Remodeling

Our house used to be a dentist office. Well, a house AND a dentist office. The dental work was done in the basement. We knew this when we bought the house. We knew there would be a lot of work involved. We knew it would take time and money. There were lots of random pipes in the basement and scary showers. We knew that.

Well, we're still remodeling. Upstairs is basically done (and has been since January). New carpet upstairs. New windows upstairs. New blinds upstairs. New paint upstairs. New ceiling and texture in living room upstairs. New mantle over the fireplace upstairs. New flooring in the laundry room and bathroom upstairs. New doors on the front and back upstairs. Added a dishwasher in the kitchen upstairs. Bought new washer, dryer, fridge, stove for the upstairs. LOTS and LOTS of time and effort.

And now, for the basement. Crap. We've taken out walls. We've pulled out ceiling tiles. We've taken out 2 showers (that weren't really showers, but that is what they were used for) that looked like they belonged in a horror movie. Made the electrical work (if you can call it that) visible. Lots of pipes visible. Worked some on the kitchen but that shall be quite the project.

And we are out of money. Well, we've been out of money since January. Which is why we stopped with the upstairs. Except now, we are REALLY out of money and are probably going to borrow some to do the basement. And then rent it out. I'm not sure how I feel about that because I've heard a million stories of renters from hell. But I like my little house. And I've come to like my little ward. And I love my little Primary kids and calling. And I don't want to loose all that, sell my house and start over. I don't. So we are trying to do what we can to get the house to appraise for more and then either refinance and add on some of our other debt (crap) OR have renters. And my luck, it will be renters from hell.

Bummer. So I'm just having a poor me day. Well a poor me month, really. And I thought I would throw it out there to the magical land of the internet. Maybe someone with lots of money will feel bad for me and my little family and just "give" us money to help us fix the basement and pay off some bills and not expect us to pay them back and we can live happily ever after. :)