Remember these rooms?

Remember this?

August 28

This is the entry, to the house 

...Well, that area now looks like this...

October 10, 2015

The new entry will now be an office area, (or if I lived here) the most perfect room on the planet to drink coffee! Eventually I'll show you the room from the opposite direction. Just beyond that opening is a new bedroom! And to the Left is the kitchen.

Take a look at the progress of the kitchen over the last few weeks...

August 28, 

September 7, 2015

If you can't already tell, here are a few details about that progress: 

I took the entire house down to the studs - added all new windows AND insulation! I've always wondered why I was SO COLD in my old (rental) on Brentwood...this was why! It cost me a little over $500 to get the walls insulated, and it'll be another $400 to have insulation run in the attic. In my opinion, this was the BEST money spent on the house. With insulation, and new windows this little house will be nice and warm this winter! And hopefully the new buyer (or renter) will appreciate these upgrades...

September 28, 2015

October 8, 2015

If someone asked, or was wondering - I wasn't planning on windows or insulation. I'm trying to document not only for myself, but for those interested in budgeting for a remodel. Turns out these old homes (basically anything built before 1950 and most likely before 1970 - in walls)

Thankfully I was able to give all of the old windows to a very nice guy who needed the windows (for parts) as he is restoring a 1920's home!

Next up: the walls will be textured and primed. 

Then on to flooring! And then Paint! (all of my favorite parts)

Demo, Roof, and more Demo

The day we closed, a Monday, we began demo that same afternoon. Brian was eager to 'knock some walls down' - and I was just thankful he wanted to help me with the process period.

We decided to demo ourselves, because 
1. it saves a Ton of money, and 
2. I like knowing we put some work into the house ourselves. 

Here's a look at a few of the same rooms I shared in the previous post.

We spent Monday and Tuesday 4-8 each night, then Wednesday 1 hour working no this demo. To document, it took us 9-10 hours to get the house where we needed it to be, in order to begin plumbing and electric updates.

After we did our part with demo, I hired someone to put on a new roof.

Since I'm very detail oriented, I made it a point to get on the roof myself, to make sure everything was going -as it should -

I've been asked, "are you on budget" - yes, so far. Although, the roof was not part of it, I still had an 'oh crap' line item. Thankfully the roof fit that section. And I'll be happy to have someone rent or buy this house knowing it has a new roof! 

Back to demo: As is the case with almost everything I do - I hired my sheetrock guy, and he decided he would demo the rest of my walls. I told Brian, we should have met him weeks earlier. HE did a phenomenal job with his crew getting the rest of the house down to the studs-- I would like to point out, that Brian and I did not give up here, we just thought the walls were in good enough shape to keep them as they were. Ronnie, did not agree. Which is why I showed up one morning and he'd done this: 

And while I know, these pictures may not mean a lot to you, the house has come a Long way in the last month. We have updated all new plumbing and electric, and my guys put in brand new windows!!! Such a difference having those in! 

This week we will begin insulation (which I was shocked to learn, not a single bit was in the walls before) and brand new sheetrock! 

I can't wait to see how Brentwood looks once the new walls are back up!