MO_cows
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In the little town we live close to, more than 1 out of 10 homes is in foreclosure. Every block has empty houses with notices in the window. Not mcmansions, either, modest older homes. They have been selling so cheap it is unreal. So my dad took a wild hair and bought one, a 1950's ranch. We helped him fix it up. Here are some before and afters.
The original hardwood floors were beyond refinishing. There had been paint slopped all over the woodwork.
We replaced baseboards with new, many were missing anyway, got the paint off the rest of the woodwork, painted and put down a laminate floor.
The bathroom was already mostly gutted. The toilet had a crack, we think it froze. So we put in tile and new fixtures.
The kitchen cabinets were good, just needed cleaned. There was a closet that had been turned into a refrigerator alcove, badly, so we took it out.
We patched the ceiling and floor where the closet was, added tile backsplash, painted, etc. Countertop is ugly but it was almost new so we left it for now.
The house has a covered patio out back, nice place to have a BBQ and keeps some of the afternoon sun off the house as it's the west side. Also has a big fenced back yard.
All in all it turned out to make a comfortable home, way cheaper than you could buy a single wide. Makes me want to try another one to flip but prices are still so depressed I don't quite have the guts.
Anyway, that's what we have been up to.
The original hardwood floors were beyond refinishing. There had been paint slopped all over the woodwork.
We replaced baseboards with new, many were missing anyway, got the paint off the rest of the woodwork, painted and put down a laminate floor.
The bathroom was already mostly gutted. The toilet had a crack, we think it froze. So we put in tile and new fixtures.
The kitchen cabinets were good, just needed cleaned. There was a closet that had been turned into a refrigerator alcove, badly, so we took it out.
We patched the ceiling and floor where the closet was, added tile backsplash, painted, etc. Countertop is ugly but it was almost new so we left it for now.
The house has a covered patio out back, nice place to have a BBQ and keeps some of the afternoon sun off the house as it's the west side. Also has a big fenced back yard.
All in all it turned out to make a comfortable home, way cheaper than you could buy a single wide. Makes me want to try another one to flip but prices are still so depressed I don't quite have the guts.
Anyway, that's what we have been up to.