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Sunday, January 12, 2014

Re Flip...5...We Are Done...The Before and Afters



Hi everyone.  It has been a crazy end of the week and weekend for us but the house is 99% finished and it will be listed for sale today.

Here are some pictures of what we had to finish up.



Mike trimmed some of the bushes up front and is bagging up the debris:





Mike makes a final touch up round in the house.  Painting some of the nail holes we missed:




I am cleaning the wood floor in the kitchen.  There was some old paint splatter on it(not from us, lol).  Thankfully I was able to get it up:




Mike helping me with the rocks in the garden:



I continued to work on the rocks while Mike tore down a rotted piece of wood from the eaves:




I loaded up about 35 five gallon buckets of rock and brought them back to our current house and dumped them into the dumpster.  What a waste.



I got the front garden finished now I am up to this one:




I have half of it done:)




After I get the gardens finished I pressure wash the garage and the driveway.  I tried pressure washing the front of the house and ended up with mulch all over...ugh!!!  Now I know why I don't like mulch.  With rocks you can blow out gardens and clean houses and windows with pressure washers and never worry about making a mess.


Mike is up on the roof repairing the small hole that he found.  This is what caused the leak and the wood to rot.  Such an easy fix.  It took Mike less than 5 minutes to seal it.  All that damage and it could have easily been avoided:



The pool is clearing up....finally:




Mike has all of the new wood up.  Now he caulks it and I will paint it after the rain:



On Sunday we met with our Realtor at the house.  While her and Mike were talking I went out and painted the new eaves that Mike installed.


Here are some final pictures of this house after two weeks of work.  We did it:)


The before and afters

I am having trouble with my camera today.  It seems my lens has some spots on it.   I didn't realize this until after I loaded the pictures onto my computer but I was still able to get you some pictures:)


The smaller back bedroom before:


After:



The front spare bedroom before:


After:




The second bathroom before:


After:




The Master bedroom before:



After:




Before in the dining area off the kitchen before:



After:




The back den before:


Another before shot:



After:






And some random "after" shots.


The master bathroom:




Front looking back:




The Living room:




An old shot of the kitchen the first time around which is the same:




The front of the house:




We did it.  Mike and I got the re flip done in 2 weeks.  Now we can take a day off and then get back to the original flip house for this year:)  I hope you enjoyed this side show.

Have a great week and I will write again on Thursday.

Lisa:)

14 comments:

  1. Congratulations! Beautiful job!! Good luch with sale!

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  2. It looks great. What did the realtor say? What I'm getting at is, might you make out better, in the end, than when you tried to sell it the first time? Like the old saying, "Everything happens for a reason."
    gentlearts

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    1. She thinks we have a good price so we will see:) Yes everything does happen for a reason. Sometimes I could do without those lessons though, lol.

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  3. Just wow!!!! This must be a load off your minds. Good luck with the sale


    Deb/CW

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    1. You are so right. Mike is much more relaxed now.:)

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  4. As usual you did a great job!!!

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  5. Almost did a double take as the front of the house looks very similar to the other one you are working on down to the color and the arch. Do you plan on having an inspection done on the house prior to sale?

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    1. Ha, ha Mike and I are creatures of comfort. All of our houses always end up being similar. The buyers do the inspections.

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  6. I know the rock around plants is easier to take care of but I like the look of mulch so much more. Rock looks so sterile.
    Everything inside and outside is so..... white.

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    1. I agree...at least the much gives it color. One of the biggest things Mike and I have learned over the years of remodeling...a nice appearance is rarely practical. We have tried the nice before only to change things because they aren't practical...like our fireplace back home. I loved it but it didn't work as well as the wood stove. I love cellular shades but there is no way to clean them. Life has an amazing amount of compromises:)

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  7. It's nice to see this house back in Mike and Lisa shape! Great work and as usual I love the way your houses show.

    Sandy

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