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NW Iowa. / SW Arizona | Mark you've had some good suggestions so far & I know it's tough to decide what to do. I have an big old house that I did 80% of the remodel my self. I have 18 rooms total not including the basement that had to be redone. I have redone all but one so far & at my age & empty nest I don't see me ever finishing that last room. Don't tell my wife that though. It took me over 15 years to finish my house. I did one room a year in the winter time. The only room I hired done was the kitchen because believe me I am not a fast carpenter & my wife didn't want to wait all winter in a mess to get it done. If you do decide to remodel see about living somewhere else for a while & do alot of rooms at a time. I have a good neighbor that is in the process of doing that right now. He is renting a house in town & is doing some remodeling ,putting in new basement & adding on a garage at the same time. I know it's taking longer to do it then he was planning but this has not been a good winter here.
I ended up gutting every room down to the studs,new insulation,new Anderson windows, all new oak woodwork, new vinyl siding, new roof,added a two car garage etc. I don't even want to know what I spent on this old house. I never borrowed any money to redo it I just spread it out over 15 years to get it done. It's a good sturdy house but I would never build a house like it today. The structure of this house had it's limits has to what I could do.That's something you need to keep in mind if you decide to remodel is this something you want to live with the rest of your life with. I hope I didn't confuse more the help you. Good-luck on your decision. Mark, NW Iowa | |
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