Things are finally moving forward at the Worth house.  The contractors started up again the 2nd week of January.  It is is amazing what a couple of hard workers can accomplish in a week.  They finished painting the cabinets, installing lights, doors, door knobs, trim and bathroom vanities, toilets, and lights.  I ordered the appliances but they are taking a bit longer than I had planned.

I held things up a bit the third week of January as I was travelling for work and wasn’t available for questions and purchases. Before I left I asked them to install a few additional items (shower doors, cabinet pulls, shutters, etc..).  I had planned to install these myself but knew I wouldn’t have the time.  It’ll cost a bit more but I’ll probably be able to get it on the market sooner.

We had a ton of rain the last couple weeks which caused my foundation to settle slightly after the foundation work and it caused some minor cracks.  No problem, the contractor patched and painted over them.

We also found that two of my kitchen cabinet doors were cut the wrong size so I need to go have two more made.  Not a huge expense but a pain to have two more cut and painted.

I had a garage door guy come out and shore up the garage doors a bit.  The doors were ajar which it made it appear that were foundation issues.  He fixed those and installed new handles/locks for $250.

This week will I’ll pick out the hardwoods and hope to have them installed.  I have a quote from the guy who installed my tile for $2/ft to install laminate hardwood.  I could probably find it cheaper if I kept looking but he did good work on the tile.  I also need to get a plumber out to fix the leak on the sewer drainage and determine why the master bath is backed up.

Once things dry out I need to get someone to clean up the yard, gutters and plant some flowers and shurbs.

I may purchase a power washer to knock off the dirt from the brick.  I’ll also get some paint matched for the outside trim and give some of the high visibility areas a fresh coat.

Last week I posted my freshspace sign in the yard.  Suprisingly, I’ve had a half-dozen calls on it from the sign.  I didn’t expect the sign to generate much traffic as the house is off the beaten path.   It is probably good that I didn’t post it too early since I really wouldn’t have known how log it’d take to finish the rehab.  I know now that I am 2-3 weeks from completion. 

I’ll have the final pics available soon!