718 I St- Done

We finished I St last Monday, and the property went on the market on Tuesday morning. In the next 5 days, we had 10 showings, and one great offer. We took it, and I'm happy to announce that this property is now under contract. We are set to settle in the beginning of February. The next few days we're working on fixing and adjusting all the little things (nothing major) that came up during the buyer's home inspection.

412 Mellon St

These condos are so close to being done, I can taste it. We ordered all the granite today and should be wrapped up with the project in about two weeks. Although we've had delays, we're probably going to hit the market at a better time of the year, so it should work out.

Outside the property, we built an awning over the front door to add some curb appeal. We also put up the picket fence, which will be painted white over the next few days. We also need to put up the black shutters in front of the property.

We put down new slate tiles on the walkway up the front door. This picture was taken before they were grouted and the edges defined- they look much better now.

All of the toilets and vanities are in. The bottom two units got white vanities, and the top two units got black. We wanted to give a buyer a choice. Here are the white ones:

And the black ones:

The upstairs kitchens have cinnamon-colored cabinetry. All four kitchens have breakfast islands. In this kitchen, the corner cabinet will be all glass.

This is the downstairs kitchen cabinet color.

Next week is a big one- we should be done! We haven't yet decided whether to put appliances in all the units, or to put them in one as a model.

2214 Randolph St- Drywall Up

The house at Randolph is really cruising along. Now that our I St project is wrapped up, we're going full steam ahead on Mellon and Randolph. At this house, all of the drywall is up, and they're in the finishing stages of sanding and taping. Elsewhere, the basement floor is being tiled, the windows are being capped, and the front door went in this afternoon. Next week, we're going to be done with all the trimwork and we'll begin painting.

Outside, all the windows went in earlier this week. In addition, the old front steps were removed and new steps were built from cinderblock and concrete. They still need to be covered in a thin layer of concrete to have a better finished look. It's been so cold outside that the concrete was freezing in the bucket, and the work had to stop. This is also why there are no gutters up yet and the columns haven't been stripped of the old paint. However, it's a little warmer today so work resumed outside.

This is earlier this morning. Selwin and Allan worked on replacing the paneling on the porch roof, and installing trim around the corners.

Here's the drywalled first floor. This arch is one of the orginal details that we were able to preserve.

The french doors were installed in the dining room to go out on to the new deck. They need to be stained and covered in polyurethane.

Here's the new tile in the basment. We always tile the entire basement floors in our houses. The truth is that water will always find it's way in to a basement- whether you live in a $50,000 house or a $5,000,000.00 house, and it's best to put in the tile as a precaution.

This is the tile going into the basement bathroom.

This is the current status of the upstairs loft area.