Troseph

Kristin just took Ruby to the vet.. I guess she has a condition with her skin and such. They gave her a shot and sent her on her way with some meds. I hope she’s ok. :’(

What has been done:

• Removed all carpet from the house
• prep floors for laminate and carpet install
• Replace water damaged sub-floor in kitchen
• Removed kitchen counters and cabinets
• Sanitize both bathrooms
• Cut down trees in the garden (10x)

Projects in progress:

• Fix rotten floor in bedroom
• Prep for painting

Projects not started:

• Clear out the attic
• Paint
• Install Ikea Laminate
• New Carpet
• New baseboards

So I am a fan of a few things:

• Cleanliness
• Technology
• Modernization
• Completeness

This new old house represents NONE of these. Its not been well kept, it was built in 1924, and I am replacing a floor that looks like it’s been half-done since the 1960’s. We’re re-doing the joists and laying new subfloor to level the back room. When we pulled up the old slumped floor we found not one, but two dead cats. One looked recently deceased, as maggots had just gotten into it. The other would be difficult to guage the time of death as it is completely and utterly mummified. (I know, its awesome) And that was only 1/10 of the floor. God only knows what is under the rest. I’ll get some pictures up soon of this horrific mess I call a room. I’m off to bed.

Cheers,

Troy

I don’t have much time to blog lately, but I figure I’ll post an update on the progress of my remodel. We’ve made insane progress. I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves.

The kitchen before:

Note the casino style carpet. You stay classy 1975.

piles and piles of junk...

Kitchen In progress:

We set this up to scare Gail or Waldo. heh

(Under the sink) This is going to be FUN to fix.

Living room before:

Crazy cat house -- MEOW!

Frannies couches Super-Gs squalor.

Living room in progress:

Waldos chair and the new laminate flooring!

So… It’s mine. And it’s going to be fun. This is my task list for the house.

1. Clean out the tenant’s (Robert “Super-G” Hines) stuff. [complete]
2. Clean out my uncles’ stuff. [7/8 complete]
3. Remove old carpet. [complete]
4. Scrub/Dust/Vacuum/Sanitize entire house. [1/2 complete]
5. Prep floors for Laminate installation [complete]
6. Prep work for painting wood paneling. [started]
7. Prime all of the older parts of the house. [incomplete]
8. Install new carpet [incomplete]
9. New bathroom floors. [incomplete]
10. Install Laminate flooring. [incomplete]
11. Some lite demolition. [incomplete]
12. Weather seal all windows and doors. [incomplete]
13. Run some new electric wires. [incomplete]
14. Relocate Washer/Dryer. [incomplete]
15. Frame basement. [incomplete]
16. Hang Drywall. [incomplete]