AL PATIENTLY WAITING FOR AN INSPECTOR OR THE PHONE OR CABLE Company.
SAME ROOM BEFORE AND BELOW AFTER, THAT SHINY PAINTED FLOOR IS WHAT KILLED US WHEN WE PULLED AN ALL NIGHTER TO GET IT DONE.
FIRST FLOOR RENTAL:
NEW KITCHEN (contracted)
NEW BATH (contracted)
NEW FRONT AND BACK DOORS AND ALL WINDOWS REPLACED (contracted)
COVER for the large radiator in the kitchen (me)
NEW FAN middle room.
LOUVERED DOORS (me)
DOWN WITH THE DARK PANELING AND NEW SHEETROCK ADDED TO WALLS (me)
CEILING REPAIRS IN ALL ROOMS (me)
RADIATOR PAINTING (me)
FLOOR PAINTING THROUGHOUT (me and Al)
SECOND FLOOR LIVING SPACE:
NEW BATH (contracted)
NEW KITCHEN (me) Including tearing all the walls down and insulating.
PLYWOOD SUB FLOORS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE SECOND FLOOR. (me)
NEW FLOORS IN ALL ROOMS (me)
ALL NEW APPLIANCES (us)
NEW CEILING FANS (us)
BUILT IN SHELVING IN DINING ROOM (me)
ALL PAINTING (me)
THIRD FLOOR LIVING SPACE:
SUB FLOORS THROUGHOUT and CARPET TILED THROUGHOUT (me)
STORAGE SHELVING with accordion doors in between with hanging space beyond and storage beyond that.
BUILT-INS IN EACH ROOM
ALLOT OF PLASTERING, INSULATING, SHEETROCKING, PAINTING and making the space usable.
CHIMNEY POINTING and FLASHING
STAINLESS STEEL CHIMNEY LINER from the roof down to the basement and into the NEW OIL BURNING FURNACE.
BASEMENT:
FRENCH DRAIN
SUMP PUMP WELL WITH WORKING SUMP PUMP
WATERPROOFED WALLS INSIDE AND OUT
NEW WASTE PIPES WITH PROPER VENTING
COOPER WATER LINE OUT TO THE MAIN
TONS OF HAULING ROTTING WOOD AND JUNK OUT OF THE BASEMENT (Cheers to the Department Of Sanitation for putting up with the amount of trash we put by the curb).
ALL NEW SIDING (contracted)
NEW SIDE GATE (contracted)
NEW WOOD FENCE WITH GATE off the driveway and painted white. (me)
WINDOW WELLS with rain guards. (me)
NEW REAR DECK (contracted)
REHABILITATED GARAGE (now a screen house)
SALVAGED CEMENT PATIO in the back of house with creeping wooly thyme growing in and around it.
SHADEMASTER LOCUST TREE and all landscaping all around. (me)
NEW ASPHALT DRIVEWAY (contracted)
MAPLE TREE REMOVAL (contracted)
CHAIN LINK FENCE WITH GATE (contracted)
NEW FRONT SIDEWALK
THAT SHOULD COVER IT, EXCEPT FOR THE DRAINING OUT OF ALL OUR RESOURCES and then some. NOT TO MENTION THE PHYSICAL TOLL IT HAD TAKEN.
Our first refinance took care of the windows, doors, first floor kitchen and bath and second floor kitchen. All of our tax refunds and other refinances (and there were many), all went into the MONEY PIT. It also took both of our IRA's, but, we had to do the roofing and siding in order to sell it. We did sell and made enough to put down one fourth on a detached one family ranch style home in a 55 and over community in Brick, NJ. We thought we were all set and could finally relax and take our own pace doing things in Brick.
We unfortunately got hit with bills from the IRS, and the State Of New York. It seems we owed capital gains tax on our meager profit from selling the money pit. Then, after paying off (on time) the taxes we owed, we got a letter from New York City saying we needed to pay them their portion of our capital gains tax owed. We had thought the State and City were combined, because when you filed each year that's how it was. But NO! So after paying out thousands more, we were forced to refinance in Brick. tmp
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