Friday Happenings

The past few days at Demouy have been really productive! I finished up the bulk of exterior painting downstairs and Dave worked his carpentry magic inside (I can't wait to show you the fireplace he's been working on!) Man, I am ECSTATIC I will no longer be on a 12 foot ladder for a very long time! I realized my fear of heights was worse than I thought...which is no bueno when you know that is where you will be working for several weeks!! But, facing your fears is never a bad thing...right??

My perch for way too long...

Anywho, forgive my detour...Back to our productive week! The electricians spent most of the week with us working on all the rewiring (and rewiring, and rewiring, and rewiring...did I mention rewiring?!). All of our custom windows came in too. Quick tip when placing orders with major manufacturers...play them against each other for better prices. We got a quote from Lowe's then took the quote to Home Depot who says they will beat any prices. We took Home Depot's quote back to Lowe's who also guarantees they will beat any prices. We saved $1,200 on our windows by using this method. When you are buying 19 windows like we did for Demouy, any price cut helps! (Oh! Andddd we used that method for our kitchen cabinets...saved a boatload of cash on those too! Try it...it works!)

To end our our productive week, we got Demouy all cleaned up and the last bit of furniture out. The crabby neighbors came out like vultures, trying to inquire into the furniture and "school" us on our rehab. I must say, after spending several months (and filling seven...I repeat SEVEN forty-five foot dumpsters) reviving that carcass of a house just to be scolded on not keeping the original windows (that, mind you, are rotting, broken, and covered in nearly 100 years of gunk), it was hard not to go "cray-cray" (a.k.a crazy) on her ass. Maybe my patience level will increase as a result of dealing with these nosy neighbors...but don't hold your breath!

Moving on...tomorrow Pocahontas and Demouy are being featured on a "rehab carpool tour" which will bring people interested in flipping. David and I went to one 3 years ago when we were aching to get in the biz. Should be fun! Pretty exciting (and odd) that we are now on this side of things and can give advice to people wanting to learn what this flipping business is all about. Dave will do all the talking...did I mention I have a fear of public speaking too??... ;)