I bought another house to fix up

[Crazyagent]

Some of you might remember me from the previous house build thread: I bought a burned up house to live in

I recently bought another house in DC with the goal of doing a complete renovation and then holding onto it and renting it out. This is a pretty standard DC rowhouse, and there isnt any crazy backstory like with my other house. Right now I have done demo on everything that I can, with the permit that I have. I should have the permit to build in 6 weeks or so. Anyway here is where I stand now compared with the photos of when I bought it. Ill update this with any progress that I have, it will be ongoing for the next six months.

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[nosaj]

come help finish my basement

 

[Crazyagent]

 

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[Crazyagent]

Im having issues with the direct photos posting to here, so here is the link to the imgur album:

Ill post up the existing plans and the new floor plans later

 

[AndyP]

hot damn

 

[BlasterMaster]

That brick looks gross, is it from moisture?

 

[Crazyagent]

That brick looks gross, is it from moisture?

No its tar from old waterproofing. That used to be the old exterior wall of the house until an addition was put on in the 50's

 

[Hpower]

why did you take down all the dry wall and ceilings? They did not look badly damaged in the pictures

 

[Chazzworth]

Good start! Replacing plumbing, electrical and kitchen is huge.

 

[Crazyagent]

why did you take down all the dry wall and ceilings? They did not look badly damaged in the pictures

Everything is getting reframed, and the layout is going to be totally different. Load bearing walls are being replaced, beams are going up, etc. I need to have access to be able to do all of that.

 

[Scaramanga]

Looks good but horrible choice of colors imho

 

[Colleen]

That old flooring I assume you will keep it?

 

[Grape_Ape]

Looks good but horrible choice of colors imho

I think he gutted everything so there is no colors

 

[Normie]

God damn soon that's an assload of work. But it'll pay off. Ifl

 

[Crazyagent]

That old flooring I assume you will keep it?

I love it too, but I need to tear it out and strengthen the joists below it. They span too far for their size, and I need to level the floors. There also isnt any subfloor so I have to tear it all out.

 

[Colleen]

I love it too, but I need to tear it out and strengthen the joists below it. They span too far for their size, and I need to level the floors. There also isnt any subfloor so I have to tear it all out.

What?! Oh that's stupid lame. I assume you can't salvage any of it?

 

[Foo]

love these threads. love that you have the time/skills/contacts/money to do it, DC is a cash cow that will never die. Keep doin it boo-boo.

 

[Raven1221]

Such a nice job!

 

[intro_vert13]

i hate my rowhouse

 

[intro_vert13]

oh wait DC?

i hate my traphouse

 

[borazhasleftthebuilding]

should of bought bitcoin dawg

 

[Beer Goggles]

god damn how u do all that

 

[DizzyEdge]

For the first few pics I mistook the 1st photos to be the after and the 2nd photos to be the before and was like wow that looks great