We closed on Bessemer on Tuesday and work got underway today. The guys cleaned up the yard and began airing the house out. A dumpster will be delivered tommorrow and clean out of the inside will begin. It’s gonna take a few dumpsters on this job as their is quite a bit of trash in the house.  The Humane Society will be coming tommorrow to get the four dogs.

The contractor we are using is actually one of the guys I found on the Craigslist ad I posted about last week. He has rehabbed a few houses for himself in the past and he was actually already on my buyers list… and I didn’t even realize it. He has been doing new construction for the past two years but wants to get back into doing rehabs. This will be a good one to start on.

Here are some pictures from today, including photos of the inside, you can see how trashed the place is: 

 

 

 The hardwood floors will be done over at Hartford Terrace tommorrow. I’ll put up some pictures of that.  We have two of our finished rehabs closing at the end of this month. Still waiting for clear title on the Fire Damage Three Family…. I don’t think we’ll be closing tommorrow on that one. We also have a rental house that we bought  in February on Ladd St getting finished up, we should have the new tenant in there May 1st.  

 

Today we closed on the fire damaged Cape that I referenced in a previous post. This house is really nasty. Here is the newscast video from the fire:

The dogs are still in the basement, we have the Humane Society coming over to remove them and give them a proper burial. The plumbing in the house was not working … so the toilet is absolutely disgusting, overflowing with waste. Once the firefighters went inside the house and saw how nasty it was the city condemned it.  Maybe I’ll post some pictures when I get a chance. The rehab on this house should cost $55k-$60k. We are going to be adding a full dormer to the second level, which will give us two very large bedrooms and room for a second full bath. It will need all new windows, new vinyl siding, a new roof, new furnace, new plumbing, new kitchen, new bath, some new electric, and a new water heater.  This house is in an awesome neighborhood so once the work is complete it should be an easy resale.