Our new (to us) mobile home is turning out to be quite a mess. Of course, the number of things that are wrong with it keep going up and up. DW and I went over on Saturday and ripped up the old carpeting and laminate floors in the living room and bedrooms. We discovered a lovely water leak and termites that have damaged the sub floor! Unfortunately, it's too late to turn back now, since we paid for the place in cash and it was an "as is" sale. In my "careful" inspection of the house, I did not notice any structural problems. Chalk it up to one more of life's lessons. Our friend who is doing most of the repairs for us thinks he can keep it well within the budget without a problem, even with the plumbing repairs. He came over yesterday and did a walkthrough, and is going to give us the full rundown as soon as he finishes pricing out everything. He is even going to paint it for us. He has a sprayer so it will just take him an afternoon. We decided that would be best so we can move in quick, then we can take our time and do room by room makeovers.
I still see the place as our little diamond in the rough, even though we have some unexpected problems. I know we can make it a wonderful home.
Monday, May 24, 2010
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Pre-fabulous
We are closing on the perfect mobile home on May 14th. It was very inexpensive, about 2-7 thousand dollars less than everything else we were looking at.
It needs new heating/air unit, paint, flooring, and the bathrooms need to be ripped out. Luckily, we know a carpenter who is going to help us do a lot of work. We will be doing the painting ourselves, and of course all the planning. Move in day will be on or before June 30th so we have some time to do the floors, paint, and at least one bathroom before we get in. Fortunately, the kitchen is in fairly good shape and just needs to be cleaned really well. I have pictures saved from the MLS taken by the realtor but I feel better about posting my own "before" pictures. :)
As soon as we get this place under control we are going to try to work on my grandfather's house again. We both have too much on us to handle everything all at one time.
It needs new heating/air unit, paint, flooring, and the bathrooms need to be ripped out. Luckily, we know a carpenter who is going to help us do a lot of work. We will be doing the painting ourselves, and of course all the planning. Move in day will be on or before June 30th so we have some time to do the floors, paint, and at least one bathroom before we get in. Fortunately, the kitchen is in fairly good shape and just needs to be cleaned really well. I have pictures saved from the MLS taken by the realtor but I feel better about posting my own "before" pictures. :)
As soon as we get this place under control we are going to try to work on my grandfather's house again. We both have too much on us to handle everything all at one time.
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