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petriej · 12-11-2007, 05:50 PM

We recently found ourselves in the market for a house and located this beauty. Well I guess beauty is in the high of the beholder, or beerholder as it may. We managed to find a HUD foreclosed home with around 2K square feet. Fortunately for us, unfortunately for my wallet this house needs major work.

Structurally the house is in good shape with exception to the floor joists that the previous owner decided to notch out and re-route plumbing from a plugged sink drain.

Pictures to come...

I snapped some quick pix of the project and resized with pretty harsh compression to keep viewing speed up.

This is the living room view from the kitchen. Behind me there is a sliding door going onto a decrepit rickety deck that has to get demo'd.

Old kitchen before I got my hands on it.

A little progress

Dining room view

Upper floor bath1

Master bath before demo

Black stuff creeping up the walls

Progress

The 90% isn't in yet

What is that? More black stuff.

And more in the corner

Downstairs rec room

Rec room fireplace

What a hole in the ceiling?

That doesn't look up to code.

The handy man strikes again with more quality work.

Old garage cabinets

More black

Rot!@!

Kitchen after I took a swing at it.

2007/12/12
The mold mitigation company is finished and has done a great job. I will get more pictures of their desctruction as well. This weekend I am going to tear out the rest of kitchen wall cabinets and the sofit. More to come...

Existing Floor Plan

Proposed floor plan

12/12/2007

Woohoo - all permits have been approved by the county (I live in unincorporated). And my new windows (Simonton 5500 Reflection Series) have arrived at the showroom and will be delivered on Monday. This weekend the desctruction officially begins. I have done some of the demo stuff already and am diggin' all of my new fat max tools. The FUBAR(functional utility bar) crazy hammer is one handy tool. I had a 24" wrecking bar and 20 oz hammer and then switched to just the FUBAR. There is no comparison, the FUBAR will take care of whatever you need to take care of. I doesn't swing that much heavier than a 20 oz, but the weight is in the right place and it moves whatever is in it's path. I know everyone has seen them at Home Depot and Lowe's, but if you have serious demo to do then buy one. The fubar also has a blunt pointed edge below the head which works awesome for plowing through sheetrock. I also have a FatMax sheetrock hammer/ax, but still prefer the FUBAR on the fun factor. I picked up mine up at Amazon for a reasonable price. Can't wait for the weekend. Walls are coming down.

12/21/2007

How many layers does it take to get to the center of a kitchen floor. My guess - four so far

My 20yd roll-off isn't going to last long if I keep this up. Old master bed/master bath.

Here's an idea, lets replace copper pipe with flexible hose and clamps. Maybe it won't leak and spawn colonies of mold.

New mastet closet entry from Master bed

I will be doing much work and picture taking this weekend. Walls are starting to come up in the MBath. Soffit is coming down from kitchen

James · 12-11-2007, 10:59 PM

nice. congrats petrie... pictures ftw!

simplegreen · 12-12-2007, 02:37 PM

Petrie, awesome, welcome to the home owners club. Looks like you deff have some work cut out for you but how rewarding when it's all done. The mold and the joist looks the most concerning to me. Have a plan for redirecting that pipe?

briansol · 12-12-2007, 06:45 PM

going from a 3bdrm to a 2bdrm? why?

and why are there stairs in the 2nd but not the first? are you adding a level?

Bob Vila · 12-13-2007, 09:09 AM

Yeah, I thought the same thing - expanding your Master Bedroom may not hold up the resale value of your home.

B: I believe the house to be a Raised Ranch, the stairs are depicted in teh first pic - just not as absolute as the second diagram. THis is also allowing him the ability to change the plumbing easily as compared to say a colonial style home.

petriej · 12-13-2007, 11:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by simplegreen

Petrie, awesome, welcome to the home owners club. Looks like you deff have some work cut out for you but how rewarding when it's all done. The mold and the joist looks the most concerning to me. Have a plan for redirecting that pipe?

There is an existing drain directly below the sink. Apparently it got plugged and the previous jack ass home owner decided to hammer a hole through the basement ceiling, cut some floor joists and re-route. Roto-rooter may have been cheaper??

Quote:

Originally Posted by briansol

going from a 3bdrm to a 2bdrm? why?

and why are there stairs in the 2nd but not the first? are you adding a level?

There's a basement level with the rec room and fireplace. We plan on partitioning that off to keep the 3BR status.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bob Vila

Yeah, I thought the same thing - expanding your Master Bedroom may not hold up the resale value of your home.

B: I believe the house to be a Raised Ranch, the stairs are depicted in teh first pic - just not as absolute as the second diagram. THis is also allowing him the ability to change the plumbing easily as compared to say a colonial style home.

Yeah my prints aren't the best, just needed to throw them together to get permits. The master bath and closet are going to be killer. I get a pool and a very nice workshed = my wife gets nice closet. :-)

Airjockie · 12-13-2007, 12:45 PM

You deff have a long ways to go...but they don't call it sweat equity for nothing..

ScrapinSTi · 12-13-2007, 11:38 PM

Very Nice... I actually like how you are doing the layout... I like the fact that while you are dropping the bedroom count, you are making a nice big master bedroom, bath, & closet..

its funny to say it this way, but its hard to find a small house with big bedrooms... my dad just bought a 3500 sq ft house... he lives alone... He didnt want a house that big, but he had to buy a house that big in order to get a bedroom the size he wanted.

briansol · 12-14-2007, 12:19 AM

it would be awesome if you could take out the wall where the fridge is, and make the kitchen, dining and living spaces all open.

briansol · 12-14-2007, 12:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ScrapinSTi

its funny to say it this way, but its hard to find a small house with big bedrooms... my dad just bought a 3500 sq ft house... he lives alone... He didnt want a house that big, but he had to buy a house that big in order to get a bedroom the size he wanted.

it's too true.

my master is plenty big, but the other 2 bedrooms are a joke. a twin bed and a dresser, and your room is full.

12-11-2007, 05:50 PM	#1
petriej Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 26 Rep Power: 0	House Redux We recently found ourselves in the market for a house and located this beauty. Well I guess beauty is in the high of the beholder, or beerholder as it may. We managed to find a HUD foreclosed home with around 2K square feet. Fortunately for us, unfortunately for my wallet this house needs major work. Structurally the house is in good shape with exception to the floor joists that the previous owner decided to notch out and re-route plumbing from a plugged sink drain. Pictures to come... I snapped some quick pix of the project and resized with pretty harsh compression to keep viewing speed up. This is the living room view from the kitchen. Behind me there is a sliding door going onto a decrepit rickety deck that has to get demo'd. Old kitchen before I got my hands on it. A little progress Dining room view Upper floor bath1 Master bath before demo Black stuff creeping up the walls Progress The 90% isn't in yet What is that? More black stuff. And more in the corner Downstairs rec room Rec room fireplace What a hole in the ceiling? That doesn't look up to code. The handy man strikes again with more quality work. Old garage cabinets More black Rot!@! Kitchen after I took a swing at it. 2007/12/12 The mold mitigation company is finished and has done a great job. I will get more pictures of their desctruction as well. This weekend I am going to tear out the rest of kitchen wall cabinets and the sofit. More to come... Existing Floor Plan Proposed floor plan 12/12/2007 Woohoo - all permits have been approved by the county (I live in unincorporated). And my new windows (Simonton 5500 Reflection Series) have arrived at the showroom and will be delivered on Monday. This weekend the desctruction officially begins. I have done some of the demo stuff already and am diggin' all of my new fat max tools. The FUBAR(functional utility bar) crazy hammer is one handy tool. I had a 24" wrecking bar and 20 oz hammer and then switched to just the FUBAR. There is no comparison, the FUBAR will take care of whatever you need to take care of. I doesn't swing that much heavier than a 20 oz, but the weight is in the right place and it moves whatever is in it's path. I know everyone has seen them at Home Depot and Lowe's, but if you have serious demo to do then buy one. The fubar also has a blunt pointed edge below the head which works awesome for plowing through sheetrock. I also have a FatMax sheetrock hammer/ax, but still prefer the FUBAR on the fun factor. I picked up mine up at Amazon for a reasonable price. Can't wait for the weekend. Walls are coming down. 12/21/2007 How many layers does it take to get to the center of a kitchen floor. My guess - four so far My 20yd roll-off isn't going to last long if I keep this up. Old master bed/master bath. Here's an idea, lets replace copper pipe with flexible hose and clamps. Maybe it won't leak and spawn colonies of mold. New mastet closet entry from Master bed I will be doing much work and picture taking this weekend. Walls are starting to come up in the MBath. Soffit is coming down from kitchen Last edited by petriej; 02-28-2008 at 11:01 AM. Reason: Ah ha pictures: Floor Plan Pictures

12-11-2007, 10:59 PM	#2
James Slacking off in the house Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: In IN Posts: 217 Rep Power: 2	nice. congrats petrie... pictures ftw! __________________ 1927 2200 sq feet 3 story renovation project. Done Washing Machine - 10.27.07 Windows Install - 02.13.08 (New) Gas Oven - 11.22.08 Needs to be Done Put in the (new) dryer Uh... Alot more.

12-12-2007, 06:45 PM	#4
briansol Administrator Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Central CT Age: 28 Posts: 432 Rep Power: 10	going from a 3bdrm to a 2bdrm? why? and why are there stairs in the 2nd but not the first? are you adding a level? __________________ 1997 2050sqft Split Level

12-13-2007, 09:09 AM	#5
Bob Vila Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: In a house Posts: 105 Rep Power: 2	Yeah, I thought the same thing - expanding your Master Bedroom may not hold up the resale value of your home. B: I believe the house to be a Raised Ranch, the stairs are depicted in teh first pic - just not as absolute as the second diagram. THis is also allowing him the ability to change the plumbing easily as compared to say a colonial style home. __________________ Bow to my presence...

12-14-2007, 12:19 AM	#9
briansol Administrator Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Central CT Age: 28 Posts: 432 Rep Power: 10	it would be awesome if you could take out the wall where the fridge is, and make the kitchen, dining and living spaces all open. __________________ 1997 2050sqft Split Level

12-12-2007, 02:37 PM	#3
simplegreen Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 50 Rep Power: 2	Petrie, awesome, welcome to the home owners club. Looks like you deff have some work cut out for you but how rewarding when it's all done. The mold and the joist looks the most concerning to me. Have a plan for redirecting that pipe?

12-13-2007, 12:45 PM	#7
Airjockie Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 83 Rep Power: 2	You deff have a long ways to go...but they don't call it sweat equity for nothing..

12-13-2007, 11:38 PM	#8
ScrapinSTi Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: In Debt. Posts: 240 Rep Power: 2	Very Nice... I actually like how you are doing the layout... I like the fact that while you are dropping the bedroom count, you are making a nice big master bedroom, bath, & closet.. its funny to say it this way, but its hard to find a small house with big bedrooms... my dad just bought a 3500 sq ft house... he lives alone... He didnt want a house that big, but he had to buy a house that big in order to get a bedroom the size he wanted.