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I’m really happy. I had a very good meeting with a new contractor after work today. We spoke for about 2 hours. I went over all my current estimates with him and told him I wanted cheaper estimates than what I have. I told him my issues with the bank and my loan, and he’s willing to work with the bank, even sit down with my loan officer to discuss all the details of payment. He sounds promising! Now the big question is… will his estimates be cheaper than the ones I have? I hope so! This is the FIRST contractor that responded in a timely manner. I called him just yesterday and TODAY he showed up at my house! :) He even said he’ll work on the estimates tonight. So I should be hearing back from him real soon.

This new contractor explained to me why it was so hard to get that tub out of my bathroom too. Standard sized tubs are 60″ wide. The width of my bathroom is 59″!! That explains why parts of the 2×4’s are notched out… so the tub would fit! When my house was built, some dummy measured the bathroom wrong!

Hey, I found an old photo of what my livingroom looked like in 2005 when I first bought the house.

On closing day, after I got the keys to my house, I went in and the first thing I saw was that the livingroom ceiling collapsed. A sheet of drywall and insulation was laying in the middle of the floor. But I wasn’t scared and I’m STILL not scared :) I’m BELIEVING that everything will be ok and I REFUSE to think otherwise!

“God shall supply all your need” Philippians 4:19
Keep watching! ;)

Mmmm I smell Downy fresh :) One of the contractor guys told me that fabric softener and water will remove wallpaper. I tried it. It worked so well. I didn’t even have to scrape. It just peeled right off. If you ever have to remove wallpaper, try it!

Good news about my loan. My loan officer said that all the funds will be given to me at closing and I’ll be able to have full control of my money. This means I’ll be able to pay my contractors as soon as their jobs are finished. They won’t have to wait 2 to 3 days for the bank to transfer the funds into my account. I get all the money up-front. On closing day, the full amount will be transferred into my account. This really simplifies things for me, and for my contractors.

Well, I’ve pretty much done all I can do myself. I removed the wallpaper today. All the demo is done. Everything is pretty much gutted. All that’s left is to re-build. Put up the new ceilings. A few new walls. New floors. I’ve done all I can do myself. Now it’s time for the professionals to step in and re-construct my house.

My loan officer said that it should be just a few more days until I close on the loan. Hopefully by next week I’ll have the money! Fingers crossed ;)
Once I get the money… the re-building should move along real quick. I’m getting real excited! :)
Keep you posted!

What am I doing for the 4th? PAINTING! :)

I know the ceilings and 3 new walls aren’t up yet… but no reason why I can’t get a jumpstart on painting now. All the baseboard trim is up. There’s no new floors yet. And since I have to paint EVERYTHING… it makes sense to start painting what I can now. (My bank loan requires that I get repairs done within 6 months.)

I went to True Value yesterday and stocked up on lots of primer and paint. The guy there asked, “What are you painting?” I said, “My whole house.” He said,” Oh? Kitchen, livingroom, bedrooms?” I said, “Yeah and closets, bathrooms, hallway, ceilings.” He said I need to get a True Value card to get discounts, so I did. I started telling him about my fixer-upper house. He then gave me his 10% employee discount! Awwww :) So sweet! I love it when I get nice people like that in my life, if only for a moment. All the paint and primer was almost $200 … I paid $160 with the True Value card and his employee discount :) He said, “You remind me of my daughter. Very motivated! Good luck!” I told him I’d be back. I’m sure I’ll need more paint and other things. He said, “Well, just remind me when you come in to give you that 10% discount.” AWWWWWW … I love this guy! He put a huge smile on my face :)

It’s really HOT in a house with no ceilings. The little temperature thing on my thermostat said 95 yesterday. Ick.

Have a great 4th of July everybody! Someone light a sparkler for me! ;)