Anatomy Of A Remodel Ii

I spent 4 hours yesterday trimming trees and removing asbestos siding from the large home. I had to trim up several trees as a bunch of limbs have grown over the roof and several were actually resting on the roof (not a good thing). I didn't get to finish all the trimming I needed to do (quite a bit left to do on the smaller house) because I managed to throw the chain on the chain saw and had to take time out to fix that.

I did manage to pull all the siding, tar paper, nails, etc. from the front of the house. The transformation is rather dramatic (see photos). I wised up and placed a large tarp under the area I'm working on so that clean-up is much quicker and easier. I decided to order a construction dumpster vs. taking constant trips to the dump. I figure it will end up costing me about $100 more on the overall cost (dump fees) but the convenience will more than make up for it.

I also discovered our first unforeseen snafu! Yipee! When we first purchased the property, there was a small storage shed that held a bunch of crap and where they had the old washer/dryer. We had the shed removed. The water and power were off when we had this done. Well, lo and behold, we had the water and power turned back on and we have a broken pipe! The water flowed until it filled the hole where the shed once stood and proceeded to flow on down the street. We cut the water off and immediately called the city to make sure they knew of the leak and would give us a credit. We'll have to add that to the list of things to fix!

Lastly, we closed on our partnership interest transfer and financing. We had to pay a total of $1,700+ for the privilege of doing what we've always wanted to do with this property. Again.yippee!