3 days. It only took 3 days. The listing went up on Monday afternoon. By Thursday evening, we had an offer. By Friday morning, negotiations were over and we had a signed contract. We cancelled 2 showings and an open house for that weekend. The Saturday showing still wanted to see the house. (We … More Officially under contract.
Our house is actually, finally, really for sale. We signed the sale and disclosure papers on Saturday, March 11, 2017. A photographer came to shoot video & pictures on Sunday, March 12, 2017. Our house is listed today, Monday, March 13, 2017. It’s the beginning of the end. We’ve been working with a realtor for … More Well, it’s listed.
We have over 500 linear feet of baseboards. And, I painted all of it this past week. Twice. I might have ruined my left knee, hip, and elbow; along with my right shoulder, forearm, wrist and hand. I spent 16+ hours on those gorgeous, (really hard) wood floors. I felt every single moment of it. … More Baseboards + more.
One thing. We are completely happy with this one thing that we’ve hired contractors to do so far in this house. The floors. They look amazing. They seriously are a game-changer in this house. Between the door openings and these floors, we now own what feels like a completely different house. We had a couple … More Sigh of relief.
It’s log, log, it’s better than bad, it’s good. (Ren & Stimpy, circa 1991) We have wood! Lots of wood! In the form of planks … which all came from logs. 🙂 Originally, they delivered *white oak flooring. After taking a closer look at the 3 upstairs bedrooms, which have existing wood floors, they determined those … More It’s big, it’s heavy, it’s wood.
Also, we have light again. The electrician arrived and installed a junction box. The lights in the basement work again. The outside light on the back patio works again. The outlet works now. [We did ask the electrician to move the outlet down a bit to match the height of the other outlets, and apparently … More It’s safe again.
Finally, some great news! Our floors are going in! Last weekend, we demoed the half bathroom on the main floor (except the toilet base because it was glued to the tiles or something). Last week the flooring company demoed the weird layer of particle board we had under all of the main level floors. Now, … More Real Progress!
Oh, yes. There’s more. That wasn’t the end of it. (If you’re not caught up on our contractor incidents, read this. Also, there’s legit cussing in this post. Sorry moms.) So, remember when I said we were meeting yet another contractor this last Saturday? Well, we met with him. We’re showing him around the house. Asking … More Oh, wait. There’s more.
(This one’s a long one … so stop now, or hang in there.) We’ve hired contractors before. This has happened to us before. It was puzzling when it happened before. And it still baffles me. Contractors do a job for you and then you pay them. Hopefully, you’ll find a good, well-established contractor with great … More Perplexed.
We have quotes! Yay, progress! Originally there were 3 phases to this project: Interior house remodels, including ceilings, flooring, bathrooms, paint, trim, cleaning, etc. Basement remodeling: finishing half, adding a bath, updating the laundry side. Outside space remodeling: adding a sliding door to the kitchen, building a deck, and landscaping. We’ve broken this out into … More Phase 1.
Welcome to our home ... our second attempt at a fixer-upper. 