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Updated about 7 years ago on . Most recent reply

Pleasant Hill, CA SFH Flip (Addition | ADU)
Greetings to everyone. Hope we're all heading to a great weekends.
As some of you probably know, I started a follow-along-my-flip post for local beginners here.
This one meant to be a branched off post for them, and anyone else interested, to follow along.
Some quick notes:
- Since these flips are meant to be for practice, I won't be posting numbers or plans ahead. :)
- I'm not really aggressive on profit margin.
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Here it goes:
- SFH, built 1950
- 1087 Sqft, 3/1
- Outdated but move-in condition
- Windows replaced within 2 years
- Roof replaced within 3 yrs
- Same condition houses in the same neighborhood sold for around $520-$560k.
- Average quality remodeled sold for $600k+
- Purchase price and plan of actions will be in next post.
- More photos will be posted later.
Here are what I got at the moment:
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Hello all. Here's some updates for this project:
+ Deficiencies:
- 3 beds but only 1 bath
- 2 of the bedrooms are only 9' wide
- kitchen is only 8' wide, closed in (through an 3' opening)
- boring front elevation
+ Bonuses:
- big front yard
- big back yard
- great size side yard
+ Master plan:
- Expand rear wall backward 2 more feet: enlarge bedrooms from 9' to 11' wide; make kitchen bigger & open floor plan
- Bring front wall frontward to enlarge family room
- Add master bathroom as a second one
- Add small porch to make it looks a little more curb appeal.
- Build a brand new ADU (2nd unit) in the back!
+ Progress:
- Plan drawn & submitted to city last Friday.
- Expect to receive first round of comments before city takes off for holidays (in 2-3 weeks)
- Best case scenario: plan approved first time around, start date first week of Jan
- Second best case: start end of Jan.
- Worst: start 2nd week of Feb.
Here are before and after site & floor plans, and front elevations.
Existing site plan
New site plan