Monday, May 29, 2006
Sunday 5/28
Since we are waiting for Home Depot to put in new carpeting upstairs, we were forced to pull out the old carpet ourselves (or Ken did) since it is full of cat. Actually quite easy. We will have to get a dumpster for our waste. You can see the living room with the blue pad. What is going on with the wall in the living room, you may ask. We are wondering that ourselves. We removed the "beautiful" wood panels surrounding the fireplace to discover there is no drywall. Project #1 - dry wall the living room wall. The other photo is of the downstairs family room. In the far space will go our TV and a sectional couch, and in the near space we will put a pool table. Note: we are furnishing most of the house on Craig's list. We are to pick up some lovely microfiber couches for the living room today! We plan to turn the unfinished wall into a half-wall that goes waist-high and place a tile of sorts on it - a good place to set drinks while playing pool! So Ken is going to HD to purchase his first power tool today! We will inform the ER at the Navy Hospital to stand by!
Sunday, May 28, 2006
Move In Day #1
1) Ken was on call today, so it was just me. I don a mask while in the house since there was a cat in here, however, smell is not too bad. I spend two hours wiping down walls in the family room and removing a large assortment of spiders and a million staples from the wall!! This was obviously the kids play area. The carpet cleaners arrive to do the family room carpet.
2) Next I meet with a rep from Empire Carpets about replacing the upstairs carpet. We went to Home Depot and got a quote of around $2000 to do a decent burbur, however, HD takes a few weeks to get it in so we are trying Empire. Empire quotes us $4600. What the *%#!! I guess we'll wait a few weeks. FYI - we got $2000 in cash on close for new carpet.
3) I begin to prime the family room walls and cover up the pen and markings. We purchsed a $70 electric paint roller to speed up the job, but it becomes clear as it slowy sucks the paint from the can up a 10 ft tube that this is going to become more hassle than its worth. I paint two walls and spend an hour cleaning the machine. Dave (the carpet guy) at HD who is awesome and will be our new go to for all needs confirms that the better way to paint is a foam pad vs. old rollers. I'll let you know tommorrow, and post pics of our progress.
2) Next I meet with a rep from Empire Carpets about replacing the upstairs carpet. We went to Home Depot and got a quote of around $2000 to do a decent burbur, however, HD takes a few weeks to get it in so we are trying Empire. Empire quotes us $4600. What the *%#!! I guess we'll wait a few weeks. FYI - we got $2000 in cash on close for new carpet.
3) I begin to prime the family room walls and cover up the pen and markings. We purchsed a $70 electric paint roller to speed up the job, but it becomes clear as it slowy sucks the paint from the can up a 10 ft tube that this is going to become more hassle than its worth. I paint two walls and spend an hour cleaning the machine. Dave (the carpet guy) at HD who is awesome and will be our new go to for all needs confirms that the better way to paint is a foam pad vs. old rollers. I'll let you know tommorrow, and post pics of our progress.
Closing - Friday May 26th
1)We received the keys at 6:30pm. The previous owners failed to vacuum or remove trash from the house and yard, but I am cutting them some slack since they are also military and per our new neighbor, the movers were late and the family had to catch their flights before the movers were finshed. We are familiar with the difficulties surrounding this.
But, it becomes clear to us, that the previous owners did not give a rat's tail about the state of their house. But this is great for us, since some cosmetic upkeep should get us some profit. We are planning to sell in two years when Ken is done with his residency and go overseas (Europe or Japan). For the future grandparents out there, this does not mean we will be strangers. I assume you would be up for visiting on our dollar and I can always catch free military flights back to the US often. Our future child/ren will be avid little fliers.
2) Ken knocks down the partial wall separting the family room in half and gets some masculine satisfaction from soing so. It is so fun to be home owners!
3) We went to Home Depot and picked out paint for the living and family rooms (you'll see colors in future pics).
But, it becomes clear to us, that the previous owners did not give a rat's tail about the state of their house. But this is great for us, since some cosmetic upkeep should get us some profit. We are planning to sell in two years when Ken is done with his residency and go overseas (Europe or Japan). For the future grandparents out there, this does not mean we will be strangers. I assume you would be up for visiting on our dollar and I can always catch free military flights back to the US often. Our future child/ren will be avid little fliers.
2) Ken knocks down the partial wall separting the family room in half and gets some masculine satisfaction from soing so. It is so fun to be home owners!
3) We went to Home Depot and picked out paint for the living and family rooms (you'll see colors in future pics).
The New House
So many of you have asked about photos of our house and updates on remolding, etc...so I thought I would start a blog! After one day, I can tell this (remodling) is going to be a learning process. So here are the photos we took before purchase.
*Top: The kitchen - major selling point for us. A complete remodel with new appliances! I am thinking about a red paint in here.
*Middle: The view - major selling point for us. This is from the living room/deck. We overlook Dye's Inlet (off of Puget Sound) and you can see Mt. Rainier on a clear day.
*Bottom: The front of the house. The driveway is to the right. One of the selling points was all new windows, but the exterior needs new paint and some trim/shutters or decorative stuff.
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