I can't say this will be a normal blog. Or a whole hog DIY blog. Or all about interior design tips. Or what have you. It will most likely be a story of buying a house from a flipper in Chicago who had the worst taste on the planet and did things, how shall we say, cheaply? And how I'm trying to make it nice using my skill set within a reasonable budget. Plus I guess what got me to here today is that I'm so tired of looking at ugly stuff that's affordable while the attractive simple stuff is expensive. There's got to be a way, right?......Right? There will be. It just takes time and patience. I'm sure too some trials of homeownership will be peppered in here at times. And fyi, I have no idea what I'm doing, so I'm bound to make this thing not look right or function properly.
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Our house, before |
Here's the house, pre-flip, before we bought it, before the flipper got his grubby paws all over it. It used to be a two flat and was converted into a single family home.
It had that sad 50's stone facade, or maybe it was 70's. Either way, it was sad looking.
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Our house, after |
Here's the house now, post-flip. It's got a fresh new facade of brick, a new door and one ginormous window on the first floor. Although I guess it had that huge window before it appears. Well, at least the front looks a lot better. And at least the brick work was done well. It's pretty strong brick too, so say the several drill bits I broke trying to hang house numbers and our mailbox.
So we'll see where this thingie goes. If anything it'll just be a record for myself of all that I did to undo what they all did.
Hi! I've come over to your blog from hometalk and decided to go back to the beginning of your story. :)
ReplyDeleteOh fantastic! Welcome from Hometalk! I'm so glad you're here, thank you!
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