The house is finished and sold. It came out spectacular. I am very pleased with this one. Finished it almost on time, didn’t go over the budget. Really nice project. All the neighbors were very happy as well. Right after we cut and trimmed the trees, eliminated all the brush and cleaned up the debris and […]

One morning, about a week after I bought this house, the neighbor told me that I had “an overnight visitor”. I am immediately thinking – Oh no, someone broke in and stole the tools or something. Then neighbor continues: ” You had a 300lb. black bear walking around your house, checking out the backyard, then the […]

Another exquisite transformation completed. Ok, I may be biased 🙂 This 3 bedroom and 1.5 bath ranch is stunning. Master Bedroom has its own half bath and a walk-in closet. Kitchen is impeccable with granite countertops and top of the line stainless steel applainces. New hardwood floors thru-out, new energy efficient windows, new crown molding etc. The […]

We’ve been working on this house for couple of weeks now and are about half way done. I realized I didn’t post any pictures yet. It’s a ranch, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, good size-eat in kitchen, attached 1 car garage and a full basement. Located in a nice, quiet neighborhood, walking distance to school. We’re doing the […]

Well, the property is completely redone and actually sold as well. It came out so nice (they all do), we sold it already. Renovations included new roof, windows, doors, floors, kitchen, bath, heating system, central air-conditioning system, entire plumbing, updated electrical system and all new fixtures, fresh paint, new landscaping … Our “usual treatment”. We also opened […]

It’s been a while since I posted about any projects. So here is one. I give you the latest and greatest – The Wallpaper House. It’s a nice long ranch on almost 1,200 sq.ft. Again, nothing is terribly wrong, other than it is completely outdated. The outside is actually looking half decent. The inside feels like the time has […]

As I mentioned in the previous post, we had an unpleasant surprise one week into the rehab – broken water main. But the problem was fixed rather quickly and it only set us back one day. Other than that, the project went nice and smooth. The house received a complete update: new roof, plumbing system, heating system, electrical system, kitchen, bath, […]

  There are many Cape Cod style houses in our area. Most of them are all identical . They have a small kitchen, 1 bathroom on the first floor, small 2 bedrooms upstairs and usually no dining room. Well, recently we bought a Cape that didn’t exactly fit this description. It actually had a good […]

Although we don’t usually build new houses, this particular piece of land I couldn’t resist. Nice lot, established neighborhood, convenient location with easy access to everything. The best part – back of the lot is a “conservation area” with woods and a pond. The pond is where the problem started right after I decided that this is my next project. Property was listed […]

Here is the Red Sink House after the extensive rehab. It came out really spectacular. Nice stately colonial with 3 bedrooms, 1.5 bath and 2,000 sq.ft. As I mentioned in the previous post it needed a lot of attention inside and out. The red sink was replaced by a double granite vanity. Kitchen was redone and now […]

  Really nice colonial on a dead end street. Didn’t have anything terrible wrong with it, just deferred maintenance and needed a lot of updates. I mean a lot. Roof, windows, siding, kitchen, baths, floors, paint, doors, trim, pool, fence, yard… I’ll let the photos tell the story. Couple of before pictures: I’ll post the after pictures in the […]

Let me start with a property I rehabbed not too long ago. It came with a piano, therefore The Piano house. Nice cape in my neighborhood. It’s on a little side street, so I only drove by it when forced not to take my usual route. Never noticed it until I made a decision to really look for “tired” properties. All of the sudden I […]