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My wife and I bought this house in june of '08 and we have been working on it ever since.Some back story on the house:
The foundation was poured in '97 house finished in '99. The people that built it were an elderly couple. The man died in 04, his wife in 06. They left the house to their 4 kids who were already grown and had their own mortgages/families so they turned it into a rental property. The renters put holes in the walls, stained the carpet, did what renters do, etc... and cut the home value WAAAAAAY down. The house in 06 was appraised at over $300K, we bought it this summer for $163,000. The house is near a small airport used for crop sprayers and personal plains so the noise isn't really an issure. The skydiving place is also based out of this airport, it's surprisingly relaxing sitting on the deck after work watching skydivers all night in the summer.The square footage of the house is 2055 sq ft upstairs, 1577 sq ft on the main level, approx 1600 sq ft in the basement, and 600 sq ft garage. The house sits on 1.25 acres just a few minutes out of town. 4 bedroom, 2 full bath, 2 half bath.
On with the pics, most of these pics were taken right after we bought the house, I will just add the updated pics in at the bottom.
Pics from my property line
FrontNE corner
NW corner
Back
SW corner
SE corner
Arial view
The deck
View from the front porch
Once photobucket speeds up I'll post pics of the interior...
nice in for interior pics
Tour of the main floorFront entry
Looking to the office
Looking to the living room, kitchen on the left
Front hall walk-in closet
Main floor half bath
Office
Living room
Looking up to the balcony from the living room.
Kitchen, after we started ripping down wallpaper and putting up cabinet hardware
Dining room, I don't have any before pictures, but it was the same maroon/purple that surrounds the front door and it had a HUGE chandelier in it.
Looking into living room
2nd floor tour:Stairs going to the 2nd floor (view from top)
Looking down to main entry, notice paint samples on walls
Balcony above living room
Looking down to living room
Master suite with pepto pink walls and carpet carpet and walls will be fixed within the year
Hallway to closet and master bath
Master walk-in closet
Master bath, starting to rip down wallpaper
Upstairs hallway to laundry, spare bedrooms, and bathroom
Laundry "room" cabinet has been ripped down to put the washer/dryer on the floor instead of up 1 foot. Previous owners had front loaders.
Full Bathroom
Spare bedroom
Spare bedroom-still empty
Third spare bedroom
looks like you have been busy. Keep up the good work
I believe that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade. And try to find somebody whose life has given them vodka, and have a party. -Ron White
The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not. -Thomas Jefferson
Basement and garage tour:Going downstairs, door to garage
Garage, ignore the wife's bucket of rice, it wasn't my choice.
"The man cave" loft above the garage
Going to the basement
View of the basement from the landing
Storage under the garage (water softener in the corner not hooked up)
Storage under the front porch
Empty room
Smallest bathroom in history, toilet and sink in a closet
Empty room
Utility room
Love the house
damn that place is big
I believe that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade. And try to find somebody whose life has given them vodka, and have a party. -Ron White
The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not. -Thomas Jefferson
So far we have :
-made outdoor fire pit
-cut back the willows and bushes
-fixed a TON of holes in the walls
-put up new wall sconces in living room
-lights/paint in dining room
-new front door and storm door
-new kitchen cabinet hardware
-new kitchen paint
-new kitchen lighting
-I've got the new kitchen island top in the garage, I've just got to do some finishing work on it and install it
-main floor half bath vanity, paint, sink, floor, light, hardware, etc... (still working on it)
-painted one of the spare bedrooms
-new light fixtures in all spare bedrooms
-put up cabinets above washer/dryerPics:
Pic before willows and bushes/shrubs cut back:
Main floor half bath, still need to install white toilet and mirror then it's done
Kitchen after paint, hardware, bosch dishwasher, new sink, new faucet, new light above table, still need to finish island top
Spare bedroom upstairs, new paint, new light (not mounted in this picture)
Future plans for the basement
Future plans for the whole house include remodeling damn near every room in the house one at a time.
As far as outside goes, I'm going to put a walkway from the front steps to the driveway next summer, put up new gutters next summer, plant trees every 4-5 feet on the property line around the sides and back of the house, rip down the deck and rebuild it attached to the house at the proper height (instead of a foot below the door), mulch landscaping around the whole house, apple tree in the yard....TONS OF PLANS...
Modified by darkelvis at 8:03 AM 12/4/2008
Sorry man, but that car has to go
If she wants to keep it, then the wife has to go
Quote, originally posted by Mr. Simon, Esq. » Sorry man, but that car has to go If she wants to keep it, then the wife has to go
Sad thing is she used to race that before she painted it/did body work, but now she won't even drive it for fear of a scratch/dent...
Same car 4 years ago at the track
Modified by darkelvis at 5:30 PM 12/31/2008
Your house has HUGE potential man. Great pick upThe kitchen looks great. You have any plans for the drop ceiling? It looks like they went nuts with drop ceilings all over your house.
drop ceiling in kitchen and in the whole basement.i'm going to leave them both as is. All of the electrical and venting is run between the drop ceiling and the sheetrock ceiling in the kitchen, so removing it all would end up being quite a pita.
I actually like having a lower (8 foot) ceiling in the kitchen than the rest of the main floor (9.5 foot) anyways.
As far as basement drop ceiling goes I'll just leave it at that for ease of access to plumbing/electrical in the future.
How much was that??
drop cieling in the basement is kinda cool IMO. In the kitchen it's kinda odd though.....anyway, keep up the good work.
I believe that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade. And try to find somebody whose life has given them vodka, and have a party. -Ron White
The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not. -Thomas Jefferson
couple suggestions that will help with resale value and overall "feel" of the houseput crown molding EVERYWHERE....its a small item, but can make a big difference
also, replace those metal stair rails with some nice wooden ones...when you walk in it will set a much better tone for the house
but overall its nice, keep up the good work
oh, one more thing...I primed and painted ALL the molding white in my house and the walls before I moved in...the window, door, base, crown, and chair molding...if you paint over that wood on all the molding with white or another color that makes it look a little more modern it will change the houses look and feel IMMENSELY
Quote, originally posted by .Thomas » How much was that?? 163,000
Quote, originally posted by Major » couple suggestions that will help with resale value and overall "feel" of the house put crown molding EVERYWHERE....its a small item, but can make a big difference
also, replace those metal stair rails with some nice wooden ones...when you walk in it will set a much better tone for the house
but overall its nice, keep up the good work
oh, one more thing...I primed and painted ALL the molding white in my house and the walls before I moved in...the window, door, base, crown, and chair molding...if you paint over that wood on all the molding with white or another color that makes it look a little more modern it will change the houses look and feel IMMENSELY
My wife and I DESPISE crown molding. The formal dining room had it before we painted it. We ripped it all down and burned it in the pit out back.
Wood hand rails are one of the future plan.
As far as white trim, we are having problems deciding weather we want to do it or not. I like the look of white trim with bright colored rooms, but at the same time our bright colored paint has (so far) brought out the dark wood trim.
We are just going to finish all of our painting and shit and trim out a room in white and decide from there.
Dang, how are jobs out there?
CA housing prices
nice house, big fan of the contrasting colors in the dining room.
Quote, originally posted by .Thomas » Dang, how are jobs out there?
I'm an auto tech and my wife is a patient care tech in the operating rooms (or C.N.A.) at a hospital. Our yearly income is approx 65K combined.
As far as the job market goes, we have one of the lowest unemployment rates in the U.S. and there are jobs in pretty much any field here.
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