Local Material Supplier Request!

[Jake Jaenicke]

Hello BP Community!

My girlfriend and I are in escrow on our first property! It is a SFR with a 700 SF guest house and a detached two-car garage. The guest house needs new flooring, entire kitchen, and a fresh coat of paint. We will be turning the two-car garage into a loft-studio with a kitchenette, and eventually updating the main 2b/2ba house that we will live in for now.

My question is for those rehabbing properties to rent in San Diego. I have heard over and over again that big box home stores are not the best bang for your buck. They are convenient but often overpriced. 

I am requesting some material supplier suggestions in the San Diego area for LVT flooring, kitchen appliances, paint, etc. These upgrades will all be mid-grade (not luxury), and rent hardened materials ideally.

Thank you in advance BP community!

[Dan H.]

Costco sells nice LVF. If you are going to have carpets, apartment grade carpet looks nice for around same length as tenants can manage to not damage it.  I have it even in one of our STRs (only the upstairs has carpet).

The issue with big box cabinets is not the price but the quality.  I have not used either of these since the pandemic but check out better cabinets and granite and H Cabinet.  

The big box have some good sales for appliances.  I have discount direct from GE yet the sales from big box stores sometimes beat the prices I can get direct from GE.  Sometimes scratch and dent work, but I have had one poor experience with a refrigerator that had a lot of internal damage (like it had been dropped). 

I agree with Bruce to use quality paint especially important for exterior

Good luck