So..... we're getting a jump on one of our New Years Resolutions!
We've already put a contract on a house!! It's a fixer-upper, but it's going to be a really nice house when we finish it. I've decided to blog some pictures of it, and share ideas of how we'd like to improve it, if everything passes inspection and we get to close. Inspections are happening this week, and if we get clearance, we'll just be waiting for financing to go thru.
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| Needs some landscaping... ok LOTS of landscaping. But some pretty flowers would bring it back to life! It also needs a new front door and some porch lamps. |
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| I think we'll push back the retaining wall a bit and widen the drive way. It needs to be smoothed out too. |
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| Back porch is overgrown, and needs to be cleaned up. It leads down to an above ground pool. We'll be removing the pool and possibly building a pergola as an extension of the back porch one day. |
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| Master Bath: Has a his and hers closet on each side of the Jacuzzi tub, with a walk in shower. We'll be expanding the shower and raising the ceiling above it....removing the wallpaper and painting the walls.... adding a few pot lights in the ceiling throughout the bathroom. |
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| Ok, so obviously, all the paneling needs to go. We'll be sheet-rocking the walls and possibly even enclose the top portion of the fireplace in sheet-rock as well. We're also replacing all the flooring with darker wood and adding extra pot lights in the ceiling. |
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| I dont understand why you would need 3 sets of french doors, but we would either enclose 2 of them and turn them into windows OR just replace them with clean cut white sets. |
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| The kitchen is the worst part of the house. The right wall is connected to the living room. We would LIKE to knock out a portion of this wall and open it up to the living room. We'll also do a complete remodel and flip the kitchen completely around. |
The house has 4 bedrooms, 3 full baths and a 2 car garage. It also has a formal dining room. We were originally looking at houses at the top of our price range, but after coming across this one - we decided that we might actually come out on top in the long run by finding something that could use some work, but we could make money on if we ever had to sell. We're gonna replace the carpet in the bedrooms, tile the kitchen and bathrooms and put hardwood floor everywhere else. Add a little color and repaint everything. Relandscape... and it will look like a completely different house!
Fingers crossed that the inspections come back clean and the financing is approved! It's in a great neighborhood, in a fabulous location. It's quiet, and safe and has so much potential! YAY!
