All Forum Posts by: Sean Gallagher

Quick summary.  

Sfh rental.  Owned this property for approx 10 months.

Tried going through Wells Fargo, since I've only owned the property for 10 months they will go by my purchase price.  Other institutions I'm finding it has to be my primary residence.  

I'm hoping someone can save me a little time, I'd appreciate it.  

Sweet, hows the numbers look on it?

lol I have one.. no issues as of yet.  It gets pumped every 2 yr.  I was mowing someones grass once though, their septic system had backed up, the mower sunk in the back and I was slinging poop off the tires.  Yes true story

Well, don't mean to bump an old thread but it would be nice to give everyone an update.  So I've owned this house for about 3 months now, renovated most of the home without going too crazy, maybe put in about 10-15k, all new flooring, had a nice water damage surprise at 2 door entries.  Make sure when you pay someone to install new doors that they flash the doors correctly.  No serious structural damage but subflooring was bad, standing water etc, doors had to come out, new insul across a good 10 joist, ek!.  After all the ups and downs today I'm officially a landlord........ let the fun begin eh?  Locked them in for 1 yr.  I guess its a good day!

Sticky sides I think is called grip strip.  I thought laminates were to be avoided in all water prone areas though?  Even if they state waterproof I'm still a little weary.  And the allure tiles in a bathroom im not very confident, because there are many joints.  I'd really have to see the product first hand.. I guess I played it safe / cheap and went with the vinyl flooring sheet.  No seams other than at the toilet / water line and all outer sides, seal-able with silicone.  I'm still learning too though so im sure some of you are much more educated on rehabbing / product selection for type of property

hmm, I chose to stay away from the laminates in the bathroom.  Then I was going to do a ceramic / porcelain tile.  Which is a decent job, I went out and got all of the materials.  Just changed my mind after checking the levelness in both bathrooms, don't feel like turning it into a big project since I have other things to worry about at this property and would like a quicker turn around.  Plus its all OSB plywood.  A lot of stuff is cheap in the home. I went and grabbed sheet vinyl lol, which doesnt look too bad.  Will use high end stuff in a more worthy property.  Its a manufactured home, tough justifying upgrades.   I yanked out a cabinet and then found their access hole for the shower lol.  Yeah just beat a hole in the wall that works.  Gonna have to retrim the bathroom.  This was a dry fit with the vinyl sheet, i sealed the toilet side just now, going to do the nearest side later.

Place is a wreck at the moment, previous owners still have a lot of their things I'm clearing out and agreed to leave for a week or so.  So first picture with the fake fireplace is when you walk in the main entry into the dining room / kitchen and look forward into I dont know what room that would be called, I'm thinking about running pergo straight across, it was carpet.  Thoughts?  Then to the left is the master bed, next picture looking far out is the living room still carpeted.  I thought about running the pergo all the way there too!  lol.  Or I re-carpet, decisions decisions. 

alright so here we go http://imgur.com/a/lhHoR

No the Allure ultra is not the same as the regular allure or the tile, they utilize a grip strip whereas the allure ultra utilizes a locking feature.  I bought this house, currently you walk into a dining area, they have pergo there then it runs to the kitchen and stops at the living room.  Im having to redo all the flooring aside from the pergo due to it being 14 yrs old.  I thought about extending the pergo but not 100% certain if I should run it throughout the whole house.  As for the bathrooms go & the laundry room, I'm starting to contemplate ceramic tile now.  Probably like 150 sf total, not a very large house.  Its something I may do and then settle for carpeting the bedrooms.  I think it'll be weird if the whole floor plan is pergo/allure.  Id classify this home as a class b rental target.  I'll get some pictures of the layout, may help.

Contemplating just doing the allure ultra in my bathroom rather than the tile because the design of the tile looks more prone to issues?  Anyone have experience with the 2?  The home has a light color wood grain pergo dining room/ kitchen that butts up to the bathroom, I wanted a darker setting in the bathroom, the tile would look better imo vs a wood grain to a different color wood grain. Hmm

http://m.imgur.com/Fj0t2OF