Progress to Date

First of all, thanks to the many friends and family (Dad, Mom, Will, Diana, John, Danny Hurtado, Susie, Dana, Jenna Cundy, Roger Jennings, Chris Allen, Jamie Allen, Staryn Wagner) who have all helped me with advice and/or manual labor! So far I have torn out all my floors (blue carpet squares and vinyl tile), pulled up all my baseboards, demo'd my kitchen, demo'd my bathroom, installed security lighting, cleaned up nasty carpet pad, removed burglar bars, patched a leak in the roof, and thrown a lot of nasty old trash / materials away. The backyard has tranformed into an almost park-like setting complete with tilled garden areas, trimmed trees, much fewer scrubby saplings and weeds. I have also been experimenting with different stripping compounds to remove the paint/glue from the existing concrete slab so that I can stain the concrete. Will and I recently picked up all the appliances I bought and delivered them to my gartage. The next steps involve cleaning and staining the concrete floors, getting my contractor started on my kitchen, doing bathroom updates, and then getting the drywall work done so that the place is paint ready. From there I can just work on painting and once that's done it will be livable! I can't wait! I'm thinking it will take a few months.