My remodel thread

[8mpg]

Well... we havent quite closed on the house (next week) but we have been working on getting this house for 2 months now. Its a short sale and has just been a pain in the ass. Well...thats what we get for getting a good deal.

A little about the house:

1 acre lot
1700sq ft house built in 1963
Needs a little foundation work (on pier and beam)
2 car garage
2 car carport
35x35 barn (shop)
12x35 rv carport

Well, I dont have any great before pictures yet, it isnt much to look at. We have been doing lots of research and planning. I have been playing around with Chief Architect software and redesigning the house. The house will be a complete gut and redo. This is a huge undertaking though I feel confident redoing most of the work myself. Being old, I will be doing the "airtight drywall" approach to sealing the house. New plumbing and some new wiring going in. We will be moving a couple walls, deleting a couple, and opening others. Below is the original floor plan drawn up quickly



Then we wanted to open it up a little. We will be converting the garage to a mudroom/laundry room as well as add another room and full bath. The master bath is completely redesigned by taking out a room and combinging 2 rooms to make a master suite:


Got some good advice on GardenWeb forums... moved the kitchen and opened the wall to the entrance for a dining room area


Changed the master bath...just wasnt enough clearance around the tub. This makes the closet bigger and can hold a 36" wide gun safe. Moved the kitchen sink (advice from a couple kitchen designers on the other forum and shrank the island. If we didnt shrink the island, we would have to have a counter depth fridge. Makes plumbing a little easier:

[David]

We opened the wall to our dining and kitchen. I loved it. Open air and lots of natural lighting.

[8mpg]

Pics from the assessment:

[8mpg]

[8mpg]

Some pics of the looks we are goign for:
Kitchen

Wont have a traditional pantry, so it will be like this:

Mudroom

Master bath

Dining Room


This bathtub (or similar...that one is expensive)

[juic3d]

Wow that sure would look awesome when finished!!!

[UserX]

You're going to spend a fortune, good luck!

[8mpg]

You're going to spend a fortune, good luck!

lol...we will see. Doing almost all the labor is going to be a big savings. Im planning on 30k. The scary parts are marble counters and windows. Im comfortable with everything else. I bought all the kitchen cabinets for $4300 and plan on making some of the cabinet doors. Drywall, electrical and plumbing are all cheap. The things I cant do:

Counters
Dense pack cellulose insulation

I really plan on doing just about everything else.

[Wish4svts]

Excuse my ignorance, but what is a mud room?

[Vertnut]

Excuse my ignorance, but what is a mud room?

Duh! It's where you keep your mud! J/K... It's an area coming in from the garage that's usually tiled so you don't track in stuff from the outside. You can have a bench in there for shoes and outer-wear that might be wet.

[Wish4svts]

Duh! It's where you keep your mud! J/K... It's an area coming in from the garage that's usually tiled so you don't track in stuff from the outside. You can have a bench in there for shoes and outer-wear that might be wet.

I feel like an idiot now that you explained it. lol... It's simple and self explanatory.

[Scott Mc]

Gooooood luck!!!! I have been in the middle of a full remodel for a year and hate it. My advice is swallow pride and contract the shit out of it.

[UserX]

Remodeling an entire house plus an addition for $30k? That's pretty optimistic. And doing it alone will take a long time, I hope your wife is patient. Like I said, good luck, you're gonna be a busy mofo!

[03mustangdude]

Are you factoring in permit costs with your assessment?

[talisman]

Looks like it has potential. Do yourself a favor and only work on one room at a time so the whole place isn't a wreck. Made that mistake on the first house, going about it in a much more organized fashion this go around and it is a lot less stress.