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ravyngirl · 06-17-2010, 08:52 PM

I too am doing some things as well.

I had a real estate agent out to assess the house and give me some numbers to work with....

You know that rule "never buy the best house on the block"?? Well apparently, I did not follow that!! I had no idea though!! My neighboring houses all are these big 3 story homes and mine is this sweet little 1950s cape. Sure the yard is a park-like setting. Sure the bedrooms are great sizes... No doubt that the master bedroom is jaw dropping BUT I would *never* had guessed that my little house was actually the biggest house in the neighborhood!

So, I'm limited... if I do too much, I out-price the area.

First on my plan: Redoing the kitchen... all new cabinets (at least new to me), updated lighting (actually have to re-run the wiring because the current set-up is absolutely ridiculous), new flooring, etc.

Once the kitchen is updated, I am going to refinance the house and install a deck and update the main bathroom and master bath.

The cost of all this is rather scary and the fact that I have learned bout this pretty tight budget as to not out-price the area doesn't help the nerves! I don't want to end up losing money on this! I mean, really..... it isn't the point!

So I see lots of sweat equity on my part to get this all done. OH and lots of scoping craiglook.com!

06-17-2010, 08:52 PM	#11
ravyngirl Junior Member How Do You Identify?: femme slave Preferred Pronoun?: she Relationship Status: single Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Oakland, CA Posts: 9 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 19 Thanked 14 Times in 6 Posts Rep Power: 0	I too am doing some things as well. I had a real estate agent out to assess the house and give me some numbers to work with.... You know that rule "never buy the best house on the block"?? Well apparently, I did not follow that!! I had no idea though!! My neighboring houses all are these big 3 story homes and mine is this sweet little 1950s cape. Sure the yard is a park-like setting. Sure the bedrooms are great sizes... No doubt that the master bedroom is jaw dropping BUT I would never had guessed that my little house was actually the biggest house in the neighborhood! So, I'm limited... if I do too much, I out-price the area. First on my plan: Redoing the kitchen... all new cabinets (at least new to me), updated lighting (actually have to re-run the wiring because the current set-up is absolutely ridiculous), new flooring, etc. Once the kitchen is updated, I am going to refinance the house and install a deck and update the main bathroom and master bath. The cost of all this is rather scary and the fact that I have learned bout this pretty tight budget as to not out-price the area doesn't help the nerves! I don't want to end up losing money on this! I mean, really..... it isn't the point! So I see lots of sweat equity on my part to get this all done. OH and lots of scoping craiglook.com!