Grover: Week 12

I hope you enjoy these weekly updates as I learn to navigate through the business of flipping houses.  Check out more about this flip, Grover, or check out posts about our last flip HERE. I always underestimate the time it takes to properly patch holes and caulk wood working projects so they look pretty and not home-made.  I can finally, however, proudly announce that all my major tasks in the bathroom are DONE!  I still have to finish painting the new bathroom closet door and install that, and the plumbing needs to get finished up (which I am smart enough not to touch myself).

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Look!  There's even a light fixture and a mirror!  I hear those are things that are usually in a bathroom.  You'd think there should be a sink in there too or something....

But that's not the only room that's been changing this week.  Let me give you a hint

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Sayonara stinky kitchen linoleum!

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Here's a flash-back to the floors that were there at the beginning of the week.  Continuing the hard wood into the kitchen was the right plan.

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In the basement, the electrician's been busy too.  I keep forgetting to show you, but there's a shiny new electrical panel in the garage.

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I'm not looking forward to getting started in the basement.  Not only will sanding and painting this lovely paneling be a beast, now I have several holes to patch.

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Dear homeowners: please NEVER install your own wiring from a hidden junction box that you cover illegally with ugly paneling.  Your home will thank you.  And so will it's future owners.

On top of all that, I probably spent half of my week on craigslist.  In addition to staging furniture for Frankie, I'm heading out to pick up a Restoration Hardware chandelier for Grover's dining room for the paltry sum of $50!

Happy almost weekend!