Sunrise House

Sunrise House

Sunday, December 28, 2014

There IS a light at the end of the tunnel!

Will we actually be done with this house by the end of December? I feel like it's a real possibility...I mean, we might squeak a little into January, but I'd say we stuck to a pretty tight timeline.

So, what is done:
Exterior Paint
Interior Paint (minus my brick in the sunken living room, which I'm going today to work on)
Kitchen Tile
Kitchen Cabinets
Trim
Upstairs bathroom shower tile and floor tile
Downstairs bathroom shower tile and floor tile
Downstairs carpet
Downstairs laundry room utility sink & floor tile
Crazy giant, ivy covered monster tree removed from front
Hot tub GONE
Concrete pressure washer
Roof pressure washer
Bark spread
80% landscaping done

What do we still need to do:
Electricians need to finish installing lights and switching outlets
Plumber needs to install laundry room toilet
Home Depot needs to install all new appliances (including washer/dryer)
Paint brick wall
Put hardware on cabinets in kitchen
Install bathroom mirror and trim it out
Mop hardwoods and apply wood oil
Paint stair trim & hand rail
20% more landscaping

I know our list seems long, but if you break it down it really isn't that much! What do YOU think?
Painting the fireplace brick white

Painting the dingy brick wall white
Soft-close cabinets and new back door

Larger opening into kitchen from dining room (granite slab will create a bar)

Our "transition" tile (see, we need to clean the hardwoods)
Large upstairs room (minus random french doors leading to a window well)
Downstairs room with a real window and carpet

Downstairs double shower...I love this shower!!
My flipping advice:
1) Try to make it nice, but not super expensive. I'd like to think we made some really great, but super affordable choices. We didn't cut corners, we either found a cheaper option, did it ourselves or took money from somewhere else to make things happen. I guess this goes back to my previous advice of looking for your own subs...if you don't like the price, keep looking.
2) Know your end plan at the beginning. Me and the Husband are having a rent or sell battle on a daily basis.

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