The Remodel Addicts

We put our house up for sale a few months ago, BY OWNER, because we refuse to pay the 6% commission that could be a nice chunk of money in our lovely little pockets.  But, since we put it up for sale we decided not to put any more money into it because we don't want to over-improve the house for our neighborhood. Needless to say, we were having an itch to remodel something.  Thank goodness we have a little 3 bedroom in the Village that needed some TLC after our last renters moved out.

Our original plan was to do all the work ourselves.  It was the perfect opportunity for us to LEARN how to tile, how to re-surface the countertops, paint the trimwork, refinish the woodfloors, etc.  Well, needless to say it's next to impossible to do any sort of hard labor or remodel work when you have a toddler running around in a house with exposed outlets and nails in the floor.  BAD IDEA.

We gave up after a good ONE day of trying to do things ourselves and accomplishing absolutely nothing!  So we hired a guy on a "labor only" basis and bought the materials ourselves (b/c we like to save money and we know that the contractors mark-up the cost of supplies).  Thank goodness for craigslist service ads!  The house is fully remodeled and looks dad-gum good.  I spent all of yesterday cleaning-up after the wood floors got refinished and the entire house was covered in half-inch thick dust. gross.  Anyways, now we just have to wait for Big Trash Day in the Village before we can get all the junk out and get it rented!  It's adorable now.  I'll post pictures of the inside as soon as I get some!

1821 Brighton Avenue in The Village,  Available January 1, $900/month