Dexter - Week Two

It was another busy week up at Dexter.  The work continued to progress well.  

Some of the work is "prettier" than others.  For example, the old clay pipe sewer from the house to the alley was replaced ... here are the new cleanouts ...

We put an egress window into the basement bedroom.

The old single pane windows in them mudroom were replaced with new ones ... 

now I am looking forward to seeing the bead board go up on the walls!

We also opened up another wall.  This one is between the Dining Room and the Kitchen.  The Kitchen is a galley style kitchen.  The new sink and dishwasher will be located under this window!

And we have started to think about paint colors.  Feel free to let me know what color you would vote on! 

Next week, we hope that the addition to the Master Bedroom will be completely framed in and the garage will be built.  Check back soon to see what else we get done!

Real Estate News

Here's an interesting article about the real estate market in Denver!  It reinforcing what we are seeing - inventory is down and sales are starting to rise ...

Dexter - Week One

This week started with the delivery of a dumpster and lots of dust!  Although it also ended with lots of dust, we started to put a few things back together ... here Vince is starting to fix the drywall in the Living and Dining Room and fill in some of holes in these walls.  By the end of the week, the walls had a fresh skim coat and the blue and yellow paint was all gone!

As we explored the house, we discovered that the windows in the sun room were original.  The operation of them is very unique.  I believe that they were originally intended to be completely opened and the room used as a sleeping porch.  The windows are made to slide down through the window sill and into the lower wall.

Here you can see how the window sill would fold open to allow for the window to slide down into the wall.

More updates soon - we are planning a very full second week!

Dexter Closing

Meet the latest project for Building Winners, Inc.  This is currently a 1277 square foot, 2 bedroom, 1 bath Bungalow that was built in 1917.  Check back here to watch the progress as we renovate this great home.

2635 Dexter Closing Update

All the papers are signed, the money is sitting in escrow and we wait ... wait for Bank of America (the seller) to finishing signing their side of the documents.  With a little luck, we will receive the keys tomorrow afternoon and start swinging some hammers!

When I was in the neighborhood today, I took a few pictures ... it sure felt like Spring!  Hope these pictures give you a feel of the neighborhood.

Spinellis Market and the Cherry Tomato are neighborhood favorites -
a short 2 block walk from the Dexter property!

This park/playground is at the corner of 23rd and Dexter -
on a Spring afternoon like today, it was full of toddlers and "picnic-ers".