OUR HOME RENOVATION PROJECT
This lens is dedicated to documenting our efforts and progress in building a home addition.
We have lofty ambitions, however our budget is very modest and we're trying to save as much money as possible without compromising our dream home.
Ultimately we hope you can find tips, tricks, money saving ideas, what to do, what not to do... as we blog our way through removing our roof and adding another floor on to our house.
We have lofty ambitions, however our budget is very modest and we're trying to save as much money as possible without compromising our dream home.
Ultimately we hope you can find tips, tricks, money saving ideas, what to do, what not to do... as we blog our way through removing our roof and adding another floor on to our house.
A LITTLE HISTORY...
Lets go back to 2009...
Our old 3 bedroom house was getting too small for us so. So we started shopping around for a new house. We looked and looked and every house we found there was something that we would change. So our thought was, why not pay less for a house and make it in to the house we want. We found a house facing a gorgeous park (with skating rink, field, pool... everything!). The house was not the style we wanted, but it had great potential so we jumped on it. We over paid (500k) for a 4 bedroom house, which was a little larger than our last, however the location sold us! Our first reno...
Before we thought of moving, we bought the house next to us with the intention of fixing it up and flipping it. We gutted it, added new plumbling, electrical, roof, windows, insulation, flooring, doors, carpet, bathroom upgrade... pretty much everything. We kept the old banister and had it refinished. The whole thing (ball park) was 100K.
The plumbers decided to cut massive holes and go through the joists instead of along them. This is common practice with most plumbers so be wary! The building inspector saw this and freaked out! We had to fix their mistake by sistering the joists they cut through (you can see here).
New windows and sprayfoam. One mistake we made here was putting in new windows first.
Almost done and looking great! Because it's an old house, the seem from wall to ceiling was incredibly wonky. We got some pro guys to mud and tape and fix the irregularities. I have to say, when they were done, its looked straight and probably was the best money we spent. Come Back Soon....
We've just begun, so come back and check out our progress!
by RoughTrade9
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