finally moved into my own house

[neondriver]

after alot of work im in my house. its not much but i have a mortgage and its all mine. basically when i got it everyone said it needed to be condemed and knocked dowm. luckly that just meant the price was right and now i can make about 3x what i paid for it. i got the outside basically done so the insurance company would calm down( they were giving us a hard time about the condition of the house when i tried to get insurance). now im working on the inside, originally there were no doors or really even any walls, you could walk through the wall from the kitchen to the bathroom because it was so rotted, and my hot water heater fell through the floor and was on teh ground because it leaked and rotted the wood under it.
Then
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NOW
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just a cople weeks ago i put in a paver walk way from the front door to the dead grass driveway...im still not sure what im going to do about the driveway though, either a slab or dig it up and put in rocks again.
so what do you all think?
UPDATE!! Put up a new fence, and put on a new dark green roof.
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we also just built a dect, i also have a new metal roof for it and it will be getting screened in, in the future.
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its in holiday near tarpon springs. yeah i have no before shots of the inside. i have current shots of the bathroom that i recently completely re-did. and i have picts of the living room now but im about to start completely re-doing it with everything new.

the bathroom is the only room that is finished when i got the house the bathroom was a tub and a toilet, the floor under the toilet was rotted away and the wall on the right was basically gone. a little dry wall, ceramic tile, paint, and 2 days of work it is done
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the living room. there was a hole in the wall going into the bed room for air flow. but im getting rid of the wall unit and filling in all the holes/openings. im planning to get rid of the celin fan, put in 6 high hat lights, paint it light blue with white chair/floor molding and light wood pergo floor. also getting a new front door.
THE BEFORE:
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THE AFTER: COMMING SOON

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did a little more work on th eliving room, got some paint and trim up...still far from being done but looking much better. i also got rid of the old chair and couch.

this is where the hole was and you can see the trim i put up. its almost done.
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put new doors going into the bedrooms, next the bathroon needs a new door but at 130 each i need more time till i can get the new bathroom door, you hopefully cant see where the other hole was on the top of the wall.
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this is the paneling wall with ac nit that i tore down and sheet rocked the wall.
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still needs the recesed lights, chair molding, and new flooring.



todays work, nothing much it was too hott and there was out side work i wanted to get done

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hahaaha they work!!!!
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and this is the trim ring for them
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update time!!!!
today i rented a sander from home deopt and used 60, 80, then 120 grit sand paper, sealer, and so far only 2 coats of semi gloss urathane. all i need is base trim and to install the trim around the door and its done..almost time to get the new couches and end tabels
and im set
heres what i found under my rug,
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i decided to re-finish it.
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i put the trim rings on the recesed lights
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and bought 5" molding that is waiting to be installed.
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new pictures: didnt come out too good but gives the idea. i bought 1 new micro fiber love seats, new tabels and put my fish tank/ tv back in. and finally i have a living room.
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also finishing up the bedroom, put in new carpet, fixed the wals, put in the surround sound, installed my tv, and a cople more little things.
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the kitchen is next!
here it is now.
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plans for the kitchen, remove everything, put up new walls, move the stove to the other wall and add a window just above where the stoce curently is located, im going to use the same cabinets but re- arrange them to have a L- corner, a new sink is going to go below the new window, the celin will be torn down and replaced with new lights also

[Strangeholliday]

nice house !

[Joe]

Nothing like a good amount of elbow grease and some ambition. You'll make a nice profit on that house when the inside matches the outside.

On the driveway... Pavers. Pavers always catch the eyes.

[Unregistered]

Wow that looks great.

[Clint]

I bet your new neighbors love you

[neondriver]

I bet your new neighbors love you

yeah to an extent, my one neighbor works out of their house so there home 24/7 and they complaign about noise from either me taking the bike out (open hedder) or trying to fix my car (which is lous ad hell also. my parents originally bought the 1st 2 houses on the block and sold the 1st one that the people fully remodeled, then the 2nd which is the one i bought, then a new one is going in 3 houses down. it was a really crappy neighborhood but it is starting to clean up alot

[...mikey]

damn, good job

[Snookums]

WoW it looks so much better! Good job and Congrats!

[Kristin]

Good job!

Looks 100% better already. I'd like to see the before and after shots of the interior when you get to that point.

[Just Dave]

Looks much better! What area is this in?

[CHUPA_CABRA_2.0]

congrats bro major major different.

[Kristin]

You do good work. ;)


The bathroom looks great. I have that same cabinet in my master bath.

[94DOHCDELSOL]

It's looking much better! Do you mind if I ask how much you paid for it?

[Hillary]

That looks 100% better. Great job!! And keep the pictures coming!

[94DOHCDELSOL]

that's awesome, you can't even find a plot of land for $30,000! That'll be nice when your done w/ it.

[fashquelin]

You have done AMAZING work to the house thus far! I especially love the bathroom & can't wait to see how the living room ends up...

Definitely keep updating this thread!

[thereturnofdark]

looks like you got someone to "PIMP YOUR HOUSE" lol good job

[Rdline1]

great job!

[SSpiro]

Wow.. Great work!! Looks 100000000000 times better.

[94DOHCDELSOL]

Man, what an improvement!

[Guado]

looks great

[corey r.]

I like the door trim.

[Alli]

Wow that looks amazing.. I can't wait til I get a bit older w/ a full time job so I can flip houses! For the driveway, IMO, go with concrete slab.. The pavers may be a bit too much for the house- I don't even know of a color that would match your house color. Flagstone would look good- it matches the style, and I don't think its as expensive at pavers would be.

I also like the door trim, but you're going to be painting the wooden corners on it right?

Keep the pics coming!

[neondriver]

yeah im thinging pavers would be too expensive for me, yeah i still need paint, i dont know about the corners though...im planning on putting wood floors in so it might match..but if not it would take 2 minutes to paint

[coolcloo1019]

Wow. What an improvement. Good work! Goes to show you what a little elbow grease and money will get you. Are you planning on staying there or just finding something new when you get it all finished?

[neondriver]

im definately staying here, its my first house. definately was a good investment. but theres no way i could afford another house right now..this one taps my bank account as it is.

[coolcloo1019]

im definately staying here, its my first house. definately was a good investment. but theres no way i could afford another house right now..this one taps my bank account as it is.

well with all of the improvements you've made you might be able to make some money off of this one if you stay there for a little bit. Looks like a totally new house. Congrats!

[Alli]

I have seen before on HGTV where they sanded down the original wood floors and stained them, they looked really good afterwards so i reccomend doing that. I LOVE hardwood flooring! I can't believe they even covered it up in the first place! And the trim around the windows look great!

Did you put in brand new windows right when you bought the house?

[neondriver]

thanks yeah i think the wood floor with some urathane will look good. all i have left is the floor, base molding, new front door, and im getting rid of the celing fan and putting in 6 recesed lights into teh celing.my next day off is monday so ill have updates monday night

[thereturnofdark]

im definately staying here, its my first house. definately was a good investment. but theres no way i could afford another house right now..this one taps my bank account as it is.

hey bro just s suggestion, but if you get some tile in that kitchen it'll really bring the place out.

[Treysdad]

Looking great man. When you get done, I got some projects that are unfinished over here, wanna come over and knock em' out for me:lol:

[JERSEYGURL]

Wow that is a GREAT turn around on the house... You do GREAT work... Keep us updated with the pictures...

This is making me want to get my house sooner!!!!:(

[XtremeVision]

awesome work man, keep it up. Keep the updates coming.

[Rdline1]

Floors look awesome!!!

[fresh&clean]

Yea if you get some corner molding you would be golden.

[Treysdad]

Looking great. You moving to the outside when you're done? I still got some projects here when you get bored:lol:

[Hillary]

Wow. You do amazing work. Like everyone else has said, keep us updated!

[ItsYaBoyIan]

Place looks amazing, man.
Looks like you do good work.


Just something i noticed in one of your pics, though..
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What's with the drywall above the kitchen doorway..?

[Rdline1]

looks great!

[neondriver]

thanks, i just started my bed room which is going to be the same trim, colors and floors.

[Joann]

wow...huge improvements!! Congrats.

[MDIFYTD]

You're pretty much the man!

[Hillary]

That looks amazing, dude. You did an excellent job.

[agent93]

amazing, i love looking in here to check the progress

[The Latin Spice]

good job! TTT for more updates

[neondriver]

thanks, i out all the pictures onto the 1st page to make it easier. ill have more updates soon. with christmas here i once again have my extra money drained out of me...sucks being 21 with a crappy income and going to school.

[Qacer]

Wow, I'm impressed. You did a pretty good job on the renovations.

[Qacer]

thanks, i out all the pictures onto the 1st page to make it easier. ill have more updates soon. with christmas here i once again have my extra money drained out of me...sucks being 21 with a crappy income and going to school.

Well, at least you won't have a landlord to complain about. It'd be nice to own a house someday.

[neondriver]

updated finally!. i put everything on the 1st page. new things are: a new roof, front door, front pvc fence, back deck, the living roon is done, the bedroom is done, the exterior is almost done. all that is left for an inter room is the kitchen, then to the garage/laundry room.