I finally get to post a thread here!! Renovating pool and yard

[clambert1273]

progress today, we selected who we wanted to do the reno. We will meet with them probably next week to finalize details and get on the schedule once we get all the details done I will update again! I am so excited!!!

 

[clambert1273]

We meet on Wednesday 2/3/21 at 3pm to lock down details and make sure all measurements are good

 

[kimkats]

So close!!! Going to be a hard few nights sleep until the meeting! It will be like waiting on Santa to show up!! LOL

 

[clambert1273]

So close!!! Going to be a hard few nights sleep until the meeting! It will be like waiting on Santa to show up!! LOL

yup last two nights have been restless sleep lol so today I told the clan that we are spending the afternoon out back doing yard cleanup on things we have procrastinated about lol

 

[clambert1273]

This weekend we ordered patio furniture and cleaned up the back yard, the previous owners left like 10 old non usable water hoses scattered all over the place, so we got those out and thrown away and some sort of compost bin too that was nothing but an eyesore... Got all the trash picked up and now I can go back to watering the dirt area where the grass will start growing again soon some patches already started growing after the rain we got recently. My husband and son also fixed the float / towel holder that I got last year that was just pvc pipe and came apart from the sun and heat here so they decided to glue it LOL All in all little projects going on preparing for the bigger ones to come. Oh Hubby hung my hooks finally for the poles too... today we put together the small shed we got...

 

[kimkats]

So the old owner just used it up and tossed it huh? That is what the old owner of this house did! At least most of it ended up in one pile but what a HUGE pile it was!

 

[clambert1273]

So the old owner just used it up and tossed it huh? That is what the old owner of this house did! At least most of it ended up in one pile but what a HUGE pile it was!

we've given up trying to figure out anything previous owners did to this place

 

[Nikilyn]

I understand what you mean about giving up trying to figure them out. In 2008 we bought a short sale house. They had taken all of the light fixtures down except the bathroom ones. They took the kitchen cabinets out and the downstairs bathroom cabinet out. The counters were leaning against the wall in the family room. They cut out all of the plugs in the kitchen. Thankfully my husband was an electrician so that was free to fix. They also cut the pipes to the water softener. But the house looked virtually unlived in otherwise. None of the cabinets looked like they had ever been used. The only room in the house that had furniture marks was the downstairs den and it was the only bedroom that had minimal water marks. It was the strangest thing ever. I really wish I could have found out the story on that one but none of the neighbors knew. Just that one renter was in it for just a little while.

 

[clambert1273]

I could tell you a story about these morons lol we moved in feb 4,2020 so almost 1 full year

 

[clambert1273]

If you remember my original list it had a removable fence for the dogs and I thought @kimkats would want to see the bratty culprits lol


Still babies at 9 months old

 

[clambert1273]

So today is our meeting with our final choice will hopefully hammer out all the details & make sure we are all on the same page 40 min left lol Once that is done I will update here on all decisions etc..

 

[Sollace]

What cute sweet faces! Lovely German shepherds. I bet you feel safe with them. Do they enjoy the water?

I really wish I could have found out the story on that one but none of the neighbors knew. Just that one renter was in it for just a little while.

Maybe the renter slept in his computer chair. A workaholic or a gamer. Definitely a bachelor and male. No female I know would live like that.

I remember when we walked through a house we later bought. The owner was a single guy that traveled a lot. He had a few belts scattered across the master bedroom floor. Two things in the pantry. One was a bag of rice. Yes, very strange.

 

[clambert1273]

What cute sweet faces! Lovely German shepherds. I bet you feel safe with them. Do they enjoy the water?

swimming no, they love to hang out on the shelf which is why I need the fence lol cuz my girl there(sitting by pool) will come out to potty & get on the shelf trying to come inside wet brat

 

[kimkats]

LOVE THEM!!! Come live with Aunt Kim. She won't call you brats! LOL

Are they littermates?

My shep LOVED the water and to swim! Drying him off was a job for sure!

 

[clambert1273]

Yup littermates brother & sister born April 21, they won't swim just chill on the shelf

 

[clambert1273]

Meeting went well, we went over what we will be doing & not doing to stay inside the budget I want... I gave up things to gain my little decking space of travertine so it was just a matter of compromising but I am happy with the final decisions so far,

we will go up to the showroom saturday morning to make all our selections, sign, pay deposit and schedule it on the books

 

[Andrew_D]

I understand what you mean about giving up trying to figure them out. In 2008 we bought a short sale house. They had taken all of the light fixtures down except the bathroom ones. They took the kitchen cabinets out and the downstairs bathroom cabinet out. The counters were leaning against the wall in the family room. They cut out all of the plugs in the kitchen. Thankfully my husband was an electrician so that was free to fix. They also cut the pipes to the water softener. But the house looked virtually unlived in otherwise. None of the cabinets looked like they had ever been used. The only room in the house that had furniture marks was the downstairs den and it was the only bedroom that had minimal water marks. It was the strangest thing ever. I really wish I could have found out the story on that one but none of the neighbors knew. Just that one renter was in it for just a little while.

Almost makes me wonder if the house was a new build or newly reno'd and then they never paid. So the contractor/cabinet maker came and took the cabinets back to reuse on another job. (Counters would be harder to reuse as they are cut to fit.) Plugs cut out is weird, but maybe the contractor/electrician figured it was a few seconds with a mini-impact to buzz the screws.

Who knows???!!!!

Andrew

 

[Nikilyn]

@Andrew_D It was a new build in a subdivision. We just put the cabinets back in and the counters back on. The plugs were all in a box and there was just barely enough wire to put them back. The imagination can think of so many strange reasons why any of it was done .

 

[clambert1273]

Ok figured I would update all the finalized info, we signed contrsct yesterday (2/6/2021) here are the final details of that

$25,328
Paid 50% deposit
Next will be $5,000 after chipout
Then $5,000 after travertine
Balance at completion

work being done:

1. drain
2. Full chip out
3. Pressure test everything
4. Repairs as needed
5. Removal old tile
6. New waterline tile / raised wall tile / step & ledge tile
7. Mosaic turtle
8. Waterfall bench
9. Redo plumbing & label
10. 420 cartridge filter
11. Handrail
12. Small travertine deck
13. Fix and replace light, normal light
14. Clean current decking
15. Baja mini pebble sky blue cobolt
16. Sapphire blend glass bead
17. 
    adding images of selections
18. Plaster pebble: baja mini pebble in skyblue cobolt
    
    Sapphire blend beads adding
    
    Waterline tile
    
    tile for raised walls, shelf edge
    
19. the travertine we selected "walnut"
    
    Only way I could show my DH where travertine area would be
    

 

[clambert1273]

Oh and scheduling he said is sbout 6 weeks out & he estimates about 5 -6 weeks to complete. That puts us starting Mar 27-Apr 3 and finishing Mid May, I'm ok with this timeline light at the end of tunnel