We haven’t had much to say on here for quite some time. Mostly there isn’t much to say about losing a brother/friend to brain cancer and having to manage all of his affairs alongside your own.
Basically, we’ve been pretty busy.
But as of June 29th, we are no longer working on or living in Mike’s house because it sold. I thought you might like to see some of what I saw as Steve morphed the house from a neglected shell to a very nice home which sold quickly.
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- new floor partially done
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- getting Tiki’s help on the floor
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- hmm, what next?
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- finishing the kitchen floor
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- done!
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- built a ladder from painted bamboo
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- inspecting the low corner
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- get the tools out
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- front before changes
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- back before changes
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- back of house by painted bamboo
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- north wall scraped
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- corner patched with new shakes
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- back of garage before
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- back of house scraped and patched
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- lots of caulk was used
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- move that tiki
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- fix the bad screens
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- about ready for paint?
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- paint, but what colosr?
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- evaluating the paint color
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- painting trim
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- painting fascia
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- it’s all overhead
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- it turns yellow
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- another attempt at paint colors
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- Tiki helps fix the heater
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- heater was long unused
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- digging out the low corner
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- digging
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- that’s a big hole!
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- pumping up the jack
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- using leg power on the jack
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- position the shim
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- raised about 4 inches
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- lots of cracks to fix
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- cracks all over
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- cutting frozen bamboo
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- no black bamboo left
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- all the Angel Mist bamboo froze
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- move it to the branch pile
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- cleared out the ginger in the front
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- big pile of branches
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- regrouting the kitchen counter
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- fixed the floor of the added room
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- redid the walls too
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- working on drywall during the rain
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- redid the patio
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- fixing the middle where the pond was
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- about done
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- added cabinet doors
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- painting the new doors
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- front after paint
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- worked on estate sale
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- redid garage
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- new drywall in garage area
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- cabinets painted
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- stuff to get rid of
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- moved the front fence 2 feet back
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- north wall with paint and plants
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- back door after
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- front door in April
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- small gas leak fixed
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- front on sale day
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- painted the shed
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- back on sale day
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- front fence from back yard
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- back patio on sale day
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- back patio on sale day
It morphed nicely!
Having looked over this today I can, now, greatly appreciate your efforts.
I am glad you went to the time and trouble to record this as you did.
Thank you
Steve
You’re the one that did all the work!
Taking pictures was the easy part. (and I think I missed a bunch)