rabidmonkey Posted February 14, 2008 Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 (edited) As some of you know, I have spent the last year and a half renovating my home. It is finally done. We bought it to fix and flip in one year but the project was a little bigger than we had anticipated. I should have expected the problems as it is a 100 year old house. When we were nearing completion we decided we wanted to stay for a little while and enjoy our hard work. Literally days after the decision was made to stay, we found our dream home and bought it. This place will now be up for sale within the next week. The new house doesn't need anywhere near the amount of renovations and is pretty livable right away. I think I am going to take the year off from any house work so I expect I will be on the board and out and about more often. Here are a few of the before and after pics of the home for you to look at. I am quite proud of the finished product so I wanted to show it off. Thanks for looking. **Update** We have it on the market now. It went up this morning and we already have a ton of showings for today and tomorrow. I am doing Open Houses Saturday and Sunday 2-4pm, so if any Ottawa folk want to check it out you are more than welcome to come on by. Listing Front - Before Front - After Kitchen - Before Kitchen - After Living Room/ Dining Room - Before Dining Room - After Living Room - After Master Bedroom - Before Master Bedroom - After New Bathroom New Bedroom Edited February 21, 2008 by Guest Finally on the market... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basher Posted February 14, 2008 Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 Looks like someone has been watching Sell This House and Trading Spaces.Well done! Looks really nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M Posted February 14, 2008 Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 i love home renovations (well, looking at them at least). great work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabidmonkey Posted February 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 Thanks Basher and M. It feels like I've been living on one of those tv shows for the last five years. This is our third project, the other two were a duplex and triplex that we have kept for investment properties.I'll be happy once it sells and I don't have to work for 8 hours a day before and after work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted February 14, 2008 Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 i LOVE the floors!! nice job. so, are your rates reasonable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabidmonkey Posted February 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 The floors are my favourite part of the place, well that and the brick wall. The floors in the living and dining areas are 80 year old pine and the ones in the master bedroom are the 100 year old pine plank that were put in when the house was built. They were a pain to refinish but I love them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hux Posted February 14, 2008 Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 Very nice work - how did you make it snow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybone Posted February 14, 2008 Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 Nice job! I am completely useless when it comes to home renovations so I am in awe of your talent! Good luck with the sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabidmonkey Posted February 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 Hell must have frozen over, that's when I assumed I would finally finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms Zimmy Posted February 14, 2008 Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 Where is the house? I can't read the street name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabidmonkey Posted February 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 It's on Stirling in the wonderful neighbourhood of Hintonburg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phorbesie Posted February 14, 2008 Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted February 14, 2008 Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 Beautiful! Good work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backbacon Posted February 14, 2008 Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 Very nice! Should have stuck with the old kitchen floor though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elemeno Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 that is seriously some good work. it must feel great to finish a job like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 That's awesome! Good job my man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 wow. I'm not gay and I think that's amazing!I noticed that you got rid of the school crossing sign and added a neighbourhood watch sign. Can you add on of those to our neighbourhood? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms.Huxtable Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 Wow Shane. I am SO proud of you and of course you know how jealous I am. You're living my dream man.Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 wow. I'm not gay and I think that's amazing! i think a lot of us are also amazed that you are not gay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabidmonkey Posted February 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 (edited) Bouche - I never even noticed the sign change until you pointed it out.Funny thing is that if you look at our street sign on a sunny day you can see that they reused an old one, it used to be a Sussex sign that they put Stirling over top.Again thanks for all the nice comments, now who wants to buy my house? The bidding starts at $10. Edited February 15, 2008 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freak By Night Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 I don't want to buy your house but I'm interested in hiring you to renovate my place! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabidmonkey Posted February 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 I would really love take on reno projects for others, but I really have no time and I'm no pro. I can help you get your head around doing some or all of the work yourself. As with most things, it's more will than skill that is needed.Doing it yourself saves piles of money too. So you can spend it on higher quality stuff for the house. The total cost for the whole home renovation (including some new windows, new doors, flooring, two new bathrooms, new kitchen, plumbing, electrical, brand new roof and furnace, tools that I didn't have before and some of the the furniture) came to around $28k. Which is about the cost of hiring a contractor to do the kitchen and one bathroom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 If you change the letters in reno...you get nero Looks awesome Shaner!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 BTW...what ever happened to the red stove? it was awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gr8FuL Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 BTW...what ever happened to the red stove? it was awesome!haha iwas thinkin the same thing haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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