Today's post won't have pictures, but it's one of the biggest days for the home. It represents a turning point. Ever since I purchased this home, most of the work has involved taking apart. Removing. Destroying. Taking away.
Well, today, some very important pieces are starting to be added!
As we speak, I am having carpet laid in the upstairs small bedrooms! Sure, I have been putting together new light fixtures and paint, but the flooring represents a finished piece! After the carpet guys are done today, I have two livable rooms!!! That is huge! Ever since purchase, there really hasn't been a place to comfortably settle into yet!
But in an hour, I have two comfortable, freshly-painted, freshly-carpeted bedrooms to sleep in! It's exciting!!!
(It's also expensive!). I imagine I'll have around $8,000-$12,000 in flooring expenses for the home, and this represents $815.22 of that! But it's a step in the right direction! I am going to use both rooms for storage but also for a bed! I close on selling my house in less than a month, and it's time to start calling the new one home for good!
SO exciting!
I also had three more bidders come look at the home today. Yesterday was a painful day of cold-calling companies which I know nothing about. It's so hard to find contractors that you can trust! Some call back, others never call, some aren't interested, some charge to come out and take a look. And you never know what you're going to get!
As I told Dad on the phone today, "It's like choosing a new restaurant that you've never been to before. It can either be your new favorite restaurant, or you'll say, 'I'll never eat there again.'" You just don't know the quality of work that will be done, the timeliness, the integrity, the professionalism, the communication. It's a big pain-in-the-butt, if you ask me!
But today I had another flooring installer come over to make a bid on hardwood in the living room and dining room and tile in the kitchen. I also had a contractor come back by for the third time to make a bid on the damaged floor repairs. Honestly, I have been nothing short of impressed with this guy and his team so far. They have certainly shown the most interest in the home, and I appreciate the active communication. I really don't expect their price to be cheap, but I do like their professionalism thus far. I really trust them to do the job right. But unfortunately for me, after talking to him today, that means replacing the front door...to a tune of nearly $1500. Ouch. But the job needs to be done right.
He says he will get me an estimate soon, and I'm fully expecting it to come in at $6,000 for all of the repairs. Ouch, ouch, ouch. But it certainly has to be done! I'm hoping it comes in lower, and I'll have some SERIOUS questions to contemplate if it comes in higher. But I am really at a stand-still until the floors are fixed.
Another contractor should be there now making a bid. And I received a phone call yesterday from a contractor from last week who says he has final numbers for me. I didn't have time to talk to get the numbers (agh!), but at least the bids are coming in! I should have three by the end of the week! It's an exciting, nerve-wracking time for me! I haven't received a single bid yet...and I'm so curious as to the spread of the bids, too. With this much work, I bet they come in all over the place.
And all of this is being done while I am in South Carolina! So a HUGE thanks to Pa for being at the home all morning for me! I couldn't do it without you, and I appreciate it!
We're moving FORWARD!!!
I still don't think Christmas is going to happen (simply financially now!), but it's an exciting step in the right direction. This broken house is finally being fixed!
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