Nessie the Flip House: Week 18

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!!  

Exciting things are still happening at Nessie and it's making me one happy flipper.  This week, much more interior painting happened.  All that's left is lots of touchups and maybe one more coat in a bedroom.

Exterior lights went up, so now I just need to get the house numbers up and she's just about ready for her exterior pics.  The second gutters are up (hopefully next week) I plan on taking pics just in case Mother Nature decides to snow before we list in just a few weeks.  A few weeks!  eek!  I'm crossing my fingers that everything can happen in time otherwise we're pushed until after Christmas.

The basement "bowling alley" got a new floor mostly.  Thanks to a few boxes being damaged when we opened them, we're awaiting replacement boxes to finish the job.  Because it's a basement, I chose to do vinyl planks.  Wood cannot go directly on concrete, but I still wanted the warmth.  I'm debating on the best way to stage this area already.  I'm definitely putting a couch and seating area by the nooks where a tv can go, but that still leaves half the room.  I've been thinking to potentially stage some workout gear- an elliptical, yoga mat, etc.  Either that or a kid zone.  I'd love you to weigh in!

Back upstairs, the kitchen floor is stained with 2 coats of poly.... there was a bit of a hiccup on my flooring guy's end, so the wood floors are taking a little bit longer than anticipated though.  Luckily he was still able to get the kitchen set so we can install cabinets today!!!!

I'm so excited to see this kitchen go in!!!  I hope they aren't cursing me too much yet- I always have some weird custom element that is atypical...  this time its a weird crown molding and a bench on the peninsula.  I know they'll make it work- they always do!

Kitchen install is always a total turning point for flips.  That means that we can get countertops templated, appliances delivered, and all the rest of the pieces can start falling into place. I'm so excited!!  Interior Doors also got delivered today and the bathroom linen closet is getting the cutest little door there ever was.

Over the weekend, Handy Dad and I are planning to be installing the laundry/powder room tile that I gave you a glimpse of on instagram.  I'm hoping that the wonky concrete floor won't be too challenging for the install.  Cross your fingers for us!  Either way, I'm hoping that between today and this weekend, Nessie will be an even prettier lady.  I'm so antsy to see this house come to fruition!

Have a stellar weekend and I can't wait to share next weeks progress with you!!!

Nessie the Flip House: Week 17

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!!  

Happy Thanksgiving!! That totally snuck up on me this year!  Luckily, even with the holiday this week, there was progress at the flip!!  and it's good progress too.  The exterior of the house is all done being painted and I'm so glad I made the decision to spend the money on it.  The new door color totally takes this house to a more contemporary place.

The blue in the grass is some seed that I spread yesterday hoping that since it's not too frigid out, there still might be an opportunity for some more grass to grow.  Probably wishful thinking, but worth a try!  Now that the paint is set, she's ready for new gutters, house numbers, and a new light!

Inside, almost all the walls got painted.  There's still a few more coats to go and trimming to do once we have baseboards and doors in, but now we can install things like the kitchen cabinets without worrying about painting around later.  This is white #2.  The first white, Simply White, just looked too yellow in this space.  I ended up having Simply Gray mixed at 50% so the walls just have a small hint of a warm gray.  I always tell my design clients to test colors to see how they work in the light of their space, and I didn't listen to my own advice.  Luckily, I was able to buy some more paint and have them paint the second coat with the new white.

The progress this week that made me most giddy was the bathroom tile.  Please excuse the yellow-toned walls, that's white #1 that you're seeing as this room hasn't gotten a coat of the chosen color yet.

I decided to run my typical subway tile vertically instead of horizontally and I'm so happy with the result.  I think it looks awesome!  It's going to get a light gray grout to finish it out.

On the floor, a large scale tile will be getting a matching grout that will disappear into the tile.  I really can't wait for the vanity and lighting to make it's way in here!  Actually, I can't wait for lights in general.... there's only one working light in the house currently and thats in the utility area of the basement.

More exciting progress is scheduled for this coming week.  Wood floor refinishing, doors, maybe kitchen installation, and Handy Dad and I will be tackling tile in the new laundry/powder room.  I'll finally be getting my hands dirty at this house!  I'll be posting more and more to my instagram stories as we start coming down the home stretch of this house.  We're planning to list in just under a month!!  Follow along with me @copper_dot.

I hope you have a relaxing long weekend filled with Thanksgiving leftovers!

Nessie the Flip House: Week 16

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 love this point in flips where every step is now a visible piece that makes the house look more finished.  Drywall last week was awesome, but this week, the beginning of painting REALLY means things are starting to look like a livable space once again!  Everything is primed!  It is going to be white ultimately but not so stark.  Simply White will be a great backdrop for my blue cabinets- you haven't forgotten about those have you??

And while 100% necessary, I was hoping that we weren't going to have to totally replace the boiler, but we did. Let me let you in on our thought process here: the old boiler was repairable, but not cheap.  For about an extra 2k, we were able to get a new one all together.  While we didn't want to spend the extra 2k on a budget that already much higher than we originally hoped, we realized that if we plan to ask over half a million for this house (and we do! location location location!!!), buyers were going to want to see all new.  New boiler, new ac,  new electrical, new.  So we did.  The little, rusty, old one is chillin in the front right of the pic (and has since been removed completely) and the new one is all red, shiny, new, and WORKS.  Hooray for heat!

The item that I'm most excited about, however, is the thing that was the quickest so far this week- getting started on painting the exterior!!!!  Aside from today, there was only 1 non-rainy day all week, however the painters were able to make HUGE progress!  No more pukey yellow beige!  They still have doors and trim to paint, but my goodness what a difference this made already!!

The color looks super blue in the pic, but it's more of a blue/gray that should look a bit different in different lights.  I am looking forward to getting rid of the red on the door now, though.  I know that some of you might love the pop of red, but the colors are feeling very traditional right now.  The new door color- Dorset Gold, will hopefully take the house to a more modern place.

Next week should just keep building and compound on this week's exciting progress.  I'm expecting to see more paint, some finished floors, and hopefully some tile!!  Each day is a step closer to completion!

Have an awesome weekend!!!