Showing posts with label concrete stain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label concrete stain. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Over My Head From the Get Go

My wife and I finally found the foreclosure of my dreams : )  She liked it, I loved it!  The house is 4b 2b approx. 1900~ sq ft. with a small 1 B 1B guest house and a HUGE Barn on .76 acres.  The barn potential alone made it worth while.

Things we knew needed to be done ASAP going into the purchase were:

- Spot treatment for termites
- Carpet Cleaning
- Fence Repair/Rebuilding
- Purchase Appliances (All but dishwasher)
- Electrical work in the main house
- Replace all missing Base Boards (Who steals base boards?)
- Paint Interior - All walls, 'cept ceiling
- Replace all face plates on outlets
- Install internal gates for dogs
- Replace toilets
- Window Treatments
- Remove carpet in family room
- Remove tile in kitch
-Stain concrete in kitchen and family room
- Kill ants and Spiders (tons of them)
- Major lawn work (Remove termite infested huge dead tree, 30+ un-cared for fruit trees on property-some dead, irrigation lines tested and sprinkler head fixes, tons of leaves/dead fruit, etc).

Long Term Projects

- New sub-panel on barn to power it up
- Take guest house down to foundation and rebuild
- Potential Leach Line issue with septic tank
- Pave the back 60% of our U shaped driveway

I'll post before pictures next. 

Most of the work is being done by my wife and I, close friends and the occasional contractor when the work has a high probability that doing it myself will lead to my death or the death/destruction of someone else or the property itself.

Hopefully, the story of our trials and errors will be useful to those of you in a similar situation.