I remodeled my basement into a nice 1 bdrm apt & finished today. And, I'm lucky to have a nice tenant moving in now as I type. I will post before & after pics soon...what a diff!!! I'm in debt about $27,000 (which isn't bad) & it cost a lot of blood, sweat & tears - literally! It's entrance is below my front door & has only one 4 inch step going down. The original front room had plaster & lathe walls & hardwood floor which started rotting around the edges so I ripped it all out. The rest was reg. basement - brick walls. Busted out the old concrete floors, put drain tile all around going to back into crock & sump pump. Had a plumber do the main plumbing (I dug the trenches for all the pvc drains). Thank God for my Michael - who is a mason, who hauled the crap & old concrete out & who poured the new floor. I insulated the ceiling (sound), did all E. wiring, cable wires, phone lines, copper plumbing, heat ducts etc. I built & tiled a custom shower & put toilet & sink in (yeah! by myself!). I bought laminate flooring on sale & put that in throughout (except bathroom) & 2 weeks ago, finished hanging 4 doors & did all the trim & baseboards. Don't think I'll EVER take on a big job like this again...it got to be too much at times. Can't wait to show y'all some pics. I'm very proud of it.
My new tenant is 25 yr old Matt who grew up in the same house that Michael grew up in, in a small town 30 miles north of here. Michael built his new house right next door to his old house so Matt's parents & Mike are neighbors!
Now when I spend time at Mike's house, Matt can watch over things here. He likes being a 'city slicker' LOL.
These last 2-3 months I really pushed myself - 6 days a week & often 12 hour days. I'm soooo happy I could cry. I would LOVE to have a looong soak in a hot tub. Here's a toast to the end of a grueling 2 1/2 years
