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Laminate floor ROI

June 19, 2010

I’ve always been very pleased with the ROI we generally see after installing laminate floors. The higher quality laminate is just a bit less expensive than true hardwood, but it’s much more durable. I highly recommend buying a decent brand. We used the cheapest Lowes brand once which was about 90 cents a square foot, and it had some corners as pliable as cardboard.

The stair treads are the most expensive part of the laminate install. I think we had over $2,000 in just 29 stairs. I didn’t buy extra, either.

We’ve been pleased with the results. This home sold in only a few days.

Coffee Shop Remodel

June 19, 2010

The coffee shop remodel was a fairly simple project that consisted of us removing some old paneled walls to create a more spacious room, some minor electrical work and re-routing of some plumbing lines.

We bought the building that housed a picture framing shop, but the main street location suited it for any type of establishment.

After painting the shop, we furnished it with counters, tables, and chairs. Then we had our coffee shop.

Roof leak

June 19, 2010

We walked into our newly purchased building one morning to find two ceilings completely destroyed from water penetration from a small hole in the flat, tar roof. The damage was to the second story ceilings and floors as well as the first floor ceilings to floors.

We removed all the drywall and replaced it with new. The hardwood floors had to be sanded and refinished.

Terra cotta sewer pipe

June 19, 2010

An old terra cotta sewer pipe decayed in one of our properties that required us to dig up the entire court yard and replace the pipe. Luckily the length of pipe below the concrete garage floor was in good shape, or we would have had to jackhammer out the garage floor too.