Kitchen is finally finished. YeeHaw!!!!! We got it painted and now all I need to do is "decorate". Since I am not the "decorating" type, I may need some help there but as soon as I can get out and drive I will look into getting curtains and other knick knacks to make it look awesome.
So glad to have that behind us. It only took 8 months (plus the 2 months from when we started planning it).
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Friday, July 5, 2013
House Refinance - what a joke....
In my first post I mentioned that we decided to refinance our house. Well, that didn't get finalized until the end of March, we were only able to skip the April payment, not two payments as promised, and we are still waiting to get a REFUND from the company that handled our refinance. Seems nothing is easy anymore and everyone is out to screw you over!
But we do have lower monthly payments which is good, however we now have to pay home insurance and taxes on our own. We are keeping money set aside for that and hope it doesn't become an issue.
Life goes on... And so on to the next big thing in our life - my total knee replacement surgery!
But we do have lower monthly payments which is good, however we now have to pay home insurance and taxes on our own. We are keeping money set aside for that and hope it doesn't become an issue.
Life goes on... And so on to the next big thing in our life - my total knee replacement surgery!
Kitchen Remodel ongoing saga....
Well here it is July 5 and our kitchen is STILL NOT finished!!! The only thing left is to repaint the kitchen and replace some supports under the bar that were not the correct ones. The majority of the work was finished in March, but for some reason we cannot get the final details finished. We are very pleased with our new cabinets although we did lose some storage space. And LOVE the counter tops. And we can now get into both ovens and open the refrigerator all the way. So, there are a lot of positive things here, but we are just frustrated about the length of time it is taking to have the kitchen complete.
The guy that did most of the work was going to paint for us in his free time, but looks like he is unable to do so and we now have to find someone else to come in and do the painting. I cannot wait to get rid of the old wallpaper and have a bright kitchen!
One thing where we screwed up - we were told that the remaining detail such as the supports under the bar were considered a "maintenance" item and that all the work was finished. So "go ahead and sign off on the project" which means that they have completed the job and we are happy with the results. We were promised that they would reorder the correct parts and come install them when they arrived. So of course we signed off on it and now here we are 3 months later with it not complete. Lesson Learned: do NOT sign off until the project is COMPLETE!!! No matter what they tell you. And this is supposed t be a reputable company (Sears). BTW- I would not recommend them to anyone....
The guy that did most of the work was going to paint for us in his free time, but looks like he is unable to do so and we now have to find someone else to come in and do the painting. I cannot wait to get rid of the old wallpaper and have a bright kitchen!
One thing where we screwed up - we were told that the remaining detail such as the supports under the bar were considered a "maintenance" item and that all the work was finished. So "go ahead and sign off on the project" which means that they have completed the job and we are happy with the results. We were promised that they would reorder the correct parts and come install them when they arrived. So of course we signed off on it and now here we are 3 months later with it not complete. Lesson Learned: do NOT sign off until the project is COMPLETE!!! No matter what they tell you. And this is supposed t be a reputable company (Sears). BTW- I would not recommend them to anyone....
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
How it all began....
This blog is my first attempt at doing so and thought I would pick a topic that a lot of you can or will relate to at some point in your life.
My intent is to chronicle our kitchen remodel from an old and ugly 1970-ish kitchen to a modern, sleek and gorgeous new updated kitchen that will be a joy to cook in. Back in November I had a brilliant idea to have someone come over and talk to me about cabinet refacing. You keep the same cabinets you have, but then put on new doors and hardware all to give it a new look. I also wanted to have new counter tops added. Well to make a long story short, there was not much price difference between refacing/new counter tops and replacing our existing cabinets/new counter top as the major portion of the cost is the counter top. So, I opted for the new cabinets and counter top, signed a contract and then proceeded to talk my husband into it over the weekend.
Once he was on board then the worrying began about how we were going to pay for it, who would be here when the workers were here, how we were going to pay for it, the inconvenience of being without a kitchen from 4-6 weeks, how we were going to pay for it, .... well you get the gist.
So I immediately thought - "Oh, let's refinance the house". So at the same time I began the kitchen remodel I also began the refinance. Lower interest rate, lower monthly payments and less time that our house will be paid off. My thought was that the money we would save by having a lower monthly house note would go into the kitchen remodel fund. Well, the refinance is an ongoing process and hopefully will be finalized by the end of this month.
And the remodeling began last week. So, we are on our way to having a new kitchen..... More on this in my next blog!
My intent is to chronicle our kitchen remodel from an old and ugly 1970-ish kitchen to a modern, sleek and gorgeous new updated kitchen that will be a joy to cook in. Back in November I had a brilliant idea to have someone come over and talk to me about cabinet refacing. You keep the same cabinets you have, but then put on new doors and hardware all to give it a new look. I also wanted to have new counter tops added. Well to make a long story short, there was not much price difference between refacing/new counter tops and replacing our existing cabinets/new counter top as the major portion of the cost is the counter top. So, I opted for the new cabinets and counter top, signed a contract and then proceeded to talk my husband into it over the weekend.
Once he was on board then the worrying began about how we were going to pay for it, who would be here when the workers were here, how we were going to pay for it, the inconvenience of being without a kitchen from 4-6 weeks, how we were going to pay for it, .... well you get the gist.
So I immediately thought - "Oh, let's refinance the house". So at the same time I began the kitchen remodel I also began the refinance. Lower interest rate, lower monthly payments and less time that our house will be paid off. My thought was that the money we would save by having a lower monthly house note would go into the kitchen remodel fund. Well, the refinance is an ongoing process and hopefully will be finalized by the end of this month.
And the remodeling began last week. So, we are on our way to having a new kitchen..... More on this in my next blog!
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