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Finished Exterior First- our 2nd flip project.. first one.. well, we learned a bit. This one we also learned a bit. It's on the market now, we will see if we make a penny. All good. About 18 months total - 6++ were spent dealing with city and historic society on previous flags, citations, legal, etc. Once we got those cleared up, it was pretty straight forward. Had a mix of contractors and DIY projects. Enjoy!

In the before times

Front Entry View

Looking back at the entry - Original door cleaned up

Fireplace & AC

Sweet

Finished Product

Finished Living Room - Replaced Beam becauuusssseee...

Uh; it bowed about 4" in middle

Looking at new kitchen location - removed two walls; shrunk the window straight ahead - original is below

Before - space where kitchen ended up - had to shrink window

yay kitchen

All original windows - historical society wouldnt allow us to replace..

Rear entry & newly added powder room and washer/dryer hookup next to window

Hats

Powder room, tiled accent wall; bowl sink, etc. I'll spare you the toilet.

Original stairway up

At top of stairs; turning 90' left there was a bathroom and closet.. we removed closet to expand bathroom/ they also did not have running water to toilet, so it was a treat.

Finished Bathroom - exposed the brick around the window, floated vanity like a magician.

Original Bedroom (#3); sadly it was a childs room.

After using some magic erasers.

Bedroom (#1) - used as uh.. trash room?

Scored a toilet and pedestal sink.

After dusting the room, this was left - added a Custom window (Historic Soc forced us to remove any vinyl windows)

Looking back from the custom window

Bedroom (#2) - Original

After removing some plaster from the chimney and cleaning it up a tad - custom window #2 - they are street facing, so looks nice from curb.

On stairway to 3rd floor - little nook

Turned the nook into a doggy room! We were able to sand and stain all stairs.

Looking down onto the switchback stairs.

3rd Floor - Cape Cod style ceiling, so made things tricky. - Added a bathroom suite for Bedroom #4

Rear side of house - 3rd floor - little closet area for the primary bedroom, overlooking rear yard

Looking down the house to the Bedroom (#4)

Original - Story goes the right window had a tear gas canister shot through it when the SWAT team was invited for the holidays before we purchased. There was a pretty gnarly stain on the floor from it.

After the SWAT team came through, they tidied up the area, and added a dedicated HVAC system to the 3rd floor bedroom - oh, and they added custom windows too.

Shower; tiled ceiling too

Looks Boring - needs a chair or something in the corner, idk.

Wash yo self.

Basement

Going down to basement

Magic eraser'd this too- new electric throughout house, new water heater, new AC, ya, pretty much everything

Party Zone

Added a garage - took out several giant trees. Trench was filled in after photo and electrical inspection.

New 2 car garage.

Bye now

TheFoxhounded

Holy shit, anyone else notice the ghost in #2 ?!

5 years ago |

TW3RKZILLA

In my city a house in the before condition would go for $1,000,000 :(

looriloo

My heart broke when I saw the mature trees removed ?

It was a very difficult choice :( only 1 mature tree was removed

BootsMadeForWalking

How are you supposed to put up a shower curtain in the bathroom?

SedatedSl0th

Frost the glass.

purelypenguin

I'm guessing a curved bar, but seems like something that may have to be custom fit. I was concerned too when I saw that lol

PrtySmrt

Clear tempered glass hinged and on a roll bar. Expensive and custom

MegatronPewPew

I wish I had a place to live

ViolinKites

Props for leaving the basement unfinished. There good reason not to finish the basement in non-commercial applications.

RenegadeSci

It'll be time to add a few small shade trees in that backyard. It's crying out for a Redbud or a Dogwood?

ParallelParkingInABurka

The house looks amazing now! Really nice job. I'm bummed about the trees & think they would have added a lot, but the rest is brilliant.

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Thesaya

They were very close to the properties, might have needed to remove them for foundation reasons?

OperationM1ndcrime

Right! That one looked perfect for a rope swing. But besides that, the house looks 1000% times better than before

Nicalanius

Put a cabinet in the upstairs bathroom.

notdoingwhatishould

Or laundry storage

TawnyDemase

Yeah, for storage

ErniesWidow

The litter box for the kitties could go there, too.

Mightymarfanpowerranger

Can I ask where this house is?

turnbud

I'm guessing U.S. West. It doesn't look old enough to be "historic" in the East (or anywhere in Europe), but I could be mistaken.

colderfish

I was wondering the same. Looks like pittsburgh area... Maybe

Close... Columbus, Ohio.

viridianasovari

Damn I want a 4 story house but.... Snow

Meticulous987

Loved your photo storybook, your playful yet accurate use of English to tell the story, and attention to detail. Sad about trees tho!

NeoBaggins

The fact that you took out all the trees alone is unforgivable.

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lioneye2400

Waaaaaa! They’re fuckin trees. Especially if they are old. Gotta go. Plant dome new shit.

There were 3 that were growing into the foundation of the house... there was a giant hazardly one in the rear; we will plant 1 to replace

QueenVictorian

lol one replacement tree? Why not four?

Steffn

Why was the giant one a hazard?

So the tree company could bill more, probably

ForgeoftheWordsmith

I always forget how effective magic erasers are.

AngryGroundhog

Great work! What a hot mess to begin with.

ya, was pretty gross

MBVagabond

What is it with modern homes and people painting every fucking wall white or off white?

amagiciannamedgob

It's the worst. I'd never buy this house. Could have brought it back to proper for the time period for cheaper.

Fair - marketability - first floor is all light blue; 2nd is a gray, and 3rd is white due to size

PraiseThePook

House flippers: Gentrifying neighborhoods they have no intention of living in for fun and profit!

Probably - but by doing this it increases the prices of houses of remaining folks. Locals have been appreciative.

Potentially increasing taxes depending on local tax laws.

Wow, I need to invest in magic erasers! Also, im toats inviting swat over for afternoon tea

Eveofn

Lots of negative comments, but better to fix it than to let it rot.

Happens, all good!

Stickynug

Its...so...American

Anuglierlucyliu

I'm house buying right now and I'm green with envy. Wish we had the money to do this to a house! Beautiful!

Don’t buy flips. They look nice on the surface but a lot of them are cheaply done and full of shoddy workmanship. Also $$$$

velovali

Me going through the before and afters: hmmmm I wonder where the water damage went... Probably under the paint.

juiceboxhero333

Let’s talk about the ghost in pic #2, window right frame... so beetlejuice.

snufflduffl

Why did you get rid of all the trees?

Damage to house for 3 of them, they were growing in the foundation - 4th was not healthy and at risk of falling on 3 houses

Eeeagleeeeeeeeee

Super nice, but what's up with amaricans and staining every piece of wood

Staining allows you to add colour to wood while preserving the grain. I do wonder why they stained the stairs though.

They were originally stained. We sanded, did a lot of patching and filling and re-stained.

I know im a cabinet maker, i just find it a bit tacky

Because that's how they originally were. You don't paint stain-quality wood.

Thats not the point, why would stain in the first place, makes it look cheap

So natural wood looks cheap? That's certainly an opinion.

What are you takling about, the point is the staining looks bad, and the natural Wood is way nicer

seedye

After restoring a 1920s craftsman that had been remodeled in 1950s-1960s...this makes me cringe.

RaeNashon

I would LOVE to see pictures of that. Craftsman style homes are my favorite, I’d love to have one myself someday.

ameranthe

I'm not a huge fan of everything contemporary inside a historic house, but in this case it's so much better. Love the custom windows.

Thank you!

Bringmetheheadofthediscoking

WHAT is it with American homes and having a piece of glass for a front door? And sometimes the back too? No burglary problems?

Thefsm

I live in Philly in a rough neighborhood but I rarely lock the front door. I do have two big dogs, though. Back in yo I always locked it

MarriNikari

I don't actually have a piece of glass for a front door, but I'd be surprised if they were that much easier than ground floor windows?

Needs walls and especially trees. Backyard looks like shit. What is it with flippers always murdering all the trees?

nocommennts

This!!

haitamimama

If I were to buy this, I’d want a “clean” yard to landscape as I wish.

I wouldn’t want some dumb philistine flipper making decisions about existing mature trees for me. Can’t exactly grow those overnight.

The trees were probably in bad shape and better off being out. I’ve seen that the rehabbers in my town. They do try to keep the trees 1/

As they add value to the property but if its bad enough they will take it down

I’d still prefer to make that judgement myself with an arborist I hire and not leave it to a shitty flipper.

And with destroying any historical aspect of the home they can find?? Seriously this house isn't supposed to look like this.

kholli

Old doesn't always mean good.

Lunblom

It wasn't supposed to look like what it was before either.

Tbf it was in pretty dire shape before, but end result could have been better and less slavishly trendy (gonna look hella dated soon).

ChristopherDeConcini

The sad difference between a restoration and a renovation

TheresnoDanaonlyZuul

1) Why did a SWAT team come through the house? 2) you put carpet in the bedrooms? Looks great but surprised you didn’t finish up OG floors

Prior owners were uh, entrepeneurs... We kept the original stairs and original 3rd floor, flooring. 2nd fl. flooring didnt sand well enough

Oooh no, and they had a kid :( that’s really sad. Well the carpet looks good! Phenomenal job on the house!

The SWAT team did do an awesome job on the parts they took care of before they left, kind of them to be thoughtful.

RichardCabesa

Wheres it located and how much is it on the market for?

$369,000 in Columbus Ohio. https://www.trulia.com/p/oh/columbus/758-bedford-ave-columbus-oh-43205--2044579107

Thank you. It's beautiful

Chainhealer

Unless they got it for practically nothing, that seems like a lot of work for low ROI.

Oh they paid 88k for it. Damn. I don't think it will sell at 369k.

FreebooterFox

Oh FFS. Of course it would be Columbus. 87% black, 27% unemployment, 40% of residents below poverty. OP is the definition of gentrification.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Oaks_Historic_District

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/crime/2021/02/09/nonfatal-shootings-columbus-jumped-nearly-90-percent-2020/4336203001/

1/209 chance of being shot within that zip code. In the purple box, just south of two of the worst areas.

Non fatal though ?

youreathing

This looks like really great work. Though I need to say that I find it sad that homes are no longer places to live and just ways to make $.

iwillhavethelastlaugh

Always has been . Just was more the contractors. Now private people get into the action . Is a good thing

I don't think it's always been this way. The concept of a multi-generational home has disappeared since the early 2000s (IMO).

belaqua84

In this case the original was in such bad shape I'm not sure it was habitable. This looked like a pretty big job, more than a shitty flip.

I kinda have to give them credit for bringing homes back to the neighborhood

fanelian

To me , it's a very American thing. In Mexico we buy houses to be our homes and to pass them on to our children, etc. Not usually thinking>

About re-sale value, just about a good neighborhood to raise your family or live your life peacefully. Unless you start with a very small>

House and your family outgrows it. But buying to sell is not usually the immediate objective.

Taxicat

That’s how I would treat any house I manage to get: pass it down the family, as long as possible.

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