Posted by Jenny Smith on Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at 10:19 AMBy Jenny Smith / May 29, 2019Comment
Someone asked if demo work was like they show on HGTV. Sorta.
Here is a video of Sebastian in action taking a wall down.
I considered picking up the sledge hammer and acting like I was doing demo work...but figured anyone who really knows me would say, "that has to be fake!"
I started this week so hopeful that we would find something incredibly cool as we started taking the walls down. Now, in my defense in our current home, letters were found from right before the Depression, written between two young college sweethearts!
But while we didn't find a treasure like love letters, we did uncover this:
The big discussion is do we keep it and make it a focal point or...
Posted by Jenny Smith on Tuesday, May 21, 2019 at 9:22 AMBy Jenny Smith / May 21, 2019Comment
Chad and I have bought a house in Cartersville to rehab. It is a true fixer-upper and if you want to see all the photos click here to view all of the photos. But here is the main photo:
The address is 135 Douglas Street Cartersville GA. It was listed with a realtor, so it wasn't some kind of super secret way to find good deals. A realtor is the way to go! It was listed for 118 days, so it did not move quickly either. The asking price was $90,000 and we paid $70,150. We paid all of our own closing cost, and did not ask for any additional concessions.
Our budget for the rehab is $25-$30k. With Chad doing LOTS of the work, so if you don't have someone as handy it may be more expensive if you have...
