One Week at Bessemer

April 25, 2009 by Leave a Comment

We are one week into construction on Bessemer St. Here is a video update:

Construction for this project should run another seven weeks. So far we have been very happy with our new contractor Jason. We have had some bad experiences with contractors over the last six months… cost us alot of time and money….  There are alot of guys out there right now who are very hungry for work and they will tell you they can do anything, than you give them a project and you soon find out they are in way over there head. Just make sure you are screening them well.

I think we bought another house yesterday… we still have to execute contracts but we came to a verbal agreement. I’ll post more details about this one in another post.

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Day 4 Highlights

April 24, 2009 by Leave a Comment

Heres a video I took Monday of the progress so far at Bessemer St. Things are moving along well.

We are starting to get some good publicity from this project. We did a photo shoot yesterday with our local paper that is going to be running a story about the house and our rehab work. We were also invited to a Springfield Community Group to talk about this house, our company, and how we renovate houses and improve neighborhoods. Several of the attendees were giving us leads on vacant houses that needed work! 

Still no closing on the fire Damage Three Family, there are some title problems that need to be fixed. We did put in an offer on another three unit property located in Forest Park. It is a pocket listing that an REO agent brought to us. We’ll see what the bank thinks of our offer. We’re about $20k below what they are hoping to get for the property. If we can make a deal it will probably be a buy and hold for us as it will cash flow very nicely.

I’ll post some more updates tommorrow about our other deals and what we are currently working out.

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Dumpsters, Bumper Stickers and Dogs

April 20, 2009 by 4 Comments

It was a fun weekend here in Massachusetts. Friday night I went to my good friends wedding, Saturday was beautiful and I got a chance to do some yard work around my house. Sunday I took a trip to Bessemer St to check out the progress. We’re three days into the work and so far it’s been nothing but yard work, clean out and demo. I have a feeling this house is gonna take 5 dumpsters. 

Speaking of  Dogs…. I said I would post pictures of the dogs in their cages… here it is!!!!!

Dead dog in Cage

Dog in Cage

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hahahahah, just kidding…. that’s my dog Teddy. He is a furry Pomeranian that likes to sleep upside down!!!
 
Ok, enough shenanigans, here are some photos from today….
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Breezeway After Cleanout

Breezeway After Cleanout

Kitchen after Cleanout and Demo

Kitchen after Cleanout and Demo

Wall being removed between Kitchen and Living Room

Wall being removed between Kitchen and Living Room

Bathroom after some Demo

Bathroom after some Demo

 
 
I’m looking forward to starting another exciting week. We’ll be getting contracts on a few short sales that should eventually turn into deals and we also should be closing on the fire damaged three family.
Peace Out**
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Work is underway at Bessemer

April 17, 2009 by Leave a Comment

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: 

Bessemer Before Day One Work

Bessemer Before Day One Work

Bessemer After Day One of Work

Bessemer After Day One of Work

Breezeway

Breezeway

Kitchen

Kitchen

Most Disgusting Bathroom Ever

Most Disgusting Bathroom Ever

 

Living Room

Living Room

Kitchen 2

Kitchen 2

Dining Room

Dining Room

Bedroom Where Fire Started

Bedroom Where Fire Started

First Floor Bedroom

First Floor Bedroom

Back of House

Back of House

 

 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.  

 

 
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17 Bessemer St

April 15, 2009 by Leave a Comment

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.

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Three Family

April 14, 2009 by Leave a Comment

I met another contractor over at the fire damaged three family today. While I was there I took some additional photos:

The fire damage isn’t too bad…. it really only charred the rear clapboard siding and burnt up through a small section of the roof. Fortunately there is hardly any fire damage to the interior of the building. Unfortunately the units are in pretty rough shape so they are all gonna need rehab. We are probably going to end up spending around $100,000 for the renovations…  It should be a fun project, as long as we get the right contractor in there doing the job.

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Another Day…. Another Deal

April 11, 2009 by Leave a Comment

For the last week we have been looking at a vacant 3 family home that has some fire damage to the rear exterior. I don’t know what it is with these fire damaged homes but I have a knack for finding them. I’ve brought contractors through and have been running some numbers. We finally met with the owner today and put it under contract for $20,000 with a closing next week.  Heres a picture:

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It’s been empty for over two years and all the copper pipes are gone (big surprise lol). It’s gonna need three new boilers, three kitchens, three bathrooms, alot of new windows, siding, roof repair and new porches. This is a very large three family with all three bedroom units. Each unit should rent for $900 when renovated. We may keep this as a rental when the rehab is complete.  This came as a referral from an insurance adjuster we recently had worked with on another deal. The kicker on this property is that we may be able to get some of the insurance money back when we finish the rehab. I’ll post more details and photos as things progress with the property.

 

The hardwood floor guys are over at the house on Hartford Terrace and they should be wrapping up over the next three days. That house is gonna look good when the floors are complete. After the floors are done we will clean, stage, and than put it on the market.

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