Nessie the Flip House: Week 22

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!!  *This post may contain affiliate links*  

We're in the home stretch as this house is really looking livable!  Also looking a bit like a winter wonder land.

There was a bump in the road this week, however.  I stopped over Christmas evening to shovel and found hot water puddling onto the tile floor in the laundry room!  After a panic and a few choice words, I shut off the hot water to a sink that was running and wasn't supposed to be.  It seems to have been a comedy of errors (although not so funny at the time)- a valve that wasn't shut off and should have been by the plumber... which would have been just fine if the faucet I had gotten didn't break when no one was there...  All of that would ALSO have been fine if this wasn't a below-grade bathroom that needs the waste pumped UP into the septic system and guess what wasn't on yet.  That's right... THE PUMP!  So the running water backed up into the pump and subsequently out the toilet.  Luckily it was all new plumbing and a new toilet so no unsavory waste was spilled.  Even luckier is that there wasn't enough water to do any damage.  A few baseboards got wet, but seemed to dry out just fine.  Drywall escaped damage and no water got into the bowling alley so major crisis averted.  Just enough of a crisis to get my heart pumping.

Other than the "excitement" of catastrophically non-working plumbing and now thankfully working plumbing and flushing toilets (!!!), only a few things got taken care of this week.  The electrician has been plugging away at his list.

And my contractor created a bench top for the dining bench as well as a new ledge for the bowling alley entertainment nooks- both of which will get painted in the trim color.

Mom and Handy Dad have been helping with the prep for all the final painting so that we can get the last coat on the floors next week.  So close to finishing!!  The only thing I'm debating on now is the "fud" room that I talked about back at week 8.  I still think it would be a nice feature, but I'm not sold on how necessary it is.  I think it will really come down to timing!

Next week will mostly consist of painting, backsplash tiling, and hopefully the final coat on the floors so that we can STAGE the following week!!!!  This house needs furniture!

Have a great weekend and a happy new year!!!

Nessie the Flip House: Week 21

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!!  *This post may contain affiliate links*  

GUESS WHAT!!!  TOILETS!!

They aren't 100% functional yet, but will be by the end of the day today!  The powder room toilet is a new style for me because it needs to pump up to the septic system.  BUT this little toilet means that this house has officially gone from a 3 bed/1 bath to a 3 bed/1.5 bath- a big deal for value!

Again it was a challenge getting clear pics yesterday to show you this week's progress because it was a busy house: the plumber had his stuff everywhere, and I couldn't walk on half the floor due to a fresh coat of polyurethane.  Next week, I'll be able to show clear pictures without stuff everywhere as the house starts it's clean-up (!!!!!).  In addition to plumbing, lots of electrical happened, as did more baseboards, kitchen toekicks, and my kitchen bench finally went in!!!

I know it doesn't look it yet, but this bench will be the dining room.  I'll be putting a table right up to it.  With no true dining area in this house, I'm creating one with this bench.  The staging will make it all clear!!  Soon, I promise!

Further in the kitchen, again, yay plumbing and dishwasher!  And To Do lists!  Each room is now sporting my signature To Do lists and I hope that most will get checked off within the next week.

I know my tile choice isn't going to resinate with all of you (especially since only 87% of you loved it on instagram stories), but I think it's exactly the statement this house needs!  Bold? you bet.  I've mentioned before that I don't like to play it too safe on these flips.  I'm literally banking on someone falling hard for this house and generic finishes just don't inspire that kind of passion.

The only area that's currently clean, unfortunately, is the living room, entry, and front bedroom so they could get fresh floor finishing.  Under the necessary construction clutter, this little house is really starting to shine and I can't wait to show you!

I'm excited to start the clean-up, finishing, and final decent of this house back to being live-able!

Have an amazing weekend and a merry Christmas!!

Nessie the Flip House: Week 20

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!!  *This post may contain affiliate links*  

This week was the first week that actually made me feel confident that the end is near for this project!  Lots of little details started to get ironed out (and a few big ones too!)

Big one?  Countertops!  Always such a milestone. Even though my contractor still has to install the bench that is going on the back of the peninsula (trust me, it will totally WORK), this kitchen is looking more finished by the day!

Now I can install the backsplash and appliances and plumbing!!

I had a tile left over from a design client that I thought could work well here, but now that the counter is in, I'm thinking it may not be the best choice.  I did some running around grabbing tile samples to give myself a few more options. The one laying on the counter is the original planned tile, but I'm leaning toward the tile on the right as of this moment.  I do have one other sample to contemplate that I didn't have with me at the time so we'll see what I end up going with!

Speaking of tile, Handy Dad and I finished a few last tiles in the laundry/powder room and got it grouted.  I love this tile so much!!

The floors in the bowling alley got finished, doors went in in the basement, and baseboards are just about set!  My contractors were actively working in the basement area when I was taking pictures, so I was trying to stay out of their way, and couldn't get the best pics to show you.  At long last, however, the laundry/powder room has a pocket door and the storage/utility space is closed off from the finished space.

This is the reality some days: contractors everywhere, tools everywhere and stuff everywhere.  On Wednesday, I had a contractor putting trim in the kitchen, 2 drywallers patching and filling holes, 2 flooring guys sanding wood floors, and Handy Dad and I grouting and doing miscellaneous other detail work.  In a small house, that's a lot of people!  I usually try and spare them from my pictures, but yesterday Heiko posed/jumped in.  Hi Heiko!

Moving back upstairs, the bathroom vanity got installed.  I was nervous about how tight the plumbing would be, but it looks like it will work out!  I'll know for certain when the plumber comes next week, but I'm not sweating about it anymore.  Now I need to get the gigantic round mirror I intend to install!

So much done yet so much left to do!  Next week may be a bit of a slower week as wood floors get finished and plumbing hopefully gets installed.  Just a few more weeks to go!

Have a fantastic weekend!!!