Week 14: Kitchen and bathroom progress

I am still working on finishing up the trim in the house, but in the meantime Tony has been making a lot of progress on the kitchen and the bathroom. I will just post the pictures because I’m too tired to explain much more than that. It’s been a huge change already since we started the renovation, and we are getting so close to being done!

We had an open house this afternoon. I posted a rental ad and got a lot of great response with people saying they would come to the open house. So we spent a couple hours vacuuming the dust, cleaning the windows, mopping the floors, putting away the tools and supplies. The house looked amazing…and nobody showed up. It’s a little disappointing, but that’s the way it goes right? I’m not giving up, I have no doubt we’ll find a great tenant.

The final list!

I know it looks very close to being done, but I went through the house today and made the final list with all the last items. This is what still needs to be done:

• Install kitchen cabinets doors
• Kitchen cabinet knobs
• Tile and grout the back splash
• Finish the kitchen window frame and trim
• Install microwave
• Paint the kitchen kick
• Buy and install door stops
• Caulk the rest of the trim
• Paint all trim and doors one more coat
• Install kitchen crown molding
• Two kitchen lights
• Two outdoor lights
• Trim around return air vent
• Install kitchen sink and faucet
• Bring and install dryer
• Cabinet and doors in the laundry room
• Hall closet shelves
• Closet rods
• Make electrical panel cabinet
• Bathroom sink and faucet
• Paint the bathroom paneling

RENO TIMELINE

• Week 1 – Demolition
• Week 2 – Laundry room plumbing
• Week 3 – Wall removal
• Week 4 – Prep for painting
• Week 5 – More demo and some flooring
• Weeks 6 & 7 Electrical and plumbing upgrades
• Week 8 – Drywall
• Week 9 – Paint
• Week 10 – Flooring
• Week 11 – Exterior
• Weeks 12 & 13 – Trim and closets
• Week 14 – Kitchen and bathroom progress
• Week 15: Kitchen back splash