I need to let you know that we did have our walk through this AM at 11 and since then until 8PM have been over there working! We are both sore and exhausted. This sort of thing was way easier to do when we both were 20 years younger...which was the last time we worked this hard on a house!
Some highlights....finding a wonderful handyman...who will be very important in our lives in the next months. Low lights...finding that a lot of the remodeling they did was done carelessly and haphazardly. OK at first glance, but problems when you really look at things....stuff like a loose toilet, a loose sink, a vanity where you can't close the bottom drawer cause the pipes interfere, badly done painting, sloppily done painting, etc, etc. The washer and dryer both have issues...but are usable for now. Most likely the dishwasher and disposal do too! Thank goodness we have our new stove and fridge coming Friday!
The whole downstairs really does need to be repainted....it is sloppy and the renters left nail holes etc, etc. I can do that...not crazy about it but once I get started will get into it. Upstairs is done better and will have to wait...it is OK.
What we did today.....Mike cleaned out the garage and storage building...a big job.... and raked, pruned and cleaned up the yard. I did a load of laundry, scrubbed both bathrooms good....and the kitchen, and went to Walmart for tons of cleaning things....and a new vacuum...which I love! Then I vacuumed after I cleaned all the ceiling fans which I don't think had been cleaned in years! Everything was dirty and unkempt. But it looks a hell of a lot better now then it did when we got there...and will look even better.
We found that our new fridge would not fit under the cabinets! We could not get in there to measure cause of the renters. The new handyman came and took that cabinet out! YES!! And will work on the other issues I mentioned before...oh...and he cut our grass too!
Tomorrow Mike is going to work on cleaning up the basement. I am going to clean out all the high kitchen cabinets...the lower ones I vacuumed with my new vacuum cleaner. Then I am going to take off all the switch plates in prep for taping and painting. One thing...this old house has tons of outlets! All the carpet and ceramic tile is getting cleaned professionally tomorrow. Then the next day our stove and fridge come and they haul off the old dirty ones....thank goodness!!
Every day will see improvement....and has already. I told Mike...we need to pace ourselves. What does not get done while we are here now, will get done when we get back...but still we have our goals..and we both are kind of perfectionists when it comes to our house. Hard....tiring....sore muscles...sore feet! But we will survive. The house has good bones and we will make it nice. It is very old though and those are some of the issues...old doors...uneven floors...thank goodness for new windows! Love you all....keep us in your thoughts and prayers!! Will do some pictures tomorrow!
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