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Patrick M.
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What Order Would You Do These Repairs In?

Patrick M.
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  • Chatham County, NC
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I'm offering on a property and I think I can raise rents 20% based on making some improvements. It's an upstairs/downstairs townhome, 2BR/2.5BA with the half downstairs. Take a look at my current conditions and proposed changes, and let me know if there's a natural order to do the changes. I've never rehabbed before.

Current conditions:

* Carpeted living room (stained), stairs, and upstairs hall/bedrooms (cleanable carpet except LR)

* mild water damage to floor in kitchen - about 3-4 sq ft visible damage in wood kitchen floor.

* Old cabinets surrounding relatively new white fridge, dishwasher, stove.

* fireplace with black metal flashing/backstop

* downstairs half bath with old sink/lights/weird rattan wall decor (not in the tropics!)

* polybutelene pipes in most or all fixtures

*upstairs baths dated vinyl/shabby vanities

Proposed changes/repairs: (please propose order for this list for convenience of construction!)

*Remove Living Room carpet and damaged kitchen flooring

*Install laminate floors in living room and kitchen

*Have kitchen cabinets refinished/restored (cheaper than new set)

*marble backsplash and surround for fireplace

*tile half-bath downstairs floor and replace vanity

*remove half-bath downstairs weird rattan wall covering, paint

*paint all walls

*replace polybutelene with better pipes

*tile upstairs baths, add new vanities

Thanks for any and all insights.

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J Scott
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J Scott
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This is from the BiggerPockets Flipping/Estimating books (http://www.biggerpockets.com/flippingbook):

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