Xyster101 Posted November 13, 2011 Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 Bought a foreclosure in May from Fanny Mae, I knew it had some problems, but not this bad. Upon original inspection in February the living room looked great: http://www.adamdaley.com/max/house/01.jpg There is a flat roof above this with a cement coating, well melting snow caused leaks and the ceiling texture started to fall (March): http://www.adamdaley.com/max/house/02.jpg We closed in May and mid July I was going to have a rubber roof installed. I wanted to make sure the structure was stable, so I took down the ceiling. As long as the ceiling was coming down, wife wanted a larger window, so that drywall came down. http://www.adamdaley.com/max/house/03.jpg Well, I found some termite damage. I knew the house had some termite damage, but not how bad. This was above a sliding glass door: http://www.adamdaley.com/max/house/05.jpg The whole rim joist below the sliding glass door was rotten and hollow. It came out with a kick of a boot: http://www.adamdaley.com/max/house/04.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xyster101 Posted November 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 So the father and brother in law came down from NY to help out. Tore the whole wall down, tore up the subfloor as some joists were damaged and it was a 18" tall crawl space with no access. http://www.adamdaley.com/max/house/06.jpg The wall with the window came out too: http://www.adamdaley.com/max/house/07.jpg Next we had the rubber roof installed above, the whole reason for this: http://www.adamdaley.com/max/house/08.jpg And the process of rebuilding. Can you see how out of square the foundation is for this room? http://www.adamdaley.com/max/house/09.jpg So we build a new joist system to work with the horrid foundation and added insulation which did not exist before: http://www.adamdaley.com/max/house/10.jpg Here is in laws and my dad (shortest one) I am the tallest: http://www.adamdaley.com/max/house/11.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xyster101 Posted November 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 The ceiling texture was a beast and we had 6 stucco people out to look at it. The original owner was a stucco guy. I was able to find him and he came out and redid the ceiling to match the part we did not touch. He put the original ceiling texture on in '85: http://www.adamdaley.com/max/house/12.jpg Rolled the ceiling with a 1 1/4" roller and primer, it did not get all the cracks filled. So I had to spray the ceiling paint to cover everything. http://www.adamdaley.com/max/house/13.jpg I also rebuilt all the trim and box beams in the room, redid all the electrical (added 2 circuits) and hide wire for built in speakers later on. We also reused the original carpet since it was only 6 months old. http://www.adamdaley.com/max/house/14.jpg So finally today, the paint is dry and we can move in. The wife already put up some decorations for the holidays. http://www.adamdaley.com/max/house/15.jpg http://www.adamdaley.com/max/house/16.jpg Only took 4 months and close to 20 grand to make the living room structurally sound and add a bigger window. I did it all myself except the stucco work and some help from family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Brian Posted November 13, 2011 Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 That looks great man, I'm sure that 20 grand makes you feel like a million bucks now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrs.cos Posted November 13, 2011 Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 awesome job. The room looks great. So, now that you have done all of that, is the house now around what the value of its acutal worth, instead of what you paid for it at auction? Are you still ahead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cordell Posted November 13, 2011 Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 Very nice, congrats on a job well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeitgeist57 Posted November 13, 2011 Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 Wow, Max...great job! Awesome seeing family helping out! Let me know when you're having people over for the house re-warming party. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wnaplay1647545503 Posted November 14, 2011 Report Share Posted November 14, 2011 Termites are a fucked up thing to have, I tore a wall out a few weeks ago that no longer had a single remnant of stud left. I hope Inever have to deal with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC K9 Posted November 14, 2011 Report Share Posted November 14, 2011 I hate house work. props to you and your fam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirks5oh Posted November 14, 2011 Report Share Posted November 14, 2011 looks great. congrats on the good work. $20k well invested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browning Posted November 14, 2011 Report Share Posted November 14, 2011 Your wife was right for wanting that bigger window. Looks great. Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xyster101 Posted November 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2011 Thanks. Did not buy the house at auction. The new thing on a foreclosure is for the bank to dump some money into them and then try to sell them. As a result this home had fresh paint and carpet. Bad thing is it had a year of negelect and no history behind it. I hope the house is worth the asking price of 3 years ago now, but it had to be done. The floor was not supported by anything and was only going to rot out worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2 Sweet Posted November 14, 2011 Report Share Posted November 14, 2011 Very nice work! Good call on going with a bigger window Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjrsplat Posted November 14, 2011 Report Share Posted November 14, 2011 Nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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