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House #19 – SOLD

House #19: Week 5 Update

November 22, 2010

Tuesday marks the end of week five on The Flood House renovations, and things are going well (see original schedule here)… Last Wednesday, we had our final inspection by the city, and passed without any issues. The only remaining task to receive our Certificate of Occupancy is to pass our final mold test, which is […]

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House #19: Week 4 Update

November 16, 2010

Today marks the end of week 4 on our rehab of The Flood House, and everything is still on-schedule and mostly on-budget… This past week, we completed all the exterior repairs, including replacing some rotted/damaged window trim, removing a dead tree in the front yard, repairing some minor roof damage and some general landscaping. On […]

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House #19: Week 3 Pictures

November 10, 2010

We are at the end of week three for The Flood House rehab, and I’m happy to report that we’re still on-schedule and still ahead of budget… This week we completed the drywall installation, hung the doors, installed the baseboards, replaced a bunch of windows, painted the interior and made some repairs to the exterior […]

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House #19: Week 3 Update

November 7, 2010

We’re about two-and-a-half weeks into The Flood House rehab, and things are still on schedule and budget… The drywall installation completed a few days ago, and on Friday we had 17 doors delivered and installed. Yesterday, we got several windows replaced, and all the new baseboard and trim installed. We realized that our budget had […]

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House #19: Week 2 Pictures

November 3, 2010

We are at the end of week two for The Flood House rehab, and so far, we’re pretty much on-schedule and a bit ahead of budget… After completing all the demo, rough plumbing, rough electrical and inspections during week one, we’ve spent week two doing mold remediation, installing insulation, and hanging/finishing drywall. The mold remediation […]

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House #19: Week 2 Update

October 28, 2010

The week started off a little frustrating at The Flood House with the extra work required for the mold remediation, but after several days of hard work, it appears we’re still on schedule… The mold remediation took about two days — the first day to spray the anti-microbial and the second day to encapsulate the […]

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House #19: Mold Remediation

October 25, 2010

After making great progress on The Flood House last week, we ran into a small snag this week… Part of our conditions for receiving a Certificate of Occupancy from the County when the rehab is complete is getting a letter from a mold testing company indicating that there is no mold in the house. Last […]

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House #19: Week 1 Update

October 21, 2010

We closed on The Flood House on Tuesday, after a week of frustration dealing with the bank/seller and their closing attorneys… On the bright side, the extra week gave us an opportunity to get all of our contractors scheduled and ready to go. As per our project schedule, as soon as we closed, our GC, […]

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House #19: Schedule

October 15, 2010

Unfortunately, the closing on the purchase of The Flood House has been pushed back for the third time — we’re now scheduled to close next Tuesday. In the meantime, we’ve finalized our budget (check it out here) and have put together a preliminary schedule for the rehab. Assuming there aren’t any major inspection issues or […]

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House #19: Final Budget

October 11, 2010

If you’ve been following the blog the past couple weeks, you know we’ve been working hard to nail down the rehab cost estimate on The Flood House… We’re scheduled to close on the purchase of this property tomorrow, so for the past week or so, there’s been a big push to get final bids and […]

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