Flipping

Nessie the Flip House: Week 13

I hope you enjoy these weekly updates as I navigate through the business of flipping houses one house at a time!!  Check in each Friday to see weekly update of how this house progresses!  To catch up on the progress on Nessie, check out her previous posts here.  If you’re new here (Hello!!!),  or just enjoy walking down memory lane, you can see my 6 previous flip houses here.  Thanks for coming along for the ride!!  

My apologies for this day late post.  I was fighting off baby germs and the fact that yesterday was Friday completely escaped me.  This is the last week that my post will be picture-light because starting next week we get floors, drywall, a window..... such exciting things!!!  Back to this week, though.  I swear it was a pretty busy week- plumbing, wiring, framing, preliminary insulation... but the major accomplishment was:

 

That's permit sign-off on rough plumbing, electrical, and framing by the town inspectors!  The only last signature we need before we can close the walls up is insulation and that should be coming Tuesday.  It's been a long road to this point.  Or at least longer than I had originally anticipated.

 

Once drywall goes up, I'll most likely put up my signature to-do check lists in each room, but my electrician has is own lists in a few places.

 

 

Wood floor for the kitchen, hallway, and back bedroom got delivered.  I can't wait to see it installed!!!

 

 

And with a wet week, we're actually getting some grass!  I won't lie, I do find it pretty cool that in the right conditions it can go from seed to 2 inches of grass in less than 24 hours.

 

 

I'm excited to see the transformation in the coming week!  This house has been gutted for way too long!

 

Have an awesome weekend!

Nessie the Flip House: Week 12

I hope you enjoy these weekly updates as I navigate through the business of flipping houses one house at a time!!  Check in each Friday to see weekly update of how this house progresses!  To catch up on the progress on Nessie, check out her previous posts here.  If you’re new here (Hello!!!),  or just enjoy walking down memory lane, you can see my 6 previous flip houses here.  Thanks for coming along for the ride!!  

More plumbing and electrical and framing happened this week.  Have a great weekend!

Just kidding!  Yes, more plumbing and electrical and framing happened this week, but so did landscaping.  I won't bore you with interior pics this week... "look, more electrical wire than last week!"  Rough inspections should be happening any day now (plumbing, electrical, and insulation so the inspector can approve what we've done before drywall blocks it all).  Once those happen, I can get drywall, floors, paint, tile, etc.  I'm really hoping that the interior stuff flies.  I'd like to actually sell this house some time. 

 

This week, the outside finally got cleaned up.  Beautiful hydrangea bushes now flank the front door and the dead arbor vitae is gone at last.

 

The dead areas of grass got new dirt and grass seed and the planting beds got fresh edges, new mulch and some pops of color with mums.

 

 

We also finally got a post mailbox installed and maybe they'll finally deliver mail!

 

 

No drastic landscape changes, however just cleaning it all up made a huge difference.  Now I'm just waiting for a few things to get repaired on the exterior to schedule painters!  If I can't improve the curb appeal with a porch or portico, the least I can do is paint.  I think I can work it into my budget....  Also on the exterior list is new gutters, house numbers, trim on a few windows, still waiting on a new window on the front, and of course new lights.  At least something is starting to look more polished!

 

Onword and upward!

Have an amazing weekend!

Nessie the Flip House: Week 11

I hope you enjoy these weekly updates as I navigate through the business of flipping houses one house at a time!!  Check in each Friday to see weekly update of how this house progresses!  To catch up on the progress on Nessie, check out her previous posts here.  If you’re new here (Hello!!!),  or just enjoy walking down memory lane, you can see my 6 previous flip houses here.  Thanks for coming along for the ride!!  

I'm finally seeing a light at the end of the tunnel!  While it may not look drastically different today than it did last week, it is leaps closer to drywall.  Plumbing and electrical are just steps away from their rough inspections.

 

 

 

 

The drywaller is available the last week of the month, so I'm setting that deadline and making sure that everyone else does their homework before then.  Once the drywaller is set, we can get to flooring and even painting, and THEN this house will look like something once again!

 

 

 

 

Framing is almost set.

 

 

The most visible change this week was actually outside, though.  We have a new patio and retaining wall!

 

 

Additionally, the brick on the front retaining wall was also repaired.  Now that the masonry is done, landscaping can start on Monday!

 

 

Even though I still have a lot of decisions to make for the house, I already have my sights set on staging.  I know I'll need to buy a few new pieces, but I'm thinking about repurposing a few of my existing staging pieces to really shine in this house.  I also have a few DIY ideas that could really be standout.  Now I just need to find time to do all the projects I want to!  Let me tell you- with a 6 month old, a full schedule of design clients, and project managing/designing this flip I'm pooped!  It's all good things, I just wish there were a few more hours each day! (I'm sure every working mom everywhere has thought this same thing)

 

In the words of Rihanna, cheers to the freakin weekend!

 

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