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Feb 20, 2013 9:04AM
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I liked the "before" in the kitchen. All that sterile white (which gets dirty if you actually USE the kitchen) was just too ugly. I love the look of wood. So warm and inviting. Thanks, but I'll keep my boring wood kitchen if this is what the trend is.
Feb 20, 2013 2:55AM
Sep 17, 2012 4:02PM
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What is the color/brand of paint used on the wall that isn't white, the one surrounding the curtained door on the right side of this picture?
Sep 17, 2012 4:02PM
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What is the color/brand of paint used on the wall that isn't white, the one surrounding the curtained door on the right side of this picture?
Sep 4, 2012 10:26AM
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Everything is too sterile.  What happened to places with indiosyncracies.  This is an indication how the marrage is. 
Sep 4, 2012 9:06AM
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Just do not over spend while fixing up, as a homeowner I was told not to over due with upgrades if I wanted to sell because the value of the home cannot go up no matter how nice or expensive the upgrades are.  f the truth were told, this shack in the photo is not worth anymore monetarrilly than before the repairs were made.
Sep 4, 2012 9:05AM
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Looking at this remodeled kitchen....They lost cabinet space and counter space. The most important thing that was lost is the MICROWAVE! So who thinks this remodel is a step forward?
Sep 4, 2012 8:57AM
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I see a theme and that theme is white!
Sep 4, 2012 8:48AM
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I own a house that was built in 1910 (est. by city, because they lost all of the paperwork from that era). I can definitely see the potential, the problem? The house is currently valued around $17,000, I paid $15,000. Houses in the area with no problems sell for around $25 to $30,000. Now lets see, (all estimates are with some of the work being performed by myself to cut costs) -

roof and dormers, eaves and gutters          = $5,000

windows and doors                                      = $3,000

siding (a lot of area, it's a two story house) = $15,000

foundation repair                                          = $10,000

repair porches, some landscaping               = $3,000

TOTAL OUTSIDE                                        = $36,000

flooring                                                         = $3,000

paint                                                             = $2,000

plumbing and electrical up to code              = $6,000

woodwork and trim, doors, etc.                    = $2,000

TOTAL INSIDE                                            = $13,000

GRAND TOTAL WHOLE HOUSE = $49,000 repairs + $15,000 paid = $64,000

If I can lose about 7 off of the inside and the siding and foundation repair (just slap a coat of paint on the exterior), I'll shave 32 off of the estimates, that still leaves 17 in repairs + 15 paid = $32,000 invested. I will be VERY LUCKY just to BREAK EVEN.

 

Granted, these are just rough estimates, it could cost more. I feel like I got duped when I bought the place, I wasn't informed of just how much was wrong and in need of repair (I know, I know. That part is entirely my own fault, I don't blame anybody else for that.) My house doesn't look as bad as the duplex (the one that was lifted and the chimney's were rebuilt, slide #5).

 

This article is more like "How to lose money on any house in any condition!". I can definitely tell you that I will never be talked into an "investment" property again. It sounded good at the time, buy house cheap, rehab it, sell for up to $10 to $15,000 profit (who wouldn't want to buy at 15 and sell for 25-30?). The realtor was quick to point out the historical neighborhood and the houses potential and downplay the problems (Again, I know, that is what they are paid to do. Due diligence on my part and all that.) I suppose it wouldn't be that bad if I was planning on retiring there and living in the house, but doing it for resale wasn't one of my better moments.

Sep 4, 2012 8:45AM
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What is it with all of this white?  Rather Bland
Sep 4, 2012 8:17AM
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@american684 : Looks nothing like Jenny's house. Take a closer look. Try putting the two images side by side if you still think it is.
Sep 4, 2012 7:58AM
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Slide number 5 couldn't have happened. That was Jenny's house from Forrest Gump and Forrest had that house bulldozed to the ground! Trust me, I watched the movie!
Sep 4, 2012 7:56AM
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Looks like they bought LOTS of white paint and painted just about everything in sight. When did that become trendy or nice? I like color in my life!
May 30, 2012 5:53AM
Dec 31, 2011 5:39PM
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It would be nice to add more floor space to my hotel room by adding a wooden platform on which to place my bed. Quickly, without relocating to a larger apartment, I could spread out in quite a bit more standing room, which I could use, for instance, to improve my music videos by adding a wall-hung background and/or some floor-standing studio lighting effects. Unfortunately, the room's ceiling, however, based upon my arms-reach measurements, is too low for a platform. Watch this video to see how I estimated my room's available space using only my body and no measuring instruments, which could have gotten in the way towards my determining of the room's virtual available remodeling-space dimensions, before I might have ever ended up wasting any time and/or energy from constructing useless room dividers in an otherwise cozy, functional amount of space in this little hotel room. See it at my YouTube Channel or my Blogger blog, "Resume."

Dec 22, 2011 11:49AM
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Painting wood cabinets white is better how? Oh wait if we use catchy terms like unitfy then its ok.

Dec 14, 2011 4:56AM
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Perhaps I missed it---was the cost of these renovations listed anywhere? How much of the work did they have to hire out and how much of it did they do themselves? Any union plumbers, carpenters, bricklayers etc. that you had to hire (especially the ones that lifted the house to repair the foundation) must have cost a small fortune.  I hope they didn't spend a lot for the house and property to begin with because all that work must have cost them as much as a brand new home.
Dec 14, 2011 4:54AM
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L. Streeter... It wasn't for us bloody americans you would be speaking German. Your welcome scumbag. now go back to your hole. and why would americans want to travel to your dump of a  country? I prefer the Islands when I travel, the people there are extremely polite and not ignorant people like you Europeans. And if that is what you believe that's how us Americans live than you are probably about as dumb as they come.
Dec 14, 2011 4:30AM
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To L Streeter - What, you woke up on the wrong side of the pond?  What cave did you just crawl out of?  Go back to it.  You're don't have a clue you "bloody" ex-pat.  What, you eat at Arthur Treacher's and call it a great fish dinner.  Are you kidding me you jackass. 
Dec 14, 2011 4:23AM
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