Originally posted by @Brian Burke:
Originally posted by @Account Closed:
@Brian: when you have time, I have rehab questions. I'm always on the look out for when economy and goof taste come together, so I'm looking at it with a totally different eye than your buyer.
Is the flooring product on the main floor engineered wood flooring, or laminate? The listing says laminate, but it looks better than laminate in the pictures.
Where's the utility/laundry area in this house? I'm familiar with the house layout as there's a subdivision in one of my farms with same houses built 1976 - 1982. The laundry closet has been near or under the stairs. Is there a utility area, or are the hookups in the garage?
Is the 4th bedroom an office off the family room area?
What was the thinking behind the double door entry to the master bedroom? Was it that way already?
Is the back patio poured, or is that just block set on top of sand or dg to suggest patio?
The flooring is laminate, but I agree that it looks like engineered hardwood. It's just really good laminate, and it's really inexpensive. Well, we just negotiated a really good deal on it, I guess volume counts for something.
Laundry room is between the family room and the garage. It's adjacent to the downstairs half bath, which is adjacent to the staircase.
The fourth bedroom is really a den or office. Originally it was part of the master bedroom as a sitting room. This floor plan was originally built as a flex plan with a builder option of master with a sitting room or 4th bedroom. Looking at the market, I noticed that there were very few 4-bedrooms on the market so it seemed the way to go. Putting up one wall gives the 4th bedroom, but it's too small to put in a closet. So it's a den. But it's now downstairs by the family room, it's upstairs.
The double-door entry to the master was an existing design. While the doors are new, the opening isn't.
The back patio is pavers on sand. This allows flexibility if the new owners wanted to tear it out and do a deck or something different.
Brian, the house looks phenomenal! It is truly a wonderful feeling to take the problem house in a neighborhood and turn it into a place that someone can call home.
The flooring looks great but I have a few questions.
First, would you mind sharing the source and model number of the laminate?
Second, while I think it flows and looks great, I thought you were not supposed to use laminate in wet areas like the kitchen. As an experienced rehabber, what are your thoughts?
Third, what are your flooring choices in the bathroom? Also if you could enlighten us on what type of carpet you are using. From the pictures, it is hard to tell what kind of grade it is.
Lastly, why did you make those choices? As a new rehabber it is difficult for me to bakance out all of the potential "upgrades" vs the value they bring to the project.
