The Home Improvement Thread
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Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
And a crane to relocate the man cave?
tex
That's Mr Asshole to you
New house will get a new one. That man cave will get me top dollar at this house.
Drove by a house tonight we like a lot. I hadn't seen it in my searches since it has no garage. It was converted to 2 bedrooms. There is a concrete pad in the back that is accessible from the driveway so a new man cave/shop can be built.
The house needs about 10 oaks cut down, new sod, and everyrhing inside has to be redone. I wanted to build new and my wife wanted to stay in the area so this might be a good compromise
CowboyTaco
Well-Known Member
If I could do it again, I would hold out for the house with exactly what I wanted in terms of garage. Building the detached garage was more expensive than I think it should have been, and that was with us doing our research and going with the lowest cost (but still good quality) option that we could find.
Exactly what I'm doing right now. Everyone keeps telling me to build my own house or modify a house after the fact (i.e. build a new garage or an extension). I just reply "I do construction ALL day at work, all week long. You think I want to come home to that?".
Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
+1 for getting the garage you want. 
Oswego
n00b
and that's the mistake I made. First couple years of working after work were "cool", but now when I look back I wish I had just bought what I wanted instead of a total fixer upper.
Yep, I agree. Doing extra renovations means I have no time for my wife, friends, family or to go hunting or wheeling.
Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
Yep.. did the whole renovations thing on my own (without a garage) and it sucked ass. Built what we wanted and had someone else do the heavy lifting for the main shit.
Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
Y’all are a bunch of pansies!
I renovated everything in this 1977 house with one exception to only minor updates to the kitchen and double my Mother Fudging Money!
I took out the wall between dinning room and living room, wired living room for 7.2 surround sound, added an engineered beam into the attic, my cousin owns a flooring company I did 25% of the labor in the floors, gutted the bathrooms down to the studs, I only contracted out the roof and windows and a little bit of plumbing, I paid a friend to help with tile, cause it’s a bitch to cut and set tile by yourself. Check out the photos, it just came up for rent for only $1800. maybe I should have kept the house a couple more years, it’s located in prime location and market, oh well. The front of the house was always kinda ugly to me, but many folks like the simple look.
, one of my Army floor mats from the recruiting office is still in the pictures
2443 Ripplewood Dr, Conroe, TX 77384 | Zillow
After I sold it, I bought a house with 3,800 sq Ft of garage/shop and 800 sq ft of covered parking.
Try and tell me, DIY home renovations doesnt pay off...
I renovated everything in this 1977 house with one exception to only minor updates to the kitchen and double my Mother Fudging Money!
I took out the wall between dinning room and living room, wired living room for 7.2 surround sound, added an engineered beam into the attic, my cousin owns a flooring company I did 25% of the labor in the floors, gutted the bathrooms down to the studs, I only contracted out the roof and windows and a little bit of plumbing, I paid a friend to help with tile, cause it’s a bitch to cut and set tile by yourself. Check out the photos, it just came up for rent for only $1800. maybe I should have kept the house a couple more years, it’s located in prime location and market, oh well. The front of the house was always kinda ugly to me, but many folks like the simple look.
, one of my Army floor mats from the recruiting office is still in the pictures 2443 Ripplewood Dr, Conroe, TX 77384 | Zillow
After I sold it, I bought a house with 3,800 sq Ft of garage/shop and 800 sq ft of covered parking.
Try and tell me, DIY home renovations doesnt pay off...
Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
I don't think anyone said it would not pay off... just nobody wanted to do it anymore. Were you living in the house when you did all the renovations? Our condo was small (1100 sq ft) and my "garage" was a 42" x 72" closet outside on the patio. I had tablesaw, mitersaw, tile saw, plus all the normal tools you would need to do hardwood flooring and tile. Plus paint and new fixtures. Didn't tackle anything plumbing aside from new toilets, left the sinks and countertops (but had we stayed they would have been replaced). We sold it with it not even really being for sale. Realtor talked us into selling it... she had a couple lined up and everything. They asked me how much we wanted for it.. I gave a number and it was done! Insane.
Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
Yes your correct about the pay off, not wanting to do renovations and having ‘X’ features is rare match in buying used homes. I guess what I trying to convey is that the more your willing to spend, the more likely you’ll be able to buy to get those features, just don’t be scared of renovations because they can be an easy wealth sheep building tool on your part if your willing to put the elbow grease into it. Flip it until you get the house and buying power ya need.
Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
Still lived in the house, we spent a few nights in the old camper between clean ups.
Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
I agree about contractors.. finding one you trust is rare. I have found one, but he is not cheap. He does great work and when he says he'll be there... he is. Plus he answers the phone!