And yes, I live in Maryland but mostly in Africa which makes a reno even more complicated, as v. demo-ing and letting the developer do the rest.Chris, I like your suggestion about splitting the difference.Jay, the construction would be paid for by the people who are commissioning the houses, which is good because this way we don't have to put up any more money.

Why don't you share a demo link here?

Unless it is just demo (and even that can be screwed up by a non experienced helper), too easy to have this take longer or get messed up and have to bring in a pro to fix it which would cost more than twice as much and take twice as long.

No utilities on that one for a good 4+ months while demo, permitting and construction took place.

Things are moving along nicely, big demo day today getting all the old parquet floor up! 

You can make money on improvements if you buy something distressed or in much more dated condition than surrounding homes, but if you buy an average home in a neighborhood and do alot of rehab, you are demoing value to try to add more and often the numbers won't support it.

Hi Andy,Flocked or not, you might want to consider paying a service to remove it.It's a lot of arms overhead scraping and at the end of the day you'll be glad you did.A good painter might have the equipment to do it.And with 3 guys on it--bingo--gone like it was never there.Just have them leave the wall in paint ready condition--and you may have to prime before painting.Also spec broom clean when done and provide them with somewhere to discard the demo refuse.Good Luck!

So I thought it was a great opportunity as we demo the casita (keeping the original brick exterior for the historic neighborhood) to expand it into a duplex.

We are going to demo what is left and market it "as is" to restaurants.

@Wei Jie Yang Yes, I've got all of the above for the Central Iowa area. large and small cities!