My first "doer upper" house - before and after photo

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    About 2 months ago I bought a DUMP of a house to do up and sell. It was totally trashed - but it was so cheap that I couldn't resist. I've done about 3 weeks work on it, and although it still needs a lot more work - I think it's finally starting to look OK.

    Check out the previous owner's chair in the 'before' photo - this house was FILTHY. Keep in mind this is only one room - the rest of house was equally, if not more disturbing. It was almost like a squat/crack house.

    Should be a nice little earner :p

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  2. powerlifer

    powerlifer Active Member

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    Nice one looks like its coming along nicely.

    You should take pics of the other rooms before and after also.
     
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    You did a good job on fixing that chair. :)
     
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  4. Kerosene

    Kerosene Alpha & Omega™ Staff

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    Yeah I'm doing that. The other rooms are still pretty much empty, but at least they're clean and tidy now.


    If that chair is still in existence, I hope it's a million miles from here :p
     
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    mimm Banned

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    Wow, I like the interior. Anyway, how much does it cost for that? I begin to think to do the same to my room.
     
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    Good work fella! Its amazing what a good clean up, new paint and a wooden floor will do for any room. Thats the trick with property developing, strip the place back to its bare bones and then create a neutral space for the next buyer to input their own style. None of that design crap that I see some people do by painting a "feature" wall pink or some other ungodly shade of sick. I'll be doing more developing once our market gets out of the gutter and mortgages become easier to get again.
     
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    The chair from the original picture looks classic, good job with the renovation XD
     
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    Nice job! It's hard work, but very satisfying to see the end results!
     
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  9. Kerosene

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    I'm really happy with the floors, those boards (original baltic) are OLD, the house was built in the late 1800s!
    Apx $1300 for four rooms to have them polished - best money I've ever spent :)

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    Hey! Looks nice... is this in Melbourne?
     
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    It's about 1.5 hours from Melbourne.
     
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    You're selling it right? once you're done get that masterpiece listed in the site in my signature for free!
     
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    Hi,

    Looks Nice. Question in your area do you get snow? Only reason for asking is that look like a large opening under the door. Where I am at in snow you would have a snow drift on your nice floor.

    Butterflies Forever
    Sami
     
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  14. Kerosene

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    No snow ...Well maybe once every couple of years.
    I'm planning of fixing that door in the next week or so. There's a still a big list of things that need doing :)
     
    Kerosene, Jun 13, 2008 IP