Day One: The Blue House!

I've concluded that I make horrendous, amazing decisions.

About 10 days after my offer was accepted on the Rochester house, I drove by a house in my neighborhood that I had been keeping my eye on for the last several months.  As the story goes, I had noticed the house was empty for several months, so over the winter, I dropped a letter in the mailbox telling the owner I was interested in the house.  Nothing ever came of that.

Well, one day as I was driving out of my neighborhood, the owners were FINALLY around.  I stopped by to talk about a refrigerator in the garage, and the next thing I know, a few days later, I had bought a second house.

I started official work on that second house today!!!  In the midst of working on the Rochester house!  I am officially crazy!!!

It's so close to my house that I literally walked a stove down the street on a dolly to the new house.  The neighbors must think I'm nuts, but I figured it was easier than loading it into the back of a truck.

I already had my painter and carpet installer come in, and the house is seriously transformed already.  When I bought the house, the colors were HORRENDOUS, and no carpet existed anywhere in the house!  Now it's a cute little home.

The 3rd bedroom Before...

And After!!!

The 2nd bedroom Before...

And After!!!

The Master Bedroom Before...

And After!!!

The house as I bought it.

I spent some time this afternoon working on some quarter-round in the kitchen.  The linoleum is in decent shape, but it is peeling in so many areas around the cabinets.  So I bought some quarter-round and started installing it.  It's amazing what small trim can do for a home!

Before...

After!

I also cleared out the attic.  The previou owner had left behind quite a bit of junk, so I dropped it all out of the attic and then filled my truck for the dumpster!!!

Junk from the attic.

The house is coming together.  Dad worked on and finished a short wire to the air-conditioning unit.  The previous owner had let me know about a short wire, and Dad was able to fix that.  I have a few minor projects to work on, but really all the house needs is carpet and paint, and that is already done!!!

I finished up a few small projects like replacing the doorstops (all of them were original and bent!).  I also hung up the shelving in the laundry room.  The main bathroom needs the towel bar re-hung, but it needs a new wall anchor.

The doorstops Before...

And After!

Hanging up the shelves in the laundry room.

The main bathroom towel rod needs rehung.

Probably the biggest project that I know of is the hot water faucet in the laundry room needs replaced.  The handle is broke, but no matter how hard I tried to remove the handle alone, it wouldn't budge.  So I have to replace the whole unit.

The hot water faucet needs replaced.

But this house should be rentable soon!!!