Mr. Oats originally had the kitchen walls and cabinets painted the ugliest cobalt blue I've ever laid my eyes on (blue is his favorite so 
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Decided to redo the cabinets in a dark grey and painstakingly add a stone backsplash to the entire kitchen
Progress pics (and no, I don't keep a tidy workspace so 
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Results:
I was feeling 
after finishing the project, but now Mr. Oats is looking at selling the place so I won't be enjoying my labors for as long as I would have liked to 
!homeowners I have redone the kitchen, the study floors, and the fireplace (Mr. Oats installed hardwood flooring in the living room area and granite tile flooring in the kitchen/surrounding hallways) since the place was purchased. Does anyone have a clue how to get the most monetary value on renovations (I want to get ahead of low-balling appraisers 
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The first thing most people are going to want to do is tear shit out and make it their own lol.
What Id care the most about are things that aren't trend/taste based. Like how old is the furnace/ac, any areas of deterioration, structural, etc. Things that are unexpected expenses like replacing a furnace/ac in August in Kentucky like my mom just had to do without warning in one of her houses.
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Tear down a real stone backsplash?!?
The place is in good shape besides some damaged siding I need to replace…I need to rebuild the front/back porch but I don't have time for that shit atm
How important are porches?
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Rebuild the porch. I've been working on mine and was able to get it done in two days (aside from paint).
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Well I'm a weak and feeble
so it would take too long and frick sunburn. How much do you think some travajos would do it for?
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Make mr oats do it
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I'm the handyman of the couple, so if I don't build it then it won't get done
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sad !moidmoment
soymoment?
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Fr lmfao that's depressing
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He's a busy man with better things to do
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!fellas Citycel soy cope
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If you're just replacing the boards it's easy with 2 people.
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Depends, how close are you to the border?
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And replace it with something that won't hold dirt
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Like just leave shit alone if you're going to move.
The previous owner of the Kentucky house was so proud of the “rennovations” she did to modernize the 130 year old bungalow - like removing all of the original marble, painting the gorgeous woodwork and brick white, destroying the original built-in cabinetry for modern ikea cabinets. All things that were immediately reversed at a huge expense.
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should be a capital offense, white painted brick is going to look so dated in like 3 years every flipper is doing it
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HGTV and its consequences
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Just like how the grey floors and white interiors are going signify a period piece of the 10's 20 years from now.
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When I see white painted brick I immediately think I'm in a bad area.
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It's already dated I want to kill shoddy house flippers
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If anything, we were planning on hanging on to this place and renting it out, but at this point it seems too cumbersome to deal with
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If you're renting it out, just paint the interior, make sure the roof is ok, and clean the carpets. If you need to replace carpet get the cheapest plainest shit money can buy.
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Previous owners of my house built an outdoor office taking up half the garden. They were listing it for sale before the floors were even in. I hate it but I'd feel bad about tearing it down because it's unused. I pray for a tree to fall on it.
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Salt the earth…and smash my stone into pieces
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This is my last resort!
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SUFFOCATION
NO BREEDING
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