house update - for those who know my story (edited with pics)

Well no answer on the $5k from closing, but from what I gather we will find out by the end of next month when the taxes are paid and they see a surplus in escrow that was the best answer I had received.

Last night we had taken out a doorway/entry wall and had my brother in law who is in construction come over and look at the house for the first time. WOW basically every room needs a facelift, there is no skim coat or paint only jobs all new sheetrock but the good thing is our sheetrock is so thin we are laminating new sheet rock on top of it to cover over it and making it more of the standard size now. We are doing our bedroom first, fixing the wall closet (making the entire back wall a closet for "his and her's" since it was choppy. Putting up crown molding, floor molding, new door, new covers on the baseboard, etc. I start demo on thursday on the trim and closet area.Then getting a rug in there because the wood floors are beyond repair. UGH my back. I just have to find the money to pay my brother in law somehow.

I am then pulling the faux brick backsplash off the kitchen walls, removing the old 60's stove and cleaning and adding a fresh coat of paint for the kitchen because it needs a complete renn which will not happen for a few years.

After that our plan is doing the laundry room & the front bedroom (same thing as the bedroom as we are doing now) this way the two main bedrooms are done.

Then moving on to the dining room/living room because we discovered in order to sheet rock we have to decide on what to do with our MASSIVE fireplace. My brother in law said its way to big and it need to get cut down significantly and completely refaced. So i have a chimney guy going to come in and take a look at it to see if we can use it for now until we change it around probably around xmas. Then we have to do the doorway soon to get into the finished garage area which we now discover shouldn't be our master since its small instead it will be "hang out room" then if we have a kid a nursery playroom that has it's own bathroom and loft area.

I will post pics when we have a complete before and after on stuff. It so much work and I wish we had money because we could have things done but this whole missing funds thing is pissing me off. but loving our house!

Message edited 11/11/2009 2:41:16 PM.

Re: house update - for those who know my story

boy you made me tired just reading your post.

You sound just like I did two years ago when we bought our mess of a house. Make a list and check things off as you do them. Great satisfaction when the list is complete. GL and I can't wait to see pics.

Re: house update - for those who know my story

Wow... that's a lot of work to do, but incredibly rewarding when it's all going to be done!
It's so easy to get caught up in all that needs to be done when you buy a house - just try to stay realistic and make yourself a long list of goals. We didn't need that much done to our house, but it still took us a long time to get it to the point where we felt like it was done (still isn't done actually, but done enough for now..)

Definitely would love to see pics of the before and afters, and keep us posted!

Re: house update - for those who know my story

soooo happy for you and it sounds like fun work if that makes sense....LOL

dont forget to enjoy the house while working and i cant wait to see the pictures

i hope you have many many happy years in the house

Re: house update - for those who know my story

cant wait to see the before/after pics! Good luck with everything- it sounds like a lot of work- but you are "making" the house exactly how you want it- so you will love everything about it

Re: house update - for those who know my story

take lots of before and afters! i wish we would have done that - we didn't do that much work in the house BUT i always forgot to take a before pic and an after pic standing in the same spot

you guys will get there! it sounds like a lot but you'll feel really accomplished after each project you finish!

good luck with everything, i am SO GLAD that you finally closed!!

Re: house update - for those who know my story

K some before pics:

This is the bedroom we are working on first:


here is our massive fireplace:


Wood paneling is removed through out the house now

our kitchen:


our exterior BEFORE doing a quick fix paint job:

Message edited 11/11/2009 1:59:41 PM.

Re: house update - for those who know my story (edited with pics)

Re: house update - for those who know my story (edited with pics)

You house looks like about the same amount of work we have ahead of us....all that paneling...Im having nightmares about it!!!!!!

Your kitchen is in better shape than ours....we have to do ours as soon as we close cause its not usable as is...

GL and I cant to see progress pics!!!!!

Re: house update - for those who know my story (edited with pics)

I love that there's a wraparound counter and such a large stove, and is that a double sink? Very nice! It's going to be great when it's done.

Good luck with everything that needs to be done. I can't wait to see progress pics!

Re: house update - for those who know my story (edited with pics)

I couldn't see the pics when I'm at work. You have a lot of work ahead of you, but it's going to be all worth it in the end. Are you going to paint the cabinets in the kitchen white?