House

For those who visit this blog who I don't speak to on a regular basis, a house down the road came up for sale after a foreclosure. We bought it are now in the midst of renovating it.

I took some video to give an idea of layout. More photos to come as we progress through the demo. There were several things that absolutely had to be tended to (leaky water pipes in the bathroom. FOUR so far and one in the yard), the kitchen was not well laid out and the step up living room with the way the center island sat was very dangerous.

We've since torn up the carpet in 2 upstairs bedrooms and the living room and pulled up the raised portion of the living room which was raised with cedar planking and plywood. Jeremiah has fixed the leaky pipes in the bathroom and it will need new drywall in spots now and has fixed one broken pipe in the yard but there is still another going to one faucet because when turned on it has no pressure. These are the downfalls to buying repoed properties especially in cold climates. The the property is not "winterized" soon enough, freezing and thawing is inevitable.

I have since painted 2 of the three upstairs bedrooms, ceilings and walls. The master bath had an open concept from the master bedroom and no access from the other 2 bedrooms which I thought odd as the landing upstairs is big enough for another door and if the bathroom is large enough for  a huge 2 person whirlpool tub, it's big enough for a tub shower combo instead! The other bedrooms could only access the bathroom upstairs through the master bedroom or walk all the way downstairs and through the kitchen. Can you imagine doing that in the middle of the night?? No thank you. Changing things around a bit will make the house more usable and it's not too much time or money extra.

The kitchen will need new tile in place of where the old cabinets and counter used to be as the cabinets were in place before the "new" tile floor. Fortunately it was laid in such a way that we can pop up a few cut pieces and install whole tiles and it will be seamless. We'll also tile the rest of the living room that was raised before.

These videos were taken early this week when we did not have some of the work done we have now. I'll take updated photos as we go. My apologies if my voice is low. I was talking normally. I am also not a videographer, apologies in advance if your head spins a little when the movement or if it's dark. We did not get the electric turned on until Tuesday.

In the first video I walk through the existing door right into the kitchen. The glass pane to the right has been removed and is now the entry way into the living room. The previous entry way will be a walk in pantry off the kitchen. When you walk in the front door there will be a new wall to the left.

The closet upstairs where the furnace is is dark and you probably cannot see it. Sorry about that. These may be out of order.  

I will get photos today of the progress now that the electric is on. The basement would have been pitch black before the electric which is why it's not shown.