All Forum Posts by: Steven Maduro

I am back. 

I thank all of you who have commented positively on my previous landlord series

I will be starting a thread on tiling

i am tackling 520 sq ft of tiling

that goes through multiple rooms. 

I will discuss layout strategies

pacing yourself

and tricks I picked up along the way

I am not long on time today but please expect the thread to be expanded 

over the next 7 days

I will add to it as I go further into the project. 

thanks everyone for the support 

I don't have much in the way of experience to share

But the few ideas and concepts I can offer 

I am glad they are if some

Use 

Eyesor

custom cabinet 

•  At first I was a little put off that you assumed I didn't try googling 24 inch etc
• But you are right

If you look to the right at the side bar you begin to really see other options 

So thanks Steve 

Much appreciated

You helped me nail this project with the simplest of suggestions 

I feel a bit foolish but 

Sometimes with projects like these it's common to experience a bit of tunnel vision

I am going with bloomberg electric range from amazon 999

1700????!!!

I forgot to mention 

I need the talll refrigerator 

My price tag from ajmadison

Is 1199 Blomberg electric range

1299. Bloomberg refrigerator

800 dishwasher Bloomberg

200. Microwave hood 

thanks 

For the tips 

Summit looks good

I hope I can take advantage of sales at ajmadison

I will need them for sept perhaps I can get Labor Day sale good thinking 

The microwave size is 24 inch

Picture is probably not exactly

Proportionate

Making lemonade out of lemons is probably one of the best adages I can think of for learning to be creative and solving problems in real estate

if there is a problem with a property 

or dimension issues 

you dont always have to go to a contractor to solve the problem

contractors have a certain mindset

and are operating on a specific paradaigm

here are some solutions I have done in the past that have really worked and paid dividends

i had an ejector pump in a bathroom and the space was covered by a makeshift door 

I decided to have a custom cabinet built 

that functioned as a trash receptacle and had shelves as well 

now the unsightly space is home to a beautiful custom cabinet that can be easily removed for servicing the pump when it needs it 

problem two 

I bought a house that had front of the shower enclosure removed

rather than buy another shower enclosure cost 500.oo

i opted to replace the front wall with backer board and tile the front and ended up with a beautiful custom look 

cost was cheaper than replacing shower enclosure and the look is twice as good 

problem three

when i bought my house there was a hole knocked out one of the walls about the size of a  door 

i suppose thieves came in from the crawl space into this part of the house when it was vacant

rather than close in the space

i enlarged the crawls space door 

poured a concrete floor and created a second exterior doorway to the space making the downstairs ready to become a legal apartment. 

Contractors are not always designers or visionary

but  you can n always study your property and create lemonade out of lemons.