concrete parking pad around the existing carport, meaning that removing the bottom support rail will leave a 20' long 2" wide hole in the pad. I'll have to have someone patch the concrete, which was not an expected expense. But we didn't find any rotted joists in the ceiling, so we should still be on budget.
So- while the progress doesn't make for a very exciting blog post, things are moving smoothly and for the most part on time. The contractor goes on vacation on the 15th and the plan is for everything to be complete by then. Fingers crossed!
Do you have questions or want me to elaborate on something? I'd be happy to answer, just let me know.
So you paid $60k for the house. What's the reno budget and what do you anticipate the final appraisal to be? Everything I've seen has been an added value of about twice the reno budget. Is that about accurate?
ReplyDeleteI wondered about posting the numbers- I had decided I would post a final blog detailing it at the end if no one asked. We paid $61,500. It looks like we will be putting about $22,500 into it, and if the appraisal cooperates with me (I'm pretty confident it will) I plan to list for $129,900. Less realtor fee's (if I'm not the selling agent) and closing cost. It should be a nice profit. :)
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