We officially sold our rehab at 209 Gifford St on Friday. It turned out to be a very good deal for us. We purchased this house right off the MLS. I used to be of the school of thought that there are no deals on the MLS… that if the house was a good deal [...]
Work is now complete at 209 Gifford St and it will be going on the market. This project went pretty smooth without any major problems. Our biggest challenge came in dealing with the water department over the main water line. See, the main water line was damaged inside the house during our initial demo and [...]
Our sweet little cape on Gifford St is nearing completion. All the finish electrical work is done and the plumbers should be completing their finish work over the next week. We installed some new hard wood floors and added a nice deck to the back of the house. We put a FSBO sign out on all [...]
The Gifford St house is a few weeks away from completion. All the sheetrock is up and everything is painted. Now it’s time for trim, doors, kitchen cabinets, etc….. We have some outside work to do, like building a deck off the back of the house, but this stuff is gonna have to wait till [...]
All the rough framing, electrical and plumbing is complete at Gifford and we passed all our inspections with no issues. Now we are ready to insulate the whole house and then hang our sheetrock. The guys are coming in this weekend to do all the sheetrock and we should have finished walls by next week. [...]
It’s been a pretty busy 10 days since I last posted. We closed on a new rehab project on Parker St in Springfield on Wednesday. We also made deals on three new properties; the first is a two family that we are buying from a local money lender, the second is a short sale that [...]
Renovations are moving right along at the Gifford St project. When I last showed you this house it had no roof (see the picture above). Now after a little over a week we’ve got the new roof on, the dormer is built out, all the new windows are installed and the house is being wrapped in vinyl siding. Once the [...]
We’re a week into the Gifford St project and we are making very good progress. The inside has been completely gutted and we’ve prepared the exterior for the siding and the new dormer. Have a look at the house now….. there seems to be something missing: Since the roof was in [...]
