Final Stages of the Short Sale

Original offer was submitted on December 5th. It's now August 19th, and the bank says the deal is in "Final QA" and should have the approval letter in 3-5 business days. We'll see if that's true or not. Once I get the letter it's 45 days to close.

It's a 2600 sqft mid-century in Normandy park. Here is an original picture during construction in 1960:

Structurally it's in good shape. The only issue I can see is that the wall on the outside of the carport is slightly tilting inward, but not much. The main thing is that it's very dated. It has about 1700 sqft on the main floor, and about 1400 more in the basement. The basement is partially finished, but the work wasn't done well so it looks crappy and dated. But the potential is there. I have plans to change just about everything, and will keep this blog so that I can recall what I've altered by the time I'm done.

Here are some images of how the house looks now:

Lots of work to do. Can't start on any of the big items until we close, but I'll be cleaning up and doing minor stuff here and there before we close. The paint is passable, but it does need to be repainted. My plan is to use a base scheme like this:

With the exception of using blue on the exterior beams like this:

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Basement Painting

We're set to close on the 15th of October, so I'm getting a little braver with my fixes and updates. I realize I want a little experience with the new airless sprayers before I tackle painting the exterior of the house. I also know that once I pull down the ceiling tiles in the basement, I'll want something to make it look decent while I'm working on the wiring and rearranging the upstairs. I thought I'd do a dark paint on the exposed wood. I'd seen pictures of that done in basements before and liked the look. The basements in this house are about 8" tall, a little lower than that when duct work or plumbing is a factor, so while not low, it can't hurt to have a dark look to improve the height of the ceiling. So, I figured I'd start by painting the ceiling in the unfinished part of the basement. Here are some before pictures: The paint I used was the same dark flat Olive Green I'd used on the lighting plate in the bathroom. It...

Bathroom Waterproofing

Waterproofing the shower. 1 primer coat, 5 coats on the walls, 7 on the pan. Tested and approved by the inspector. Next is upper pan and then tile.

Basement Bathroom Progress

Just for reference, here is the original, claustrophobic, non-code-compliant basement bathroom. And here is progress on the much larger bathroom, even though to overall footprint is the same size. The shower has been expanded to fill the entire width, and the ceiling raised in the shower area. The original was a generic shower stall, and was very dark and cramped. This will be much brighter and while the dimensions are small, won't feel nearly as cramped.

Normandy Park Restoration

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