Dori REVEAL part 3

I hope you enjoy these weekly updates as I learn to navigate through the business of flipping houses.  My latest flip house, Dori sports the 3 L’s in real estate, but needed more than a bit of creativity to make the house sellable. You can find more about this house and about my 4 previous flip houses here. Last Dori reveal!  Friday we took a look at the exterior and bedroom transformations.  Yesterday was the bathroom and living room.  Today? Today is the most exciting of all!!  The kitchen and dining room!

Dark, windowless, and closed off with a terrible layout.  A chef's dream!

BAM!

Can we just look at these side-by side for a sec?

I'm pretty sure the original kitchen layout had the stove and fridge right next to each other between the counter and the door.

Slightly improved.

The kitchen when I bought the house.... I really have no words.  No one would want to cook anything here.

This kitchen, however is a different story.

The last cave to be brought into the light (literally) was the dining room.

The new slider was a game-changer for this room.

SO what do you think??  While this house didn't have as much history and character as Millie, I think it's my biggest transformation yet!

Now that I've shared the reveal, I'll share the real estate listing.  If you know anyone on the market for a gem in Northborough, MA send em my way!  We'll be having another open house this Sunday.

Dori REVEAL part 2

I hope you enjoy these weekly updates as I learn to navigate through the business of flipping houses.  My latest flip house, Dori sports the 3 L’s in real estate, but needed more than a bit of creativity to make the house sellable. You can find more about this house and about my 4 previous flip houses here. The reveal continues!!  Did you check out part 1 on Friday?  Since doing the whole reveal with befores and afters would be a marathon of a post, I decided to cut the reveal into 3 bite-sized pieces.  Today we continue into the bathroom and living room of the home.  So as not to keep you hanging toooo much, I'll pop in tomorrow with the final part of the reveal (kitchen and dining!)

First thing first!  You want to shower here, right?

Ok fine.  How about here?

Obviously the most significant difference in here is the window.  As you saw Friday, that one window made a huge difference for curb appeal and also makes this little bathroom seem about 3 times bigger!

And then the living room.  It was seriously a cave before.  Dark and claustrophobic.  I assure you, this whole house was worse than it looks in the pics.  Until they invent scratch and sniff computer screens, you'll just have to take my word for it.

Just a little bit brighter and more open... no?  AND no more smells!!!

It's quite remarkable what a bit of drywall, flooring and paint can do (ok, maybe the sledgehammer helped a little).

Just to tease you a little and make you come back tomorrow to see the kitchen and dining reveal, here's a little sliver:

Until tomorrow!

Dori REVEAL part 1

I hope you enjoy these weekly updates as I learn to navigate through the business of flipping houses.  My latest flip house, Dori sports the 3 L’s in real estate, but needed more than a bit of creativity to make the house sellable. You can find more about this house and about my 4 previous flip houses here. It's my favorite time in each flip- REVEAL TIME!  Today I'll show you the transformation of the exterior and the bedrooms.

First the outside made quite a change.  It wasn't exactly an eyesore before, but it really had approximately ZERO curb appeal.

It's the same house, I swear!

And the backyard before ...

And now so much cleaner and more open.  The old barn and overgrown wisteria are no more and there's a wide open place to play with a new slider for direct access.

Heading inside, let's hit the bedrooms first.  If you haven't been following along, the inside recap is pretty much everything is new except the structure.  There was really NOTHING worth keeping.

Small bedroom #1:

That before makes me shudder... thankfully now.....

The other small bedroom made just as drastic a change:

Say it with me: Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh

And last on our bedroom tour, but certainly not least, the master..... started off cozy and welcoming, right?

And NOW??

Doesn't she look awesome?  I knew this cute little house was hiding somewhere under all that crap and paneling!

Check back Monday for the next part of the reveal!!

Have a wonderful weekend!