Just got home so here are a couple from the listing. Palm tree Going to extend the kitchen cabinets down that wall eventually... Awesome loft space: Fenced back yard was a huge thing for us. Eventually going to screen and extend the patio a bit because Florida.
I think project #1 will be replacing first floor with wood tile. Anyone know what that runs installed per sq ft? My master bedroom is on the first too. The wood floors shown are lighter in person and pretty worn. Plus wood tile in Florida is more durable and no humidity concerns. Gonna get a backsplash sooner than later too.
Sounds like a big expense to replace if you have the ability to sand, stain and reseal. I would think first option would to be see if they have the thickness to handle a refinishing and then if not, move on to tile replacement. Just my
True but the only thing would be the master bedroom. It's carpeted now. Carpet is ok but we strongly prefer to have it match the main living space with the harder surface.
I don't pretend to be an expert but if you are sanding and staining the rest, I'm pretty sure you should be able to match it with new stuff in your bedroom unless the rest of the house is a crazy wood type or width. Any flooring enthusiasts able to confirm?
Built in dual vanity. Separate built in make up table for my wife. Dual shower heads with bench. Built ins in closet. Will also be moving walls to expand space. Looking through the quote I get it, but it's still a tough pill to swallow.
We matched 60 year old growth red oak with new growth. Slight difference in grain but stains match and you can hardly tell the difference.
Yea but I'm not a big fan of the wood really. Maybe a Florida thing but I really like the feel and durability of tile. I think if we're going to do it we will just go for it all. The wood now is partial and nothing special about it worth saving if it came to it.
I suck at following through posting pics from the house build but it has been finished for two months and here are finished pics. Pano of kitchen, living, dining Living room ceiling Garage Jack and Jill shower Jack and Jill vanity Master vanity Master shower Master tub Master bedroom Office Kitchen Back porch Guest bath So glad it is done.
If I say Loxley Alabama you may not know where that is, if I say 20 miles north of gulf shores that may give you a better idea.
So this fall we finished the basement but just got the couch finally last weekend so deep like it's about done Before (when we bought the house) With carpeting and paint: With TV, couch, and a bunch of Baby shit:
I like it. My girl was looking over my shoulder as I was scrolling and said "There's more color in his shirt than his whole house."
Lol. It may not show but yes all the master suite is painted in silver strand (grayish blue) while the remainder is agreeable gray. We built the house we wanted but was careful not to go so custom we couldn't easily sell it if necessary.
So heres my buying story in Orlando for the house I posted... It has holes in it since it's all trying to interpret the other realtor...but as I gather it: So I am coming from out of town, so our realtor books an appointment Saturday for a Thursday visit when I time to get to town. The house has a lot of activity that day we find out. So Thursday comes and we have a 10am appointment. We find out the night before that the house has an offer on it and it was submitted Tuesday. The seller is pushing for an answer from us by noon Thursday (2 hours after our appointment starts). This house is our #1 choice based on reviewing listings prior to visits and we are already pressured to make a decision. We see the house. Really like it but have like 10 to see that day. We see another house at noon that is also a really great option if it came to it. So we decide to text the seller a lower number just to see if its even in the ballpark of the offer they already have. He says "ok thanks". 2 hours later he texts back and says "you should put that offer in writing" which actually catches us completely off guard as we already figured we moved on and were lowballing their other offer. My realtor asks for some details on what the hell is going on. So now it's like 4pm and we are done seeing houses. The seller says the original buyers have stopped returning their calls and have until 5pm to move forward since the seller apparently was ready to accept that first offer. 5pm comes and goes and that first offer basically expires. So we put in our lowball offer, it gets countered for jsut a little bit, and we are under contract. So what the hell happened? Here's my best stab at it: Tuesday: Buyer 1 likes the house and is pressured by the seller to put an offer in before "this guy from atlanta who is REALLY INTERESTED" comes to town. They put in a near full price offer or so we were told. Wednesday: Seller doesnt answer the offer and holds out until I come in. Or they do get back to them and say they will wait until Thursday. Thursday: Selling agent puts on pressure. We low ball, selling agent goes to the seller and they decide on the first offer. They go back to Buyer 1 who is now pissed that they were pressured into an offer and made to then wait for their high offer. So they act offended and stop talking to the selling agent. We come in and sign the deal. TL:DR: Someone lost a house they put an offer on because they are easily offended or just petty and couldnt handle a real estate drama? I get the house instead for less. It has holes but thats my best attempt
My preferred method for multifamily renovations. Remove fronts and hardware, treat boxes, treat fronts, re-attach with new hardware.
Yeah I've never been apart of doing it but I think it would be perfect for my place. Older cabinets with a very solid build and no damage, just the fronts and hardware look pretty shitty as is.
Will save you a fortune if structural integrity is still there and its good solid wood, can go any direction with finish. Treat it just like you would refinishing a coffee table or piece of furniture.
Have been doing to house shopping thing for about a month now and fuck me is this stressful. I've missed out on 2 townhouses in the past month. 1 because of an offer that came in within an hour of me walking through it. Another because of offers above listing the day I walked through it. Both had been on the market for 5-6 months. I feel like good luck chuck. New listing came on the market about 10 days ago for a new build that's not as nice as the ones I missed out on, but is bigger and has a better lay out and is significantly less expensive. Went and walked through it and it was great, except for some water damage to the hardwoods in the master bedroom. Builder said they knew about it and had done the repairs to the leak and would be replacing the hardwoods in the next couple weeks. House is priced pretty low for the neighborhood and felt too good to be true, but I went ahead put in a low ball offer on Wednesday that included a 10 day option so I could do my diligence. They countered 2 hours later asking for $3k more (which weirded me out). I accepted and we were under contract on Thursday. I told my realtor to get inspectors out there by Friday. Inspection went down Friday and when I got there I knew something was fucked just by the look on my realtor's face. There was a new leak all down the south wall of the 2nd and 3rd stories. Realtor called the builder's realtor and caught him by surprise on the new leak and a couple other things the inspectors found. He also revealed that they'd had an inspection done before (which I believe he is required to give us a copy of any inspection reports once we are under contract). At that point I was totally sketched out. I knocked on the neighbor's door yesterday to ask him about his experience with the house/builder. Dude told me all I needed to know. On his house all stucco had to be replaced because the wood behind it was rotting because the flashing was done incorrectly, he had to replace all of the hardwoods on the first two stories, a balcony had to be entirely re-built and he is now suing the builder for all those costs because the builder didn't do any of it. On to the next, I guess. But right now I think I want to rent forever.
After inspection it looks like the house I am selling has some bricks in the front kinda separating from the house on the outer edges. (brick front, plank siding). How much will that run me to repair? Sounds expensive.
As a buyer I'd be concerned about foundation issues causing that. Hopefully just settling? How old is the house?
oh yeah, forgot about where the obsevations were coming from.. glad/hope it stays in the cosmetic realm for you
A mason can fix that for a few hundred bucks. You'll want to make sure you address the cause, might be worth it to get a structual engineer to look into any foundation or integrity issues It's probably just some settling tho