Anyone ever do a home remodel?

[SkiBum.]

Just bought me a home. Second one I have owned now. Right place, right price and I jumped on it and all worked out.

Home is in good shape structure wise, but causmeticly needs help. Wifey and I are currently living in basement where there is a bed/bath/living room. We plan to pick our battles with the rest while still living downstairs.

Anyone ever done similar and if so please share stories.

 

[Fuckthefuckoff]

Just bought me a home. Second one I have owned now. Right place, right price and I jumped on it and all worked out.

Home is in good shape structure wise, but causmeticly needs help. Wifey and I are currently living in basement where there is a bed/bath/living room. We plan to pick our battles with the rest while still living downstairs.

Anyone ever done similar and if so please share stories.

Ppl lose a ton of money on that shit. It’s a huge gamble. A shitty house is a shitty house no matter what you do to it, especially if the neighborhood and houses around it are bad as well.

 

[Non_State_Actor]

Just bought me a home. Second one I have owned now. Right place, right price and I jumped on it and all worked out.

Home is in good shape structure wise, but cosmeticly needs help. Wifey and I are currently living in basement where there is a bed/bath/living room. We plan to pick our battles with the rest while still living downstairs.

Anyone ever done similar and if so please share stories.

Ppl lose a ton of money on that shit. It’s a huge gamble. A shitty house is a shitty house no matter what you do to it, especially if the neighborhood and houses around it are bad as well.

He said ''right place'' which is very important in many markets.

People also make ''a ton of money on that shit''

I basically gutted my house while my wife was pregnant with our first child. Added a bedroom, remodeled the bath, kitchen, flooring, plumbing, electrical. What do you want to know?

Will you be doing the work yourself?

Did you budget properly on the purchase price and remodeling costs?

 

[DirtYStylE]

Ppl lose a ton of money on that shit. It’s a huge gamble. A shitty house is a shitty house no matter what you do to it, especially if the neighborhood and houses around it are bad as well.

So you basically said location location location in your overwhelmingly bad outlook on life. The housing market is a great place to invest. Best of luck!

 

[Rusticles]

Just bought me a home. Second one I have owned now. Right place, right price and I jumped on it and all worked out.

Home is in good shape structure wise, but causmeticly needs help. Wifey and I are currently living in basement where there is a bed/bath/living room. We plan to pick our battles with the rest while still living downstairs.

Anyone ever done similar and if so please share stories.

He said ''right place'' which is very important in many markets.

People also make ''a ton of money on that shit''

I basically gutted my house while my wife was pregnant with our first child. Added a bedroom, remodeled the bath, kitchen, flooring, plumbing, electrical. What do you want to know?

Will you be doing the work yourself?

Did you budget properly on the purchase price and remodeling costs?

I'm also in the middle of gutting my second home. Made decent $$$$ on the first one.

My advice is don't start anything without having your ducks in a row. ex. if you're doing a bathroom, try and buy everything in advance and have it set up and ready, pick the tile, pick the floor, the faucet, get the vanity. It'll go quickly if you're not running out to get shit or pick shit out.

my first house I bought the new kitchen cabinets and the same day ripped my old kitchen out, big mistake. I could have done a lot of plumbing and electrical before hand as well as decided on alot of stuff. Also would have gotten better deals if I wasn't time crunched. Second house I had everything set up and purchased most before hand. Was only out of a functional kitchen for a few days.

Also, some jobs you can do yourself, some don't even bother. I don't even consider mudding and taping anymore.

 

[SkiBum.]

Ppl lose a ton of money on that shit. It’s a huge gamble. A shitty house is a shitty house no matter what you do to it, especially if the neighborhood and houses around it are bad as well.

It's in Park City...

 

[SkiBum.]

I'm also in the middle of gutting my second home. Made decent $$$$ on the first one.

My advice is don't start anything without having your ducks in a row. ex. if you're doing a bathroom, try and buy everything in advance and have it set up and ready, pick the tile, pick the floor, the faucet, get the vanity. It'll go quickly if you're not running out to get shit or pick shit out.

my first house I bought the new kitchen cabinets and the same day ripped my old kitchen out, big mistake. I could have done a lot of plumbing and electrical before hand as well as decided on alot of stuff. Also would have gotten better deals if I wasn't time crunched. Second house I had everything set up and purchased most before hand. Was only out of a functional kitchen for a few days.

Also, some jobs you can do yourself, some don't even bother. I don't even consider mudding and taping anymore.

Yeah, I am going to try to buy everything for one room/area and then do that area. Seems like the best method. The wife is big on finding what she wants for the best price, which is awesome.

When you did yours, you stay on budget? And did it take as long as you thought? I'll be doing most of the work myself. Lucky I have a big garage/shop to keep stuff in and work out of, I have most the tools and skills. But I will sub few things out I'm sure.

 

[Rusticles]

Yeah, I am going to try to buy everything for one room/area and then do that area. Seems like the best method. The wife is big on finding what she wants for the best price, which is awesome.

When you did yours, you stay on budget? And did it take as long as you thought? I'll be doing most of the work myself. Lucky I have a big garage/shop to keep stuff in and work out of, I have most the tools and skills. But I will sub few things out I'm sure.

For the most part we stayed on budget, Wifey is also pretty good at finding deals however I have been talked into the occasional "pricier" appliance or upgrade haha.

Sometimes it takes longer than thought, On my first house I would get frustrated and rush if it was taking longer than planned and everything took a bit longer as I was not as prepared. I have since learned to budget my time per task better and to relax a bit and roll with the delays.

 

[Casey]

My wife and I bought a condo, which was great learning ground for stuff like this. We upgraded the electrical panel and rewired a bunch of stuff to improve capacity and make it legal/safe, recessed lighting everywhere with fancy dimmer switches and the whole works, gutted the old galley kitchen, replaced a load bearing wall with glulam post and beam to create open concept, 8' x 4' kitchen island with commercial under cabinet fridge and freezer. Pure white Corian countertops in the kitchen/island. Stainless everything, super clean. We did a resin overlay on the concrete subfloor that was like a finished concrete floor, fir trim everywhere, gutted the bathroom, upsized the hot water tank to accommodate huge soaker tub. Upgraded woodstove to Moreso. The place was small but it lived huge, nice outside patio, crazy modern when we got through with it.

The point is, we were willing to live there while some things went unfinished for a while, paid as we went and it took a few years to make it as baller at the end as it ended up being. I wish we could have kept that place forever, but condos can be kind of a nightmare if your HOA sucks.

 

[SkiBum.]

My wife and I bought a condo, which was great learning ground for stuff like this. We upgraded the electrical panel and rewired a bunch of stuff to improve capacity and make it legal/safe, recessed lighting everywhere with fancy dimmer switches and the whole works, gutted the old galley kitchen, replaced a load bearing wall with glulam post and beam to create open concept, 8' x 4' kitchen island with commercial under cabinet fridge and freezer. Pure white Corian countertops in the kitchen/island. Stainless everything, super clean. We did a resin overlay on the concrete subfloor that was like a finished concrete floor, fir trim everywhere, gutted the bathroom, upsized the hot water tank to accommodate huge soaker tub. Upgraded woodstove to Moreso. The place was small but it lived huge, nice outside patio, crazy modern when we got through with it.

The point is, we were willing to live there while some things went unfinished for a while, paid as we went and it took a few years to make it as baller at the end as it ended up being. I wish we could have kept that place forever, but condos can be kind of a nightmare if your HOA sucks.

Sounds like you guys spent the time and money and made it awesome. Good to hear. And I 100% agree on HOA, I hated mine when I had a condo. Waste of money every month in my opinion.

 

[Casey]

My wife and I bought a condo, which was great learning ground for stuff like this. We upgraded the electrical panel and rewired a bunch of stuff to improve capacity and make it legal/safe, recessed lighting everywhere with fancy dimmer switches and the whole works, gutted the old galley kitchen, replaced a load bearing wall with glulam post and beam to create open concept, 8' x 4' kitchen island with commercial under cabinet fridge and freezer. Pure white Corian countertops in the kitchen/island. Stainless everything, super clean. We did a resin overlay on the concrete subfloor that was like a finished concrete floor, fir trim everywhere, gutted the bathroom, upsized the hot water tank to accommodate huge soaker tub. Upgraded woodstove to Moreso. The place was small but it lived huge, nice outside patio, crazy modern when we got through with it.

The point is, we were willing to live there while some things went unfinished for a while, paid as we went and it took a few years to make it as baller at the end as it ended up being. I wish we could have kept that place forever, but condos can be kind of a nightmare if your HOA sucks.

Here if anyone is interested this is the video our real estate agent put together when it sold.

 

[snowpocalypse]

Not by choice.... Had a pipe burst in our upstairs bath while we were out of town for 10 days during -10 weather. Good fun. Had to gut 80% of the house. 65,000 worth of damage. Gota love good insurance. We lived in our 1978 motor home for the 3 months during the re-build with my wife and 3 year old. Super fun. We were able to do a ton of the stuff we had wanted to do but never had the time or motivation. After all said and done we added almost 80k in equity with the improvements we made. World works in mysterious ways.

 

[soup]

Here if anyone is interested this is the video our real estate agent put together when it sold.

dude well done. be cool to see what it looked like before.

just bought my first house move in in two weeks. so hyped to start some renos. house is in perfect shape but gotta make it my own right.

 

[GayWolf420]

definitely go with some nice solid flooring. Ive been living/helping my parents with their house they got out in Midway with various stuff, mostly cosmetic like you said. Paint, new trim, doors, light fixtures, etc.

actually gutted my similar basement living area, it had that really shitty vinyl fake tile flooring under carpet, it was a mess. Threw down some of those pseudo-wood plank ceramic tiles all over and it made a world of difference. Looks great, and cleans really easily, has this cool sorta rustic look to it, etc.

 

[GayWolf420]

also the floor was unlevel as all fuck so I poured down another layer of concrete (floor was like concave and the concrete helped it settle really nice) before laying tile.

also a big fan of the track lighting we were able to put in as well.

 

[Non_State_Actor]

Also, some jobs you can do yourself, some don't even bother. I don't even consider mudding and taping anymore.

Yes, choose your battles. I don't do drywall or painting.

Also depending on what you're looking for you can find some good deals on Craigslist. I bought some ''leftover'' slate tile to do my kitchen and bathroom for $0.50 or $0.60 per square foot. Did everything else in reclaimed wood that a guy milled out of the roof of an old cannery. Fits in with the house which is 105 years old.

 

[PratedHazed]

I was going to do a reclad

 

[Casey]

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Not by choice.... Had a pipe burst in our upstairs bath while we were out of town for 10 days during -10 weather. Good fun. Had to gut 80% of the house. 65,000 worth of damage. Gota love good insurance. We lived in our 1978 motor home for the 3 months during the re-build with my wife and 3 year old. Super fun. We were able to do a ton of the stuff we had wanted to do but never had the time or motivation. After all said and done we added almost 80k in equity with the improvements we made. World works in mysterious ways.

Lol that's how we ended up getting into it as well. We had a toilet that would always run, didn't think much of it until there was a blockage in the line somewhere downstream and woke up to standing water everywhere. Whelp this is happening now.

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[SkiBum.]

Hoping for no emergencies or insurance claims like you guys above. I would be pissed.

Anyway, hope to have paint finished tomorrow and carpet in this weekend to the master bed. I'm tired of living in the living room. Downstairs was cold. Looking forward to 1 room done, haha