I enjoy building, making art and learning new disciplines along with documenting my processes by way of video and sharing them with you. The goal here is to focus on the home, whether fixing a broken light switch, making furniture or renovating an entire house, this is where you will see my hand at work in the home. Thank you for joining me.
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That floor looks terrific. With the kitchen powder room door, there is an unusual solution. Run the door through the table saw, cutting it in half. Put fitting strips to reinforce the edges, then a piano hinge. Instant bifold door. Problem solved. Watching you do the floor in the porch, I think this is the first mistake I've seen you make. On two counts. First, the better solution long term would have been to run the vinyl kitchen floor through the porch. Solves both issues. First, the carpet inside the door is going to be difficult to keep clean. Dirty footwear is going to soil it. The break in the floor is also adding to the visual smallness of the area. The vinyl would visually expand the space. It would also be easy for the tenant to keep clean and will last much longer.
What a really great job. I have been in my rental apartment for almost 10 years. If I were renting that house I would want to stay permanently. If I were still there when you decided to sell, I would be first in line to buy if possible. It is a terrific home.
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This is THE house that made me subscribe to your channel. Aw man!
I started my own renovating business about a year ago. This video is very helpful for beginners!
Many landlords wouldn't have even bothered to power wash that porch, and just rented it again as is, maybe even just barely touching up the walls inside. It's very commendable that you are acting as a proper landlord should, being proud of your property, and hoping the tenant will likewise look after your property
for the things in the shower, find yourself some asopropal alcohol and dribble it in along the top edge. Then get a plastic trowl and slowly, very patiently, pry the adhesive away from the shower surround. Also consider using a heatgun or a hairdryer while peeling it away
Really Good work BuTTT the old joist and subfloor looked like they where fine and most likey better than the crap you get from home depot. floor insulation is for older homes with out ductwork below, heat rises. but if you are far north yank than maybe.
Got to love tenants, especially in low-rent cost situations. They are the worst and somehow manage to destroy whatever it is that they touch.
Use a hair dryer to softened the sticky tape in shower.
Any place I rented I improved. Always got my deposit back.
So happy to see you on this project again. I know it's going to be completed eventually and I'm in no rush. Take your time. I'm a quality of over quantity.
This house looks like it fell victim to thirteen percent of renters
What rental company do you use?
Man your projects and you yourself, are such an inspiration! keep up the great work! love you channel!
Who do you use as a rental manager?
This is actually pretty good. This is why I sold my rental property and now the same house is being rented out for 7 times what I was charging. Crappy renters have ruined it for all other renters.
When you floor your rentals use luxury vinyl plank. It’s pvc. 100% waterproof and won’t swell or split like the issues you have. I’m assuming you used pergo or a similar floor that is pressed particle board. They don’t hold up to moisture.
I remember how much work you put into this house single handed. And people wonder why rent is so high. Landlords have to cover the cost of repairs of tenants, who don't leave the property in the shame shape or better shape than it was when they started the lease.
ide gravel the front of the house, to keep it clean
Plumber, electrician, carpenter,you name it...he is indeed every man.... Love this hardwotk and dedication
what's the purpose of a coax connection on a kitchen countertop area?
Bro is trying to pretend that the discount low quality flooring is somehow the tenant's fault 😂
Why are they physically shutting the water off between tenants? You should have an account with them. The tenants are having to waste a lot of money on shut offs and restarts.
You may want to consider a slight level up on the blinds for rentals. The 2” faux wood blinds at Home Depot don’t bend and snap like the mini blinds and they also don’t have a pull cord to raise and lower you just lift the base so it’s less to get tangled and break. I use them in my rentals and they are tough and elevate the look.
Come on....Daddy needs a new $9, 000 house video....
The kitchen looks magnificent. Great job. Personally, my preference for kitchen cabinets if they are to be white is Benjamin Moore Impervo Alkyd Enamel. Pick your sheen, but on cabinets that take a beating, high gloss stands up to anything. It is also scrubbable. In a kitchen it stays white for a good 20 years if not more.
I know you have a kind heart, please take the kittys to the shelter, so they can be adopted!!! And i want to see more of that giant house you got the pex from. Be safe from pancake plates, kitties, and dentures!
I think something funny about this project is that its going to take you 10-15 years at least in rent to make what you did posting videos about this project on KZread. Funny how that works sometimes but you know the best products in business are the ones you can sell twice! In your case, three times!
What part of the country is this in? I think I remember seeing it online for sale and thought about buying it since it was so cheap.
Tbh the only thing I would change about the door would be to as hinges that automatically close the bathroom door if I was living there but I fully understand why you would want to not have that
Like their deposit should cover all that damage. Its mostly cosmetic.
You should paint your front and back door the darkest blue you can find.
I just saw this kind of toilet that has a tank that is built inside a 6 inch framed wall and a bowel that hangs off of the wall with an exit of the waste water off of the back so the whole thing floats above the floor .I would like to try this set up sometime even though it costs about 600 dollars due to the ability to gain about 9 inches inside a small room . I live in a 50 year old house and have a closet that runs right over the sewer pipe so I think I will try it.The old houses you are working on are even worse than mine as far as space goes.
I don`t like those kind of bathroom sinks without the overflow built in because people are dummies or they are children and don`t know what they are doing yet until it happens to them.
They sell better floors now anyway ,but I think if you try to mop those floors it wrecks them and you have to clean them with out water.
Cool
what are the dimensions of the house?
Shame people live so careless and nasty. Im surprised it looks as good as it does after people moved out. Hope you get it nice for the next renters.😊
We had rentals, and it’s so disheartening to see how people treat your property. Our last renters bought a fire pit, set it under the maple tree and lit a nice big fire 🙄. They took down the curtains in all three bedrooms, and either threw them away or took them with them, along with the rods. 🤷♀️ In one bedroom, they hung some new curtains by screwing the new rods into the woodwork…with the biggest screws they could find. The most expensive thing they did was back a large truck? trailer? into the driveway so close to the house that they destroyed the brand new covered gutters on the side of the house….and didn’t tell us! The repairs cost the same as a month’s rent…and luckily we saw the damage and they paid. And like you said - they were young, and mommy co-signed.
And renters wonder why are deposits so high, cause the animals that rent it treat it like crap
Not much wrong with the property...you should see how my renters leave mine
how someone could just abuse a home like that is beyond me. I can sort of understand some sticky stuff or holes from hanging stuff, although not really with the use of command strips, things like throwing grease on the porch or garbage in the backyard or not disclosing damage to the floor is just ridiculous. What do you gain from not treating the place or the landlord with enough respect that you will obviously loose your deposit. You might as well talk things out otherwise it's just an invitation for a legal battle or harassing's for money.
At my last rental, I left it in better condition than when I moved in. I painted everything, I had added a garbage disposal, installed 2 new faucets, sealed and painted the concrete walls and floor in the utility room. Landlord required a huge security deposit, and I made sure I got back every penny.
GREAT video! May I suggest something? Have the rental company add instruction to the lease regarding trash service, that it is a requirement in order to rent the property. The management company should also be performing periodic visits to the property to ensure the yard is trash free and is being mowed, etc. I love this little house! Have a great day
How did you get away with no handrails in the back of the house? Wish this was how it happened with my sister she been in same apartment for 8 years started at 700 for a 2 bedroom and now she paying 1500 been raised every year starting in the pandemic. I can understand 2 or 300 but Jesus 700.00 , 300 alone last year. Her place not even renovated yet everything in the complex is except hers. . But to be honest I couldn't be a landlord lol. I own a Homestead with 4 houses on it on 43 acres. My adult kids live in the others and they always updating and making the houses preaty nice.
I am a renter and I would never do that crap
The glue in the bathroom. You can use a heat gun to peel it up
Honestly, the inside of the house was in pretty good shape. Except for the floors, I feel like the rest of it was normal wear and tear. And the flooring may look awful in a couple spots, but it's only in some small areas. Hopefully you have some extra floorboards like you said. The outside was disrespectful, though.
My landlord has raised the rent twice in ten years . Which isnt bad because he didn't raise the rent that much .