rockstar143

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Had a huge debacle over last few years with a townhouse I used to own, then a home we rented for 11 months...and then finally closing on the house of our dreams on 9/16/14.

Originally I had thought to just post here and there in my TL thread...but that's really not the place for it, plus...there's so much BS in there anyway that it would be hard to find.

Story on the house was it was a foreclosure auction home...kinda like on an ebay type bidding site. Long story short...we were able to see and ultimately inspect (have a background in that) the home...fell in love but lost out on it due to a shady realtor we met and some financial loophole she used to sabotage the deal (not sure how, never confirmed it).

Anyway...fast forward nearly a week...with heavy hearts we went though that neighborhood again...friendly people, all dead end streets, highway access literally 1 minute from my front door to a highway that leads to all major highways...no gate or association, near a walking path directly to my favorite mountain biking park and canal access behind every home...I was sold on making sure that one day we could buy a home in there. That night we decided to finally click and place a backup bid. We pulled magic out of a hat and listed a closing agency Betty worked at years ago, my old hs friend that is a realtor as our realtor (finally got him a commission after all the work he did on our townhouse debacle)...next day...contract falls through and our bid is accepted.

Exciting times...we won. Whoah... NOW WHAT...a month long stressful debacle of coordinating inspections and showing money here or there and deposits and getting loans pushed through and insurance...in the end...dust settled...and we had our dream house. Time to get to work...

First orders of business...paint inside walls...all a dems
Change locks
Change Lighting/Fans
Clearing up the overgrowth on canal, getting sprinklers working and grass back from the weeds...
...

I'll stop there for now...I'll update with more posts so it's not all in one, plus I need to get to work.

Thanks for checking it out.
J.


Front of home
DSC_2726 by Jeremy Perrod, on Flickr

Florida's biggest 2 car garage at 22' deep and 25' wide with built in shelving
DSC_2161 by Jeremy Perrod, on Flickr

Some of the horrendous interior colors
DSC_2141 by Jeremy Perrod, on Flickr

DSC_2140 by Jeremy Perrod, on Flickr

House has a perfect layout, though...2 bedrooms on one end for future chirrun...master on other side...huge kitchen overlooking living room and wall for a TV. It's awesome.

Backyard view
DSC_2117 by Jeremy Perrod, on Flickr

Overgrown canal "view"
DSC_2116 by Jeremy Perrod, on Flickr

Anyway...later today I'll post some updated pics, which are still 6 months old at this point. I'm trying to recall all the little things we've done along the way...

thoiboi

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I spy a runway Betty in the 2nd to last picture?

Glad you're finally doing this thread, gonna be fun to follow

rockstar143

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LOL...it's a ghost!
Thanks for the push, man...I had intended on it long ago, and never followed up, but I should have!

Jakes_tl

looking forward to seeing what all you done.. I bet it will be nice

97BlackAckCL

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Yay, finally a dumb rockstar house thread!!!

Those interior colors are hideous, did you buy the house from a gay couple?

thoiboi

I just like watching people's masterpieces come to life. Compiling ideas to when I eventually have my own .

C'mon, that's disrespectful to the :ghey:

They have much better taste than that! Hell most Interior Designers are either women or :ghey:

rockstar143

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LMAO...Betty would agree with you...or a Mexican. She HATED the colors...I was like, c'mon babe...we can get used to it! I despise painting, but I despise paying someone to do something I can do myself bored...so entire inside and outside have been done by us. Probably saved a good $4000 in labor doing it too...big fkng walls...all crown molding and 11 foot ceilings!

Original person that lived here was the son of a contractor, actually...the house is superbly built and super solid...from the appliance installs to the double water shut offs on all outlets...superb...he and his brother built houses across the street from each other in 2000..then bailed when the market hit the peak. Made out like bandits but I'm sure they'd rather have their house back now (I know for a fact the guy that built mine wanted to try and buy it back in the last 8 years).

After that guy...another guy moved in with 2 kids...not sure if there was a wife involved but he lived here so his daughter, who was on a soccer scholarship, would be across the street from this private hs (and yes, totally ...she stopped in once to ask about her mail). Apparently the guy did zero upkeep...no pressure cleaning, no tree trimming, no cleaning of bathroom tiles, no changing blown lightbulbs (all 10 of the exterior spotlights were cooked ). So, although he didn't maintain it, at least he didn't destroy it. He got foreclosed on...from what I gather...only loss were a few boxes of backup tile that were stolen before we closed and our storm shutters were sold off (lucky for us it was to our next door neighbor that we are friends with and gave them back to us).

97BlackAckCL

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So, Justin came to visit, and you had to move out eh?

maharajamd

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Yay another place for J to upload 1200 pictures.

Let's keep it to 50 a week ok?

75?

thoiboi

U mad bro?



he's keeping flickr in business

maharajamd

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Why would anyone be mad? I think it's hilarious.

J, how many fanboys have you acquired? And can you keep them at bay?

thoiboi

if they had 56k connection maybe....

TacoBello

No, justn painted the walls those hideous colors before J moved in as a welcome gift...

TacoBello

Um, it's spelled "fanboi" and we are damn proud of supporting, uh, er, I mean worshipping J

rockstar143

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you already know...he was like, I need a better place for a hammock next time I come down...I was like

I get all dem royalty checks!
LOL...ain't no way the Jus would have put that much labor into painting...although I will admit he was clutch as fk as we moved from our townhouse to the other house we rented and a perfect gentleman at Thanksgiving dinner with the Fam!

That was a nice thing to say, Adam.
Duly noted...
I've been meaning to have a place to track the things I do on the house...I've actually not take a whole lot of pictures of it, ironically.

Just you, Chad...I am trying to get more though!

maharajamd

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I tease. What have you done in the garage? Have you done the flooring yet?

97BlackAckCL

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oic

97BlackAckCL

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:theghey:

rockstar143

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He's packing heat though...not what you'd expect from an Asian crab!

Chad, yes sir...garage is done, laser pointers to tell where to stop...drop down attic ladder...flooring...painted wall...outlets on retractable reels...tools have a spot and workbench...compressor permanently set up with hose on reel...only thing left in there is eventually insulate the attic above...they didn't do that (although there is an attic fan)...

need to help neighbor redo fence between us and got some Granite on the way for Baths and Kitchen...hopefully it'll look fantastic.

1StGenCL

Nice house, congrats on the post whore thread

NSXNEXT

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Nice. No where to go but up.
Subscribed for progress pics.

rockstar143

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Absolutely, sir...absolutely...
I need to try and remember the order in which we upgraded stuff...then post more pictures.

TylerT

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So ... where's the progress?

Great looking home bud!

If your home turns out anything like your cars, it'll look great

What are your plans for the backyard?

rockstar143

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LOL...right now, it's an oasis as is...kayaking, and fun activities...down the line, and pool would be awesome!

maharajamd

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You have to understand when you take 5,000 pictures of something it takes time to organize, categorize, and post. Give him time. Soon he'll eat half your allotted 200GB monthly broadband bandwidth.

rockstar143

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I actually only have 177 pics of the house!

eat all the bandwidth!

maharajamd

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97BlackAckCL

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Moar pics!

rockstar143

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Okay...lol...

We have 4 sets of 8 foot glass doors...first order of business was swapping the locks/handles and frosting the glass! Actually, you can see the new light fixture and paint color there too...I'll update more later on that.

Before
DSC_2120 by Jeremy Perrod, on Flickr

After

DSC_2755 by Jeremy Perrod, on Flickr

DSC_2721 by Jeremy Perrod, on Flickr

1StGenCL

While it looks awesome, I'm confused, is that first picture from outside and the others from the inside? What does the outside look like now

Aman

Nice starting a thread! Excited for updates.

97BlackAckCL

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Yeah, those are def from the inside, I was confused as well

oo7spy

I thought you were still talking about the people. Threw me through a loop about why you wanted to live there.


, J.

maharajamd

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What have you done to that lawn already?

Augustine? Bermuda?

Totally jealous of you southern guys and the grass types you can grow. Bermuda can look SOOOOOOO good.

rockstar143

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Sorry fellas, for it being confusing, just couldn't find any good interior before pics of the doors! Made it hard that I took pictures and put them in random different albums. I should have started this long ago!

Here's another of that same front door from outside
DSC_2133 by Jeremy Perrod, on Flickr



Yes sir, Chad...Bermuda...spectracide once...and bonus S twice already, almost choked out all the weeds now. I wrecked the lawn initially by cutting it super short, which I've always done. Got some guidance from my boss and neighbor and mine is looking plush and green and gorgeous right now!

Here's some of the before/after of the exterior side of the house...

DSC_2121 by Jeremy Perrod, on Flickr

after pressure cleaning and picking up a bit and trimming some of the overgrowth on the canal
DSC_3362 by Jeremy Perrod, on Flickr

DSC_3368 by Jeremy Perrod, on Flickr

I also just realized that basically after we painted the exterior last Thanksgiving and I never really followed up with new pictures. I'll have to rectify that soon.

97BlackAckCL

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Creeper TL hiding in the bushes

rockstar143

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indeed! perfect smiley for that!

97BlackAckCL

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Acura_Dude

Thread

rockstar143

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Thanks, man!
So the granite template guy wants all the counter tops and backsplash out to measure and make his template...then 10 days before we get granite. Awesome...having to take out, then make work so we have a working area until it's ready.

Working it...wish I'd figured out how to do this before damaging my drywall.

Tile backsplash removal without drywall damage