Corner View | Front |
Side/Main Entrance | Rear View |
Garage | Backyard |
Friday, December 4, 2009
As promised..
Here are a couple snaps of the exterior. I was unfortunately not able to beat the snow with the pictures.
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Gettin' to it!
As the first weekend of being a homeowner comes to past I am going to take this time to show what I have all accomplished this weekend.
First task that was completed was the removal of the carpet in the kitchen. The older lady that lived in the house prior didn't like a cold floor so she had carpet installed in the kitchen. I hated it so I ripped it out to see the floor underneath. Turns out there was a layer of linoleum tiles underneath. These were a real treat to remove. A couple hours of scraping and pulling up the tiles and tar paper below revealed a plywood flooring. I had plans to cover this up so I didn't care much. Here are a couple snaps of the flooring while in progress of removing the tiles.
More progress after the jump!
First task that was completed was the removal of the carpet in the kitchen. The older lady that lived in the house prior didn't like a cold floor so she had carpet installed in the kitchen. I hated it so I ripped it out to see the floor underneath. Turns out there was a layer of linoleum tiles underneath. These were a real treat to remove. A couple hours of scraping and pulling up the tiles and tar paper below revealed a plywood flooring. I had plans to cover this up so I didn't care much. Here are a couple snaps of the flooring while in progress of removing the tiles.
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More progress after the jump!
Saturday, November 28, 2009
The before..
Below are a few pictures I had taken of the property during the final walkthrough of the house on 11/22/09.
Living Room | Dining Room |
Kitchen | Master Bedroom |
Hello all, welcome to my home..
Welcome everyone, my name is Brian and I have just purchased my first home. It is a Lannon Stone Ranch that was built in 1951. I am very excited to make this home mine with the updates that I have planned for it.
I had been looking to purchase a home for well over a year. I looked at many and was interested in a few. Unfortunately, all the homes I had been interested in were sold by the time I had tried to look at them. It seemed like a long, never-ending journey to find the right house. While driving around one Sunday looking at a lot of houses around the area I found one that was for sale by owner. I thought it looked interesting and I took a flyer from the sign and wrote down the number.
I then proceeded to a few more open houses that I had planned to look at. At the end of the day, on the way home, I turned down the street in which the for sale by owner house was. Little did I know, this would be the street I was going to live off of. As I came to the corner I realized that the owner was having an open house so I stopped in to look at it. I immediately fell in love with the place.
I had been looking to purchase a home for well over a year. I looked at many and was interested in a few. Unfortunately, all the homes I had been interested in were sold by the time I had tried to look at them. It seemed like a long, never-ending journey to find the right house. While driving around one Sunday looking at a lot of houses around the area I found one that was for sale by owner. I thought it looked interesting and I took a flyer from the sign and wrote down the number.
I then proceeded to a few more open houses that I had planned to look at. At the end of the day, on the way home, I turned down the street in which the for sale by owner house was. Little did I know, this would be the street I was going to live off of. As I came to the corner I realized that the owner was having an open house so I stopped in to look at it. I immediately fell in love with the place.