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Rehab

House #5: Rehab Costs

March 17, 2009

Now that The DIY House is on the market, I thought I would share the (almost) final rehab costs needed to get this property renovated…
As I mentioned at the beginning of the project, my original budget projection was looking like $40-43K, but I really wanted to get that down to $35K. While I almost [...]

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House #6: Some Details

February 12, 2009

We close on The Red Garage House on Thursday, and with the past couple weeks being so busy (I’ve been on Jury Duty all week), we haven’t had much time to think about the rehab on this house. But, I made a point to spend some time over there today with my brother, and [...]

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House #5: Rehab Underway

February 10, 2009

It’s been just over a week since we closed on The DIY House, and already it’s undergone a nice transformation…
We completed demo the first day (including removal of all fixtures, all flooring, all cabinets, countertops, etc). By the end of the second day we had finished scraping all the popcorn texture from the ceiling [...]

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House #5: SOW/Budget

January 16, 2009

The DIY House was supposed to close this week, but the title company just got clean title back today, and the seller is requesting 5 days to review the entire closing package before they will be ready to sign the closing papers. So, it looks like we’ll be well into next week before we [...]

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House #3: Down to the Wire

December 10, 2008

We’re finally pulling into the home stretch on The Second Chance House. We’re several weeks behind schedule (which I’m not happy about), but we’re on-budget and the quality of workmanship has been top-notch.
In the past week, we have put the first few coats of stain on the hardwood floors, installed the cabinets and countertops, [...]

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House #3: Week 8 Update

November 21, 2008

It’s been a while since I posted an update on The Second Chance House. This isn’t because there’s been nothing interesting going on with that rehab…just more to do with all the activity around the other projects…
Here is an update:

As you can see from the title of this post, we’re into week #8 of [...]

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House #4: Rehab. Offer?

November 11, 2008

The Yellow Stain House has been on the market for three days now. The foundation has been repaired, as has been the main water line from the meter to the house (there was a rupture that would have cost as much to fix as to replace the whole thing). As the house is [...]

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House #3: Exterior Complete

November 10, 2008

We’re already a little behind schedule on The Second Chance House, but we’re making steady progress. Inside, all the rough plumbing, HVAC, and electrical is complete, along with all the new framing that needed to completed for the floorplan redesign. Last week, we pass all rough inspections and our framing inspection, and this [...]

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House #4: Rehab Update

November 5, 2008

We closed on The Yellow Stain House this past Monday. In the past three days, we’ve accomplished a good bit:
- The foundation work was completed…while a good bit of the yard was dug up during the repair (they put anchors both against the interior foundation wall and outside the house), by the time they [...]

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House #3: Demo is Underway

September 25, 2008

(Since you’re all here for the pictures anyway, you might as well start with them)
We kicked off the rehab on The Second Chance House the other day, and are already making great progress.
The key to this project is the redesign of the shared living space in the house, including the kitchen, dining room, [...]

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