Dexter - Week Seven

With Joe gone for a couple of days, it was up to me to keep things moving smoothly at Dexter.  

Boy, was I glad when Joe got home!  

The highlights of the week included:

• the landscaping was completed, 
• the drywall was finished,
• the tile was installed in the Bathrooms and Kitchen,
• most of the staining was completed on the original woodwork in the Living and Dining Room, 
• the Kitchen cabinets were installed 
• and the trim was started.

Landscaped back yard

New tile in one of the showers

Freshly stained bedroom doors

Pearl Street - Week 3

We worked hard last week to be ready for the drywall to be installed later this week.  To be ready, we needed to finish all of the new framing in the basement, insulate the walls and make sure all of the electrical and plumbing was in the right places. 

Other work included: replacing the furnace and hot water heater flue, installing a new hot water heater; ordering the new windows and kitchen cabs and making lots of plans for the weeks to come.

Dexter - Week Six

The drywall was hung and finished at Dexter this week.  While that happened, I spent the week finalizing the finishes for the Bathrooms and Kitchen.  

Here are a couple of the design boards.  

Check back next week - a lot of this will be installed!

Pearl Street - Week Two

This week can be summed up by one word at the Pearl Street property - DEMOLITION! 
All of this:

Came from places like this:

The Kitchen

The main bathroom

From the Denver Post this morning ...

This article affirms what we are experiencing in the Denver real estate market this Spring.  The article mentions the Park Hill neighborhood - the neighborhood that both Dexter and Glencoe properties are located in ...

 Denver housing market second in nation for quick sales

http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_20429074/denver-housing-market-second-nation-quick-sales

Dexter - Week Five

This week at Dexter we received all of the rest of our rough inspections.  This gives us the green light to start insulating and putting the house back together.

The garage is done and will be painted this week!

Ramone the Landscaper has started ... last week the fence went up ... this week regrading and irrigation!

Friday afternoon Bartolo was cleaning up getting ready for the drywall to be installed this coming week.  This is the Kitchen.  The stack of boxes in the picture are the cabinets that will be installed by the end of the week.

Pearl Street - Week One

Work was quiet at Pearl this week as we continue to get bids and make plans for the next couple of weeks.  However, while we were planning inside, the sewer was replaced in the back yard.

Next week, the demo starts!

Pearl Closing

This is our newest project.  This home was built in 1948 and is 1060 square feet.  

We will start next week with cleaning up the first floor, building a new garage and finishing the basement.  

Check back to watch the progress!

The kids affectionately call this project:
"The Peach on Pearl"

Dexter - Week Four

This week was short due to the Easter holidays and started with snow and colder weather.  We worked on finishing the rough electrical and plumbing.  In addition, we focused on obtaining our first round of inspections.  We will get the remaining rough inspections in the coming week and then be able to start closing up all of our open walls.  The garage is also almost finished.

Check back next week for pictures as we start to finish up this project!

Dexter - Week Three

We had a couple big things get accomplished this week on the job at Dexter - we obtained all our required permits, poured some concrete and closed in the addition to the back of the house.  Enjoy the pictures from the end of the week!

Mr. Tim working on the new addition!

The addition from the inside.

The new garage slab.  Kelly and Erin thought it was a perfect "stage"!

The new underground plumbing in all complete!