New Storm Door

The house has great windows which makes it nice and bright and a little hard to picture because of all the light pouring in.  We have installed new window blinds which helps,

There is a nice wide front step area which is pictured here and showing off the new storm door.

Off to picture left you can see the beginning of a really large two car garage.  I need to get a more complete picture of the front, will post when I have it.


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Almost Done

Well, I hope our visitors will understand that if I'm not posting it is because I'm busy working on the latest project.  We're at a great place to start sharing pictures so here is the before and after on the kitchen.
This is a large eat-in kitchen that had been gutted and all appliances removed.  The hardwood floors still looked good.

With a little help from my friends, I found a good finish carpenter and together we built a new kitchen, including refurbishing the cabinets and adding a pantry.

My phone photos don't do justice to the before but here's a pretty good after picture - including a brand new Bosch dishwasher.

Keep watching here for updates, I am anticipating an Open House 9/19/10.

3/1.5 in Bethany

I closed on this really nice 3/1.5 in Bethany on Thursday.  Of course, with the temperatures hitting 100+, not to mention the heat index, installing air conditioning was my number one priority.  In fact, the property was virtually unworkable without so on Friday the installers came and the project began.

I should note that the house in the background is not the one I bought, mine is to camera left. This house is,
however, representative of the neighborhood.

It took all day to cool to the 80's, at which point I started to remove the existing carpeting.  Nothing much to show yet but stay tuned for pictures as this progresses.

Update

Just a quick update, plans are going forward for the next house.  If all the paperwork gets in timely, we'll close on Thursday and I'll post pictures.  In the meanwhile, I've been lining up contractors and pre-scheduling the work to be done.  Hoping for a September availability but if nothing else, I've learned that the time frames are unpredictable.

In my time "off" I've been doing some much needed work on my own house, the yard thanks me but I am looking forward to the next renovation, it's just fun to see a finished house emerge from a sometimes rough beginning.

One Last Picture...

I just can't resist posting one last picture of the stone house.  After getting the inside all squared away, I was able to finish up outside, specifically I painted the last shutter and trimmed the shrubs that were obscuring the front window.

It's kind of a cloudy day but you can see that we've come a long way from the poodle wallpaper and putting on a new roof.

Now it's on to the next adventure which, if all goes as planned, will be a ranch style house in Bethany. 

For folks with a little longer time line before they have to move, it's looking like we may have a 3/1.5 available as soon as September.  I'll post all the details here as they become available.

Stone House is Rented

We have had a huge amount of interest in this house, thank you to everyone for your time, emails and kind words.  The house is rented.  As soon as we have another available, I'll post it here.

Stone House - OPEN SUNDAY 6/20 2-5p

The house will be Open this Sunday, June 20th and it's ready for tenants!

This is a two bed, one bath home with a large kitchen...

and dining room...

Two nice bedrooms...

And a comfortable bathroom with new ceramic tile floor.

In addition, there is a deck, a terrific fenced back yard and attached garage with washer hook-up.

Open Sunday, June 20th  from 2-5pm

Pets OK, no Section 8