Renovations 1

Today is the day to go get your taxes done, at least for me it is. We won't talk about that though cause that's to boring. Instead we will start the discussion about what my wife and I started when we bought our new house (new to us) in June.

So, we bought this house not to far from our old one that needed fixing up but was double the size of our last house and nearly the same price. We went on a cruise only a week and a half after buying it which was fun, but like I said the house needed work. So, when we got back hired a contractor started to work on the basement. Ripping out old floors and a basement bathroom, adding a wall for a dedicated laundry that would vent outside.


The biggest parts of this project were studding out the exterior block walls and having the whole house rewired because of the old paper wiring that had no ground to it. All of this with new flooring, paint, trim work, new windows downstairs and adding a kitchenette. Took about 3 months.

That 3 months was slightly crazy living with my in laws with my wife and 2 kids in a 3 bedroom 2 bath house. Six people in that with some toys and clothes and suitcases everywhere gets pretty crazy but we made it work until the basement was done and we could move into it. (Basement is 3 bed, 1 bath, den and utility room)

It has been a crazy six months and we still have some renovations to do. I will post links to some of the tools that I used for the year out downstairs that maybe of some help to you.

Next up is the upstairs kitchen and den along with new flooring throughout.

Thanks
D. Pounders 

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  1. Duke of the SouthFebruary 18, 2020 at 6:36 AM

    Hopefully the Auburn family you was living with showed you the truthful way to live lol

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