I know, it’s a funny title, but honestly it’s fitting. It’s a long time in the making, long time mostly because I’d rather have taken a lighter, bulldozer, or anything to this dump house, than remodel it. You see though, it wasn’t always this way. No, this house had potential, I suppose it still does, but it’s just buried beneath a butt load of crap.
I agreed to purchase this house with the intent of remodeling (ripping it down to its bones), and then rebuilding it to a new, better and brighter living space…until our then lender screwed up the loans and the economy tanked.
So it became a rental…
I hate rentals.
There I’ve said it. It’s out there and the world knows. With that now off my chest, we own three different rental properties, soon to be down to two (thank the lord!). Here’s the deal, when I agreed to purchase the rental properties many years ago, it was strongly suggested to me that I’d not have to do anything…should’ve seen that coming a mile away. I will say I’ve whined to the hubby countless times, but I was the one who said yes, so I took it on and have made it work with much grumbling in between. It finally got better when we hired a property management company…sorta.
You see there are good renters and then there are “them”. Them/they are the ones who can’t seem to pay rent on time. They have an excuse for everything. They say they’re taking care of the place regardless of the fact that you’re pointing to the grass in the front lawn that is more than ten inches long. They get upset when you question them because they’ve gotten themselves so tangled up in their lies they don’t even know the truth anymore…and when they finally move out because of the eviction notice you had to pay a pretty dinero for, they leave you a pile of crap.
Yup, a huge, stinking pile of crap.
Cupboards falling off the hinges, cracked and broken tiles, clogged sinks, carpet so stained it needs to be taken out with a hazmat suit, missing doors, stickers galore in every place imaginable, light fixtures missing, stables filled with so much horse…yeah, you get the picture.
The Wanna Be Remodel.
So here I am for the third time this year remodeling a house when I should be writing another novel. *deep sigh*
The only bright star
here is that I get to blog about it. I get to take you through this Wanna Be Remodel and let me show you the model of being super cheap.
Yup, super cheap. I’ll be hunting down finds on Craig’s list, ZIdaho, and any other site and or person I can find who might have materials I can take off their hands.
I also get to whine about it, and if you read the blog, you get to hear about all the misery fun I’ve been up to.
Get ready, it all starts tomorrow for me, and I’ve got some inspiration coming your way. I can just feel it.
