Demolition

First, let me give a shout out to the Husband's friends...Kes, Mike, Dylan and Chris...you guys are bad ass and the Husband could not have gotten as much done in 2 days without your help. Second, I would like to apologize that he thought you'd enjoy a girly hard cider to wash down all the dirt and dust in your throat. Thank god he also bought Rainier...this serves as the official apology! :)

If you choose to take on a flip, one of the many pieces of unsolicited advice I will freely offer up is DO YOUR OWN DEMO! This saves so much money, both on the project and therapy. When is the last time you got to break shit with a sledgehammer? When is the last time you got to tie one end of a rope to an awful laurel bush and the other to your car and slam on the gas? When is the last time you got a bust through a wall with a chainsaw like a crazy maniac? I suppose this may sound like torturous work to some of you...to which I roll my eyes...it's really fucking fun!

We got 2 dumpsters delivered, which are both nearly full. We budgeted for 4 so we'll see how that goes.

The painter came and pressure washed the house to prep it for painting, which is supposed to happen on Thursday (weather dependent). While pressure washing, he noticed how dirty all the concrete was around the house and took it upon himself to pressure wash most of that, too, at no added cost. Score! It pays to have a house that is in such terrible shape that once you see it you just get the itch to clean or paint or tear stuff out or pressure wash or landscape or or or. Yes, it's that bad.

I know I keep saying how terrible the house is and for that I feel a little bad. Maybe we should name her seeing as we're spending our hard earned money on her and giving her the makeover she's only ever dreamed of. I am now taking house name suggestions.

Here are some demolition pictures, in no particular order.

Kitchen (those last cabinets just need to be pulled out)

Goodbye soffits (what is the point of THOSE?)

This will be open to the Dining Room

Kitchen (view from Family Room)

Goodbye weird basement Kitchen

Opposite view from the photo above

Remember that non-conforming 4th bedroom, it's going to be huge!

Basement Bedroom #3

Basement bathroom (WHY would they drop the ceiling in the shower?)

Upstairs Bathroom (these damn tiles...seriously, these are going to kill us)

Bathroom (that giant cabinet is gone...and they made the shower area smaller! What?)

OK - now give us house name suggestions!

My advice:
1) If you rent a dumpster...fill it. Fill it like crazy and as fast as possible. You typically get a dumpster for a week and although that may sound like a long time it is heart-breaking when they take a half full dumpster.

2) Have a Demo-Party. Invite friends over, buy beer and pizza and go at it. People seem to really like the idea of breaking stuff.