Welcome to part 2: The Garage! When we moved into this house in 2018, I was actually decently excited about the existing garage. There were base cabinets across the back of the garage, lots of peg board for hanging tools, and two 10’ wire shelves. Along with a workbench and 5 shelf standing unit that […]

When we bought our house in 2018, pretty much every space was in dire need of updating… none more so than the first floor half bath.  The vanity was 60″ wide with only one sink, the mirror was a borderless thing that took up 75% of the wall, the paint was atrocious, and the flooring […]

Part five (the finale!): INSIDE KNOWLEDGE!   Have you ever heard the phrase “You don’t know what you don’t know”? The intentionally redundant phrase points to the fact that you can only work with the information that you know about. Entire industries are devoted to home financing, insurance, repair/renovations/construction, as well as the marketing and […]

Part four: THE RED TAPE! Property disclosures, contracts to purchase, housing laws, deeds, title and loan requirements… its almost endless.  In fact, my office has 124 forms on our paperwork page.  Not only are you responsible for finding every piece of paperwork that needs to be filled out, but you are also then on the […]