The Shasta House
Much like the Brazos house, we bought the Shasta house at the sheriff's sale in November of 2009. While the scope of this project was similar in nature, the size of the Shasta house was more than double our first rehab making it a bit more challenging to complete within our time frame.
The exterior of this house needed some attention. Cedar shakes donned the first story, front side of the house when we bought it. They were in serious disrepair, so we replaced them with matching vinyl siding. We also replaced the garage doors on the front, put in a regular pass-thru door where a garage door had been installed on the back, added some support columns for the overhang in the front, and had a huge stump ground out of the front yard.
Unlike Brazos, the kitchen in this house existed...albeit disgusting. However, with more than 40 cabinets and nine drawers, we decided to salvage the cabinets themselves to help us keep within our budget. We moved the refrigerator to open up the kitchen and dining areas. Then the woodwork was professionally painted to ensure a nice finish. We topped the cabinets with our own custom concrete counters, added new hardware to the door & drawers, and finished the kitchen with a new light fixture, nice stainless appliances, and ceramic flooring.
As I said in the intro, the rest of the house was similar in scope to the Brazos house. It took a lot of paint, ceramic tile in here and there, new carpet throughout the rest of the house, new door hardware, all new light fixtures, and a lot of time and effort to bring this house back to the condition it deserved.
after bedroom
before bedroom
after dining room
before dining room
after kitchen
before kitchen
after kitchen
before kitchen
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