All Forum Posts by: Andrew Cordle

@Jesse Tsai

Yes we almost doubled the size of the kitchen. We closed off both of the windows in the previous setting.

The sink is what they call a "Farm Sink".

Thanks for the comments.

Andrew

@Dave Shellenberger

Yeah we ordered the cabinets and they were suppose to be the same espresso on the inside as well, but when we opened them they were not. We decided to go with them even though it was exactly what we wanted.

We did add lights on the inside of those cabinets as well.

I do like the idea of painting the inside a different accent color. We have some higher end cabinets going in a couple of houses we have going on in Atl. I may try that accent color in the glass door cabinets.

AC

@Dave Shellenberger

Are you talking about the interior of the cabinets with glass on them?

AC

@John Weidner

I believe this one was in Flossmoor.

We have close to 20 or so going on at a time in Chicago or NWI.

Lets connect here on BP, I will send you over a colleague request.

Here is one of our kitchens we did in Chicago. This was a 4 bedroom 2 1/2 bath house with an attached 2 car garage. It took us about 5 months close to close on this house.

Here are the numbers:

Purchase at 145k

Rehab at 60k

Sales at 295k

Andrew

Hello "BP Newbie" and welcome to Bigger Pockets @Natalya Safronova

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Wishing you the best –

Andrew

@Tom Keith

You know I have been using painted cabinets for over 2 years now and I have used them on over 100 houses. Now the sales price point I used them in anywhere between 100k and 170k once I go above that I switch over to higher end cabinetry.

Using those painted cabinets does several thigns for me:

1. I get my cabinets same day as they are off the shelf unfinished cabinets from HD.

2. Of course they are very cheap I believe I did those cabinets material only for around $1,100.

3. My houses look completely different from all my competitors so the buyers tend to like my houses.

Just some thoughts.

Thanks

Andrew

@Rick Baggenstoss

Do you mean the "other" people or "older" people?

If you mean Other people that was taken at a bus tour we did for some of our local students. We went to that houses and like 5 others.

AC

@Michael Dorovich

Hey man I buy down there all the time normally a little higher end price.

But what is the address there?

AC

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