What have you done to your house today

[i am ryan]

Maybe I'm missing something but I'm not seeing where you would spend $50K unless you just start ripping out and throwing away perfectly good stuff.

Precisely! Kinda like buying a stock Mustang and immediately dropping a couple grand replacing parts that are perfectly good!

Like I said, the house technically "needs" nothing to live in, just needs a lot for me to love it, and spending that kind of money and not loving the home seems insane to me.

 

[joe_momma]

Cool house, lots of potential.

 

[Kenaizer]

We did what was supposed to be our final walk through today. The roof wasn't finished, the patio wasn't poured, the hood above the stove wasn't installed, and they were installing the carpet on the stairs as we were doing the tour. We went ahead and did the demonstration parts, and taped the stuff we want fixed, but I think we are going to insist on another walk through before closing next Tuesday.

 

[Gabe]

We did what was supposed to be our final walk through today. The roof wasn't finished, the patio wasn't poured, the hood above the stove wasn't installed, and they were installing the carpet on the stairs as we were doing the tour. We went ahead and did the demonstration parts, and taped the stuff we want fixed, but I think we are going to insist on another walk through before closing next Tuesday.

That would be a smart idea

 

[Shotokan1509]

That would be a smart idea

I agree completely, too much money to "wish you had"

 

[isthatguy]

Our walk through got pushed back, the builder didn't like the fireplace and is tearing it down to redo it.

 

[Kenaizer]

That would be a smart idea

I agree completely, too much money to "wish you had"

Definitely.

Our walk through got pushed back, the builder didn't like the fireplace and is tearing it down to redo it.

Good on them. As long as it doesn't push back your closing date or cause issues with any other element.

 

[Taxman]

Mowed the yard.

 

[Premium08]

^^^ lucky man, I could only mow 2/3rds of mine yesterday. The rest is still water soaked, going on 6 months now at least

 

[Shaggy]

Mowed the yard.

Nice yard Jaye! Nice house too! Love the space you have.

 

[Kenaizer]

Stopped by to check the progress before our walk-through and closing on Tuesday.

I think they finished the final exterior paint. I guess they went with three different trim colors. We're not sure how we feel about the trim color on the light grey areas.


Here's a better shot of the color on the front door. I actually like it a lot more than I thought I would.


Oh, and they finally got the patio poured.

 

[AndrewNagle]

Got a quote to re-roof a 15 year old roof, shit roofs aren't cheap

might repair this year and hold out until next year

 

[NastyStang113]

Got a quote to re-roof a 15 year old roof, shit roofs aren't cheap

might repair this year and hold out until next year

How much was the quote? Size of house? Shingle?

 

[AndrewNagle]

How much was the quote? Size of house? Shingle?

2,400 square foot rancher (1 floor) ; 3 tab 25 year asphalt shingles (basic), rolled edge (no gutters) 1 skylight and 1 skytube $16,000

Went to the building supply store and looked at better shingles Lifetime warranty Certainteed and will have the new quote on Tuesday, thinking lots more since the guy at the store said these shingles are twice the basic ones in the original quote

Repair job is less than $400 have nails popping up and some shingles went a flying this winter

 

[weather man]

Mowed the yard.

http://s411.photobucket.com/user/jh...9-44D1-98E9-ED26EC625CE8_zps8zutugpg.jpg.html

My grass is barely showing a hint of green under the brown. Might be dry enough I can run the dethatcher through it.

Are you going to run your sprinkler system this summer?

 

[NastyStang113]

2,400 square foot rancher (1 floor) ; 3 tab 25 year asphalt shingles (basic), rolled edge (no gutters) 1 skylight and 1 skytube $16,000

Went to the building supply store and looked at better shingles Lifetime warranty Certainteed and will have the new quote on Tuesday, thinking lots more since the guy at the store said these shingles are twice the basic ones in the original quote

Repair job is less than $400 have nails popping up and some shingles went a flying this winter

Yikes. I would imagine construction costs are more expensive there than here. Pitch has a huge part of pricing as well. Metal roof? lol

 

[AndrewNagle]

Yikes. I would imagine construction costs are more expensive there than here. Pitch has a huge part of pricing as well. Metal roof? lol

It is not steep thinking the rolled roof edge is what is driving up the price

this is a photo of our garage apartment; house is the same and roof a lot older

 

[Kenaizer]

I can't say I've ever seen a rolled edge roof before now.

 

[AndrewNagle]

I can't say I've ever seen a rolled edge roof before now.

too many oak trees and too many leaves so we went with no gutters

 

[Kenaizer]

too many oak trees and too many leaves so we went with no gutters

Makes sense. How does it do in the rain?