Remember my little fixer upper?

[Mandelon]

Several Months ago a friend and I bought this little piece of junk house for $178,000. I listed it this week for around $429,000. Its the cheapest 1 br 1 ba in the zip code. The others are considerabley more.
It turned out really great. I know that its a sick amount of money, but I bet we'll get in the $400's for it. The rehab cost us about $50 grand, but I haven't totalled up everything yet.
Here are some before pictures.......
Outside:
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/24madison_002-med.jpg
Inside:
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/24madison_003-med.jpg
Afters:
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/24Madison094-med.jpg
Bath
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/24Madison227-med.jpg
Kitchen
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/24Madison100-med.jpg
Living room/entry:
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/24Madison213-med.jpg

[Kilrtoy]

Like the stainles steel kitchen...
Can you come do my house next, The wife would love you....

[RexRathburn]

Very nice Mandelon...what zip is that in? Looks like OB or PB?

[PlyaPlya22]

Mandee.....good job! Now there more money for beer!!:D Nice set up dude.

[carbonmarine]

For the new owner.... One fart, the whole house stinks !
lol,
Rick
PS. Looks very nice.

[gramps]

That's gotta be very close to the beach.

[SHAKE-YO-AZZ]

Nice work, I may have you do work at one of my rental properties of course at the ***boat home boy price LOLOL;)

[CA Stu]

If you could do that once a week, you wouldn't even have to work... ;)
CA Stu

[Mandelon]

Originally posted by Kilrtoy
Like the stainles steel kitchen...
Can you come do my house next, The wife would love you....
She told me she already did...............;)

[WaTchTheGelCoat]

Man, i remember when you bought that place. You really did a nice job. Very nice!

[Dan Lorenze]

good job...............

[spute]

nice job!!! how much of the work did you do yourself?

[jbtrailerjim]

Damnnnn nice work. Thats a nice lookin little house now. $429,000 for a 1 br, 1 ba house........Ouch

[THOR]

Nice job Mandy.
Where is that located?

[77charger]

you know if you dithched the tub and had a showerpan or a roman tub it would have raised the price some more:D
Sounds like you made a good investment.Looks very good

[PlyaPlya22]

When is the house warming?

[Kilrtoy]

Originally posted by Mandelon
She told me she already did...............;)
Ok then she will love you long time....

[PlyaPlya22]

Originally posted by Kilrtoy
Ok then she will love you long time....
i knew that was coming

[RiverToysJas]

VERY Nice job!!!
Why did you price it under the market? I bet the others aren't brand-new. Just want to flip it fast?
RTJas :D

[Mandelon]

The other one bedrooms in the area are a bit larger. This place is reeeeeaaalllly small. I think the others are over priced though as well.
It is located in University Heights, adjacent to Hillcrest. It is a very popular area with the gay crowd. I've seen the lesbians up the block trading spit several times....
Housewarming party? What, and let all you drunks in there on my new maple floors? No way, Jose!!
I did quite a bit of the work. Subbed out the flooring though. My own guys did most of it though. WE stripped it down to the studs, and started over inside. New electrical, new plumbing...etc. It took longer than I wanted but really came together at the end.
The inspector checked it and we got our final signed off today!! :D :D

[Jrocket]

Get you ass over here and remodel my house!

[Kilrtoy]

I've seen the lesbians up the block trading spit several times....
DUDE take some pics if they are cute,
But then again if they are full blown lesbo's (NOT LIPSTICK LESBO'S) they are UGLY

[Phat Matt]

Originally posted by Mandelon
Several Months ago a friend and I bought this little piece of junk house for $178,000. I listed it this week for around $429,000. Its the cheapest 1 br 1 ba in the zip code. The others are considerabley more.
Afters:
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/24Madison094-med.jpg
That must be REALLY close to the beach, there is a sea urchin in the front yard! :D

[framer1]

I bet the neigbors love you that place looks real nice. Good job

[ahhell]

looks great....but my garage is bigger than that house!!!!:(

[JustMVG]

Well Done Mandelon well done.!!!!

[Debbolas]

Great job Mandy!
:D

[Drunk tank]

holk fawk a duck! 1bed 1 bath places sell for that much down there!?!?!?!?!?!?! I could buy a 4 bed 4.5bath house up here on about 5 acres for that much!!! Then I'd have a place for my tractor, jeep, suburban, boat, horses, tools, and fab equipment.
Damn, and i might be getting a job out in cali (up in orange county) by the end of summer and be moving out there. Now I gotta figure out how the hell I'm gonna afford it. :confused: Think I'll just have to rent for bout 2 years and in the mean time buy land in AZ and CO.... then I got my mountains and my desert... then get the fawk back out of cali :D

[SHAKE-YO-AZZ]

you need to PM with a number i have work for you

[IN2-IN2MX]

That is awesome work Mandelon! Great job!!! :)

[Mandelon]

Thanks! I appreciate your kind words.
Matt, the house is probably 15 minutes from the beach area.
I used to work in Riverside, SBDO and orange but not any more. We've done homes in Lancaster, Santa Barbara, Laguna Beach, Yucaipa, Hemet, Hollywood, Palos Verdes, all over So Cal, in the beginning I went anywhere.
Now I balk at leaving the county, there is enough work to keep us all (13 of us now) busy.

[RUCAV]

Thats gotta be downtown HB. Im thinking Olive st.

[HOOTER SLED-]

Close to the beach and homos. Sounds like Belmont Shores in the LBC.

[Mandelon]

San Diego, in University Heights. Near UCSD med center, 163 and 8 fwys.

[carreraboat]

i agree with phatt matt waht s up with the bush in the yard by the curb
also btw very nice job
rember us little people when you make your millions

[Boozer]

Originally posted by Drunk tank
holk fawk a duck! 1bed 1 bath places sell for that much down there!?!?!?!?!?!?! I could buy a 4 bed 4.5bath house up here on about 5 acres for that much!!! Then I'd have a place for my tractor, jeep, suburban, boat, horses, tools, and fab equipment.
Damn, and i might be getting a job out in cali (up in orange county) by the end of summer and be moving out there. Now I gotta figure out how the hell I'm gonna afford it. :confused: Think I'll just have to rent for bout 2 years and in the mean time buy land in AZ and CO.... then I got my mountains and my desert... then get the fawk back out of cali :D
Good luck. It had better pay 60K or more to get by unless you plan on having a room mate or two. I'm looking at a few places in the O.C. right now to rent and it looks like I'll be spending about 1100 a month for a decent 1br 1 bath 600 sqft apt. I could live in the 909 for about 700 a month but I dont want to commute to irvine from here everyday.

[Phat Matt]

Originally posted by Mandelon
Thanks! I appreciate your kind words.
Matt, the house is probably 15 minutes from the beach area.
I used to work in Riverside, SBDO and orange but not any more. We've done homes in Lancaster, Santa Barbara, Laguna Beach, Yucaipa, Hemet, Hollywood, Palos Verdes, all over So Cal, in the beginning I went anywhere.
Now I balk at leaving the county, there is enough work to keep us all (13 of us now) busy.
So when are we building those apartments in Havasu? :D

[78Eliminator]

Holy crap!!! You just totally inspired me to finish my kitchen!!!!!!!!
Thanks!!!!!

[Mandelon]

Originally posted by Phat Matt
So when are we building those apartments in Havasu? :D
Gotta sell this first to free up some $$$$$

[MagicMtnDan]

Did it sell yet? :D
Great job - it looks awesome! Good luck selling it - I'm sure you'll be happy with the purchase price and it'll go quickly. :)

[Drunk tank]

Originally posted by Boozer
Good luck. It had better pay 60K or more to get by unless you plan on having a room mate or two. I'm looking at a few places in the O.C. right now to rent and it looks like I'll be spending about 1100 a month for a decent 1br 1 bath 600 sqft apt. I could live in the 909 for about 700 a month but I dont want to commute to irvine from here everyday.
Whats the 909? :confused:

[OGShocker]

Holy! That looks great! I was hoping you would stop by the lake house, now, I DEMAND YOU DO!:D
Very nice Mandy!

[coolchange]

I like that you kept the craftsman windows and didn't put in some cheap pop ins. And pulled the subfloor up in the bath. And used a water base on the Maple AND didn't put in bamboo floors!

[DryHeatOnly]

Now that's the way to do a fixer upper! It's all HGTV! Excellent job Mandelon.

[Mandelon]

Originally posted by OGShocker
Holy! That looks great! I was hoping you would stop by the lake house, now, I DEMAND YOU DO!:D
Very nice Mandy!
I'll give you the Arcadia HS discount....:rolleyes: :D

[RP1]

Down to the studs and you only have $50,000 in it, including labor costs... that's damn good if this is the case. Never the less, she turned out nice... good vision Mandy!

[Dave C]

damn real estate tycoons....;) :D nice job, quick too!
so are you going to be a filthy capitalist and rollover the capital gain into another project or be a conspicuous consumer and buy a bigger boat?:D ;)

[That Guy]

Originally posted by Phat Matt
That must be REALLY close to the beach, there is a sea urchin in the front yard! :D
That was very funny.....:D :cool: :D

[gramps]

Mandy, if you ever need/want a "working" vacation in Southern Utah let me know. I have a couple of ongoing projects that sure could use your touch.

[OGShocker]

Originally posted by Mandelon
I'll give you the Arcadia HS discount....:rolleyes: :D
FOCK THAT! I know that is FULL price plus 20%. :D

[rrrr]

Nice work, Mandelon. Ain't capitalism grand?? :D :D
edit: How long did it take to pull that chipping hammer out of the concrete? Looks good and stuck. :D :D