Morton St Rehab – Flipped in a Flash

November 8, 2012 by 3 Comments

Check out one of our latest rehab properties in Springfield.

Springfield MA House Flip

 

We bought this house after it had sat vacant for over a year. Due to being empty for so long the house became a target for thieves and vandals. All the plumbing was removed, the kitchen cabinets were stolen, the gas lines were stolen and even the nice 200 amp electric panel went missing just prior to us closing on the property.

Now these weren’t the lazy thieves that just cut a few copper lines out of the basement and head on there way. No, these guys were good….. they kicked in all the bathroom walls on the first and second floor to get at every little bit of copper that they could. They even got back behind the bathtub and shower and pulled the mixing valves out!!!

 

Here’s a video we shot prior to starting work on the house.

 

 

This flip is a mess!!

What I did like about this property was the floorplan. The kitchen, dining area and living room are all open to each other. The living room has the cathedral ceilings with those nice beams. All four of the bedrooms are large and there is a full bath on each floor. A really nice layout for a Cape.

Here are some of the before pictures:

Morton St House Flip

Flip this Cape

Gorgeous Kitchen!!

Kitchen / dining area. Busted out Slider

Living Room

Living Room

Bedroom

Full Bath 1

Master Bedroom

Full Bath 2

Living Room with Cathedral Ceiling

One more look at our beautiful Kitchen

 

This is a 4 bedroom 2 full bath Cape with around 1,500 square feet and a finished basement. It was built in 1989, so for New England, it’s a fairly new home.

Be on the lookout for my next post, where I’ll show you the finished pictures of this property, and tell you how we sold the house when the renovation was only half way completed.

 

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A Look at our Finished White Birch Rehab – Leicster House Flip

August 22, 2012 by 1 Comment

Well we are putting the finishing touches on our White Birch rehab project. The last item that needs to be addressed is installing the new septic system.

 

Leicester MA House For Sale

163 White Birch

 

This property is an over-sized ranch that was in need of a complete rehab. We gutted out the majority of the interior and did all new electric, new plumbing, new heating, new roof, new windows, new siding, etc…..  We turned a functionless living room into a gorgeous master suite. The kitchen was completely renovated and several walls were removed to open up the floor plan.

 

White Birch For Sale

Attached 2 Car Garage

The home has a big Great Room addition off the back complete with a two car garage.

We went with a Cypress Green siding complete with black shutters and white trim package.

Rear Deck

The home has a big ass deck off the great room. I call this the party deck….. it rocks!!

Deck

French Doors off Deck

We added a real nice set of French Doors leading onto the deck from the Great Room.

 

Here’s a look at the Kitchen:

Renovated Kitchen

Wall Removed

Here is a look at the space where we removed one of the walls. This is the view from what could be a dining area or possible living room.

Wall Removed

Another view of the wall we removed looking from the kitchen area.

 

Fancy Stairs

Fancy Stairs

 

Above is a look at the nice stained stairway that leads up to the Great Room.

Great Room. Cathedral Ceilings, French Doors

Great Room

Great Room

 

Damn, this room is Great…..hence the name “Great Room”. It’s got cathedral ceilings, twin ceiling fans, recessed lighting, french doors to the deck and is rigged up for a huge Flat Screen TV and surround sound.

 

Master Bedroom

Kick Ass Master Bath

Master Bath

The master bedroom has an “en Suite Bath”…… which is a fancy way of saying Master Bath.

 

Hardwood Floors

Bedroom

Main Bathroom

Main Bathroom

The main bathroom has a lot of room and also has all the laundry connections, so we have first floor laundry.

 

Brand New Buderus Boiler

New 200 Amp Electric Panel

 

 

 

Here are a few more shots of that Kitchen:

 

Granite Countertop

Stainless Steel Appliances

 

So there it is.

This home is now fully renovated. It has 3-4 bedrooms complete with master suite, first floor laundry, two full baths, a huge great room, open floor plan for entertaining, two car garage and a big party deck!

 

If you are looking to buy a home in the Worcester – Leicester area, this is the one!!

 

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New House Flip **** Greendale Renovation

June 23, 2012 by 1 Comment

Here is a look at our latest rehab project. I am calling this one our Greendale Renovation, I don’t know why but it seems like a fitting name.

 

This is a cute little starter cape that is 4 bedrooms and 1 full bath with around 1,000-1,100 square feet.

Surprisingly none of the four bedrooms had a closet, so we added closets to each of the bedrooms. We also are doing a new roof, new siding, new kitchen, new boiler, update the bathroom, redo all the flooring, fresh paint and a host of other improvements.

 

Here is the what the house looked like when we bought it.

Greendale Rehab

Greendale

Kitchen

Kitchen

Living Room

Living Room

Living Room

Bathroom

Black Depressing Bedroom

Bedroom

Upstairs bedroom

Upstairs Bedroom 2

Living Room looking into Kitchen

Kitchen looking into Living Room

Greendale Renovation Project

 

This one should be getting cleaned and staged over the next week then it’ll be on the market.I’ll post some updates for you on the finished product.

 

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White Birch House Flip Update

April 28, 2012 by 3 Comments

We are nearing the end of our White Birch house flip rehab project. It is coming along quite nicely!

White Birch

The exterior is mainly complete with the new roof, siding and windows all done. We went with a green siding called “Cypress” complimented with some black shutters.

White Birch Leicester Home For Sale

White Birch

Inside we are finishing up the painting and tile work. All the trim is being installed and the cabinets are going in. Now it’s time for the finish work. This is the home stretch when the plumber, electrician and carpenters put all their final touches on everything and we get ready to “sell that house” !

Here are a few before pics in case you forgot just how beautiful this house was (you can see the before video HERE ):

White Birch Before

Kitchen

Kitchen 2

Great Room

Bathroom

Master Bedroom

 

Here is a look at the inside progress…….

Open Kitchen Area

Dining Area off Kitchen

New Header Beam / Removed Wall to Open up Kitchen

Bathroom / Tub Surround being Tiled

Master Bath ready for Tile Tub Surround

Great Room

Our partner on this deal, Ray Tower, has been staying on top of the rehab, even getting his hands a little dirty doing some of the work over there.

This one should be wrapped up shortly and I will be posting the completed pictures for your enjoyment.

If you have any questions or comments please feel free to leave them below!

 

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Ellendale Rehab Update – House Flip

April 16, 2012 by 4 Comments

Here it is; another update from the trenches.

Our Ellendale rehab project is coming along swell. The kitchen and bathrooms are in and all the finish work is happening. The granite went in today and the finish plumbing should be happening on Wednesday. We are making the final push to get this buttoned up and on the market in short order.

We took full advantage of the huge basement in this home; finishing it off, adding another bedroom and another full bath.

 

Here is a little pictorial update for you to feast your eyes upon:

Ellendale

Living Room looking into Kitchen/Dining Room

New Bedroom Addition

Kitchen

Kitchen Island looking at Dining Area with Fireplace

Open Kitchen Dining area looking from Living Room

Kitchen with New Granite

Full Bath with Laundry

Bedroom with Hardwoods

New Basement Bedroom with Egress Window

 

We ran brand new bamboo flooring throughout the dining area, kitchen and into the living room. It looks real sweet.

So there you have it, we’ve taken this awkward 2 bedroom 1 bath ranch with lots of wasted square footage and converted it into an amazing 4 bedroom 2 full bath brick beauty!

 

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Business Updates and Coaching

March 14, 2012 by 2 Comments

Here it is…. another fun and insightful post by Dominic:

 

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Hello to everyone in our virtual world. This is Dominic Kirchner here to give you a quick update on what Hampden Homebuyers has been up too. Matt and I have been extremely busy this year buying up a bunch of houses. We are keeping the contractors working overtime so we can have a good splash in the Spring market.

We are fresh off the plane, back from Sunny San Diego. We were at a FortuneBuilders seminar. Matt and I are both coaches with this awesome organization. We were up on stage for a little while sharing some valuable advice with about 400 investors from all around the country. Here is a picture of us with Than Merrill up on stage.

Dom, Than and Matt; Fortunebuilders Seminar

We took the redeye back Sunday night at 10:45pm PST and arrived in Boston at 9:25am with a layover in-between. It looks like we brought the nice weather back with us!

We also do Coaching with select individuals like Ray Tower. If the deal looks good we will do a Joint Venture (JV) deal with people that we coach. This is a quick video of us with Ray talking about working together.

 

We filmed a few videos of our projects before leaving for California. Matt will be posting those videos in a couple days so be sure to check them out.

I do have one last video before I go. Our video guy, Tom Knight, was trying to get the wireless mic to work. He turned around to get new batteries for the mic. Check out what happened.

 

Thank you everyone for reading and watching. Please be sure to click the LIKE button on this post and the videos. We appreciate any and all feedback and welcome questions too. Have a prosperous day!

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Great stuff Dom!!!!!

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New Springfield Rehab- Rhinebeck Ave House Flip

May 11, 2011 by 3 Comments

We picked up another nice rehab property in Springfield.

It seems like every winter /spring we get 1-2 properties with frozen pipes and some pretty bad water damage. The good thing is these are pretty straightforward rehabs… just gut out the damaged ceilings, walls and floors, and fix the busted plumbing.

The nice thing about these types of properties is that the sellers are usually pretty motivated to get rid of them. Most sellers realize that if the house sits for too long with all that water in there then the mold is gonna start growing fast…. and as soon as that mold sets in the price goes way down!!

Rhinebeck Ave is a really nice 4 bedroom 2 full bath cape located in an awesome neighborhood in Springfield. This cape already has a 60% dormer, so we don’t even have to worry about doing a dormer addition.

The exterior is pretty good, all we really have to do is new windows, powerwash, and maybe add a new garage door.

Inside we need to gut out all the water damaged sheetrock and floors, add a new kitchen, do 2 new baths, new flooring, fix the busted pipes, new sheetrock, open up the floorplan and add some new lighting.

Heres a look at the house:

84 Rhinebeck Ave

Rhinebeck Kitchen

Livng Room

Dining Area

First Floor Bath

Bedroom

Second Floor Bedroom

Second Floor Bathroom

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The owner had been renting the house out for years and you can see that it was pretty dated and needed some rehab even without the burst pipes.

Ours guys have been working over there for a couple weeks and it’s almost finished. I’ll post some more pics of the progress of the job as we move forward.

 

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11 Kitchen and Bath Trends for 2011

March 28, 2011 by 2 Comments

 

As everybody knows, it’s the Kitchen and Bathrooms that can make or break your renovation.

Staying on top of the latest trends can help you give your buyers exactly what they’re looking for.

Here’s an interesting article I came across highlighting 11 Trends in Kitchen and Baths for 2011:

http://moneywatch.bnet.com/saving-money/blog/home-equity/11-kitchen-and-bath-trends-for-2011/3750/?tag=content;col1

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Which of these trends are you incorporating into your renovation projects?

If your seeing any trends in kitchens and baths share it with us in a post below.

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