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Kevin and I are considering buying the home we are currently renting. The house has the potential to be very nice, and is a great starter home. Of course, it does need some work here and there. The cabinets are extremely 1962, the shuffleboard court in the backyard gives the yard a nice Love Boat elderly person feel. The hardwood floors need to be stained again, the kitchen floor is not attractive...you get my drift. So, we may renovate it. It would be a project to complete over the next few years. We don't want to do too much all at once. We could do a little at a time. Number one...paint! These white walls could use some happy.
Every Saturday morning I watch "Property Ladder" on TLC...I know. I am super lame, but I've actually learned more information on renovating a home and the steps needed to make sure everything is up to code. There are some things I don't think I ever would have thought of that the show has shown me like getting the home inspected.
There is a strange little smell sometime in the house. I smelled it the first time I walked in and chocked it up to the house being vacant for some time. However, the smells comes out when the sun shines on the floor, or if the house gets hot, or if we have the air off. I think it is in the wood. Sometimes the faintest hint of old cigarette smoke comes through. I would want to have it investigated before I put a penny down to buy the home. Kevin and I want a project but not if it involves some sketchy house smell that requires ripping up the floors and walls to remove. We shall see...