For the past year, The Husband and I have been buying houses to renovate and rent. This is our latest one ... a very tired house in a very good location. The interior, in particular, has been subject to a bit of abuse ... but I can see past all of that.
I'm not doing the actual work on this myself ... there's WAY too much to do and it's much better to hire professionals because this house needs a LOT of work. Fortunately, a contractor friend of mine was available, and I trust him to do a fantastic job on it. Within the next two weeks, this house will go from three bedrooms to four, and get a completely new kitchen. We are also repairing all the drywall and old water damage, painting EVERYTHING, remodeling the master bathroom (water damage, ugh.), freshening the powder room and upstairs hall bath, and laying new flooring on the whole first floor.
Did you notice the lone plant in the landscape?
One rose bush in a bed in front of the porch, actually thriving despite being choked by Bermuda grass. Look at those spotless leaves! Whatever rose this is, it's a nice one, and I'll dig it up and keep it for myself.
It feels great to be working a real renovation project again!! I have a shopping list, and I have been making good use of the Habitat ReStore locations nearby to get lighting, plumbing, mirrors, etc. As of yesterday, the house looked as bad as I think it's going to look ... kitchen cabinets and old appliances gone, the flooring removed, walls dotted and patched with tape and mud, bathrooms deconstructed ... I guess this means that there's nowhere to go now but UP.
