Well, we signed the mortgage papers today and our insurance should be cleared by Monday. We meet with the lawyer sometime towards the end of next week and we officially have possession the week after that. Our official move in date will be towards the end of March since we paid for our last month's rent last September.
Here's a couple of things that need to be done (in no particular order):
- Wet seal the slice in the rubber roof on the sunroom
__(oh yeah, can I tell you how much I wish I could have done this the day we put the offer in?
__Nothing like watching the snow fall, and then melt, and think about all that water that should
__and could be stopped from entering our sunroom!!)
- rip up carpet
- refinish hardwood under carpet
- hope above hope that the hardwood is OK to refinish and doesn't need extra love
- rewire house (to be detailed later!)
- replace rotting beam in crazy cold cellar-y room in the basement
- re-insulate floor of attic
- remove 20ft length of galvanized pipe in basement and replace with copper
- remove wallpaper, remove wallpaper, remove wallpaper, plaster some cracks and paint, paint paint!
- and last, but not least, completely renovate the bathroom...
What's that? The bathroom is one of the most expensive rooms to renovate? What's that? We've already put most of our savings into a down payment? And we need to buy a fridge and stove??
Such meaningless points!!
Let's do it anyway!
Before we move in, we really need to redo the bathroom. Officially it would be fine, but the peeling laminate floor, 1,000 gallon toilet and hideous vanity need to go. We figure that without a bathroom, one can't really live in a house, so why not completely redo the bathroom before we move in?
The past week has brought several visits to Home Depot, Rona and some local building/tiling/appliance stores. The past week has also brought conversations with dads and advice from coworkers. It's going to be one hell of a ride from next week until the end of March.
We've asked the dads if they can help. We've asked some friends if they can help. We've decided that we can probably do the floor tile ourselves. We've decided that if possible, the dads can help us with plumbing, electrical and demo. We've decided that the bathtub tile will probably need to be done by someone who really knows what they're doing. And, we've pretty much decided that we'll need a contractor for some other stuff. So much to figure out in the next 6 weeks!
On top of all this, the entire house should be rewired soon. While we could just go with what's there for a little while, why not just get it done? It's a pretty major thing and we would both rather it get done before we move in. Then the inconvenience of moving stuff around won't hinder us from getting it done. I think we'll be asking for a parental short term loan.
Anyhow, that's it for now. I predict an awful lot of house posts in the next two months...
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3 comments:
i'm totally following this, as we are in escrow right now, moving fast. if you can do the floor stuff before you move in, it'll be a heck of a lot easier!
omg... this is so exciting, although i don't envy you for all the work that lies ahead... but hey, it'll perfectly YOUR home then :)
congrats again!!
Sounds like you're going to be super busy. There won't be house posts because you won't have time to post!
It is the best feeling though when the work that you do is something that you'll get to enjoy for a long time.
Here's my 2 cents regarding demo. This is an area that you can really save a lot by doing it yourself vs. letting a contractor do it. Not only do they charge a lot for it, they also are not as careful about it as you might be and can cause more damage than is necessary.
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