Inspired by the over my head in Saurkraut Bend post by p_bubel, I've decided to start documenting my rehab also. Any insight y'all would like to offer along the way would be appreciated!
I bought this house because it was too good of a deal to pass up. It's the worst house in the neighborhood. I plan to rehab it and rent it for a long term investment. It's 1959 pier and beam construction. I bought it from the original owner (a lady in her 90s who was moving into assisted living, her 70 year old son handled the transaction).
It's a 1400 sf, 3 bed, 2 bath. There's hardwood floors in the bedroom, halls, and living room that is all under shoddily layed 1970s or older carpet. The kitchen and dining have a combo of sheet linoleum and vinyl tyle (dining also has 2 layers of shoddily layed carpet). The bathrooms are ceramic 4 inch tile. Another major issue is that only 2 outlets are 3 prong, the other 20 roughly are 2 prong.
Here's a quick rundown of what all I plan on doing andhave done so far:
Bedrooms/Hall/Living
Master Bath
Guest Bath (this room is having the least amount of work done)
I've crossed out what I've done so far and will include pics in subsequent posts of the process.
I bought this house because it was too good of a deal to pass up. It's the worst house in the neighborhood. I plan to rehab it and rent it for a long term investment. It's 1959 pier and beam construction. I bought it from the original owner (a lady in her 90s who was moving into assisted living, her 70 year old son handled the transaction).
It's a 1400 sf, 3 bed, 2 bath. There's hardwood floors in the bedroom, halls, and living room that is all under shoddily layed 1970s or older carpet. The kitchen and dining have a combo of sheet linoleum and vinyl tyle (dining also has 2 layers of shoddily layed carpet). The bathrooms are ceramic 4 inch tile. Another major issue is that only 2 outlets are 3 prong, the other 20 roughly are 2 prong.
Here's a quick rundown of what all I plan on doing and
Bedrooms/Hall/Living
pull up all carpetrepaintfigure out what to do with hardwood floors(edit: figured it out, just going to clean them for now)
pull up all carpet, linoleum, and vinyl- replace with Vinyl Plank wood look floor
paint walls (wood paneling)Paint cabinets and put on new hardwareDemo old tile countertop and backsplash- New countertop from granite tile
Remove OLD cook top and ovenInstall new oven/range combo in cook tops place...EDIT: going to install a free standing range beside the countertop that use to house the cook top.
Master Bath
Demo old tile shower (the plumber checked out all the subfloor when I had him check the pipes under and he said most of it was still yellow and looked amazing for 60 years old. Only bad spot was under the tile shower where it had leaked)Install new Tile Shower- Replace toilet (Blue toilet is removed)
- Replace sink with new vanity
Take down decorative tile from wall and replace with beadboard- New medicine cabinet and lighting fixture
Guest Bath (this room is having the least amount of work done)
- Refinish tub and sink
- Paint vanity
I've crossed out what I've done so far and will include pics in subsequent posts of the process.