House Projects

[Halon]

Looks nice B!

Having the furniture like, really opens up the space more.

Thanks man, that was actually my goal. The way it was setup before worked good, but I felt like it kind of segregated that area from the rest of the house. I like things open so this is how I ended up doing it. Eventually the plan is to get a flat screen that I can hang from a wall, and hang it from that wall the TV is up against now, and have it mounted to a swing arm.

But that won't be happening for awhile yet I'm sure.

[turbotalon1g]

Looks great, I think the place would feel a lot bigger without the couches in the middle of the floor.

[slowbubblecar]

Looks good. If someone lets me know how to link photos to photobucket, I will post up some pics of the last house we worked on and sold.

[carltalon]

I added a cold filterd water fauset to our bar yesterday no more bottled water for us.

[slowbubblecar]

The house we bought in Minnetonka had frozen pipes when we bought it. We recently decided to start doing a little work on the house. This is just a small chunk of the copper we tore out. The pipes are all filled with ice.

I also have a big block of ice that we will need to carry up the steps at some point. Most people would call that a water heater :)

We ran half of the new piping today. Still need to finish the rest and install a new water heater.

Like the nice flooring the house currently has? It is probably older than most on here.

[turbotalon1g]

^lol. So is that what u guys do? buy and sell houses? That seems kinda cool I have a friend from prior lake that I got deployed that has been doing that since '04

[slowbubblecar]

^lol. So is that what u guys do? buy and sell houses? That seems kinda cool I have a friend from prior lake that I got deployed that has been doing that since '04

We have been buying dumps, fixing them, and selling them the past few years. Sold our last project in the fall and bought 2 houses since there were soo many deals out there. Our current projects are:

Shakopee house- Bought for 38k. House is a brick house built in 1890. We gutted the whole thing (plaster and lath FTL) and are doing a few structural changes as well. Not much is left aside from the exterior walls. We will be replacing pretty much everything including all plumbing, all electrical, and all new HVAC.

Minnetonka house- Bought for 45k. It is a small house, but wasn't in too bad of shape when we got it aside from the known plumbing issue. Could have probably put less than 5k in it and been done, but decided to gut most of it anyways so just about everything will be new.

We do most of the work ourselves and in in our spare time so we don't move as fast as some do. We have done a few houses and don't owe on either projects so it is easier to put off working until the next week. We haven't been to dilligent in working the past few weeks though.

I loaded in a few before/after pics of our last project. They aren't true before and after pics as we already gutted both rooms to some extent and installed recessed lighting. You also can't see a wall between the kitchen/dining room that we tore down. The after pics weren't from when it was completely done either, but most was done aside from cleaning and a few details like trim, hang cabinet above fridge...

[slowbubblecar]

^ Not sure why the last pic loaded differently. We sold the house with the new TV though (planned on it). Thought it would be a good addition and would be more appealing to a first time home buyer.

[LingLing]

That's some great work! That kitchen looks amazing!

[slowbubblecar]

^ The kitchen cost around 5k for everything. That includes the new cabinets (even nicer in person), stainless appliances, granite, stainless undermount sink, faucet... We put the dishwasher in the Island section to make it appear to have even more cabinet space. I found a good place to buy the cabinets online. Paid ~$2,600 for them and would have easily spent around 10k at a home improvement store for similar ones. They also have a self closing mechanism so they can't slam.