House Projects

[Murlo26]

That sounds like a huge amount of work, I have a list like that but my house isn't going anywhere so I'm in no rush.

You have to keep us updated it will be awesome to see the huge changes!

It is a ton of work and I will be sure to take some pictures and post up.

The only thing I am dead set on and will be sad if I don't get this year is the deck, I have been craving a deck for years. I think with 3-5 guys working on it the deck won't be too bad honestly.

Hopefully updates to come in the next month or two!

[turbotalon1g]

I bet you have been craving deck for a long time, you seem like the type of guy that would love to have a deck to take advantage of whenever he wants..... :)

[Murlo26]

I bet you have been craving deck for a long time, you seem like the type of guy that would love to have a deck to take advantage of whenever he wants..... :)

I see what you did there...sneaky ;)

[evotuner]

It is a ton of work and I will be sure to take some pictures and post up.

The only thing I am dead set on and will be sad if I don't get this year is the deck, I have been craving a deck for years. I think with 3-5 guys working on it the deck won't be too bad honestly.

Hopefully updates to come in the next month or two!

I bet you have been craving deck for a long time, you seem like the type of guy that would love to have a deck to take advantage of whenever he wants..... :)

ROFL

[Revobasher]

My house is never ending... on a acre with 100x450 lot back in the woods so always something to do.. right now I am redoing my deck and am waiting for new pool liner.

[BriK]

We recently completed a laundry room/ mudroom update.

We started with linoleum flooring and a basic closet with bi-fold doors; the opening was standard door height of 7 feet. The first pic shows the basic starting point, though the doors and trim are already off.
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg253/brianksi/Random/th_photo3_zpsbb3ae961.jpg (http://s250.photobucket.com/user/brianksi/media/Random/photo3_zpsbb3ae961.jpg.html)

I opened up the closet opening as wide and as tall as it would go, gaining another 2 feet of space above and about 6 to 8 inches wider.
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg253/brianksi/Random/th_photo4_zps1fb603ce.jpg (http://s250.photobucket.com/user/brianksi/media/Random/photo4_zps1fb603ce.jpg.html)

I ripped up the linoleum floor and put down 12x24 porcelain tiles, and went with a modern-looking trim using 1x4 Maple. We also changed paint from basic beige to light blue-gray. This pic is where the washer and dryer go.
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg253/brianksi/Random/th_photo5_zpsd7d42a32.jpg (http://s250.photobucket.com/user/brianksi/media/Random/photo5_zpsd7d42a32.jpg.html)

And here is the end result (I did everything else but hired out the building of this unit; didn't want to mess this up). It's a fully custom built-in made of Maple; it has a 7-foot tall wardrobe on the right with two racks for for hanging coats, five full-depth cabinets (24 inches deep) on top, bench with shoe storage underneath, and then coat hooks on the wall behind the bench.
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg253/brianksi/Random/th_photo2_zps85cef1c9.jpg (http://s250.photobucket.com/user/brianksi/media/Random/photo2_zps85cef1c9.jpg.html)

[Halon]

Looks great man!

[Murlo26]

Nice, great update there, looks good.

Just got done with the appraisal on my house and all the info is to the underwriter now. I might be able to close my refinance this month but it will be tight.

Unfortunately the appraisal came back like 8k lower than we expected but the appraiser used houses that were further away and the sales were 6-10 months old so we gave him a few more recent ones that show a much greater value and hopefully it can be bumped up.

If we can't then that just means less cash out for home projects which isn't the end of the world.

Hopefully the deck project starts in early June though, should be fun. Seeing the other projects in here makes me want to do more "house mods" vs car ones haha.

[scheides]

Looks good Brian!

[goodhart]

Welp, first house offer didn't go through. Ended up offering $ 4,000 more than asking price on our 3rd offer and got turned down because they wouldn't take a VA loan. Well, their loss! Be putting another offer in on a place in Cambridge today for roughly the same price. 4br, 1ba, 3 car garage, unfinished basement.