Spur of the Moment Trip to See our Fixer Upper
By Sherry
@norcal (4889)
Franklinton, North Carolina
April 25, 2019 7:21pm CST
I have been absent for a couple of days, I decided to go on a little road trip.
A few months ago, my husband and I bought a house. It was listed on Redfin, and the price was quite reasonable, so we went to look at it. The first time we saw it, it looked super nice from the outside, and it is on a third of an acre, with a fenced back yard.
Looks can deceiving, the inside of the house was pretty hammered. In fact, there is a huge hole in the middle of the kitchen floor. Besides that, the whole house stunk to high heaven. Apparently they had pets that had been doing their business on the carpeted floors.
Still, the house had a lot going for it. New roof, new dual pane windows, and a fairly new heat pump, plus that big fenced back yard. It was bank-owned. We made them a low offer, and they took it.
My hubby has been over there working on it, while I have been in a rented house 100 miles away. I had not seen the house in several weeks, so I decided to pop over to see how things were going.
I must say, I was happily surprised. Even though the floor has not been fixed. Just getting all that stinky carpet out of the house, along with other assorted trash, made a huge difference.
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@MarshaMusselman (38725)
• Midland, Michigan
26 Apr 19
Did you take any before pictures? Even if you didn't you could still take some now, or your husband can. If I ever can update my home, I'd take pictures to see whether I could get approved for some type of magazine if nothing else.
The rented house you've been staying at is it the one you've been living in, or did you rent one closer to this newer one? Has your husband been sleeping in the newer one he's fixing up? If so, did he take any clothespins for his poor nose?
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@MarshaMusselman (38725)
• Midland, Michigan
26 Apr 19
@norcal So once he's remodeled the house you bought you both will move there or you intend to use it as a rental for side income?
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@norcal (4889)
• Franklinton, North Carolina
26 Apr 19
@MarshaMusselman We actually have several of these cheap fixers in that same area. We will end up living in one of them and renting the others.
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@norcal (4889)
• Franklinton, North Carolina
26 Apr 19
I'm still living in the house I rented when I moved to North Carolina. Even though it's far away, moving twice would just be too hard. My husband is staying in the fixer now, but that's a recent arrangement. I even spent the night there myself last night.
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@infatuatedbby (94921)
• United States
26 Apr 19
Congrats on getting the home for a low offer. Glad everything is going smoothly after all :)
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@infatuatedbby (94921)
• United States
29 Apr 19
@norcal Speaking of ... California! I live here. My parents in law are in North Carolina, & they're telling my fiance & I go to move there cause a down payment on a home here literally is a brand new house there.
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@marguicha (217131)
• Chile
26 Apr 19
I hope the remodeling does as quickly as possible and as inexpensive as possible. Everything seems to be a little more expensive than what we thought. But I bet that just taking out the trash made a huge difference. Take an aromatic candle the next time you go
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
26 Apr 19
All you need s good bones and the rest is easy. Looks nice, will you live there?
@MarshaMusselman (38725)
• Midland, Michigan
26 Apr 19
@norcal I should have kept reading as my question was answered almost verbatim here, lol.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
26 Apr 19
@norcal Good call, at least rent it till you make your money back and a little profit. I own rental property.
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@JohnRoberts (109848)
• Los Angeles, California
26 Apr 19
The house reno could have been on TV!
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@MarshaMusselman (38725)
• Midland, Michigan
26 Apr 19
@norcal Maybe he was in the repair business, or bought the old ones to sell them later. I can't see that he would have owned that many in a lifetime even if he never through anything out.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
26 Apr 19
@norcal hoarder, that explains the smell.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
14 Jun 19
Sounds like you will have a great house when you finish. Are you planning to move into it or rent it out?
