When I bought my home, I didn’t even want my mom and dad to see it before it was remodeled.
I bought a fixer-upper that my fiance and I could make our own.
The shell of the house was beautiful and the inside was in excellent shape. I wanted to make some changes that would bring it into the modern world. For one thing, the fireplace had to be completely taken apart and rebuilt. The hearth was breaking up and there were a lot of smoke stains on the wall. We wanted to replace the walls before installing the new fireplace. The house didn’t have a modern HVAC system, which is where we had to start with the remodeling. I didn’t want to put my new Bamboo flooring down without first installing the HVAC system. We knew how easy it would be to scratch the bamboo. As soon as we talked to the HVAC contractor and told him what we wanted, we were going to head out and get all the supplies we needed for the rest of the indoor restoration. In the meantime, we had someone replacing the old chimney and putting in a chimney that had a liner. We also needed the air vents installed for the bathrooms and the kitchens, and the air vents for the HVAC installed. I couldn’t wait to have all the work completed so I could invite our parents over for an old-fashioned sit down dinner. It was hard to explain to people that they had to see the house for what it will be and not what it is. That was not who my parents were.