WOW! You did a fantastic job. Everything looks great.

Wow!! That looks so nice! You sure have a good eye for what looks good. It's beautiful!

I wish my WOW could be bigger. I gotta get the missus in here to see this.

What happened to the cookie jar in the corner?

I love how you stacked the cabinets.

The hope the tenants appreciate it and take good care of it!

It's gorgeous! I hope your renters appreciated what a nice house they are going to occupy. Did you do the rest of the house too? If you did, may we see photos?

That is totally amazing. I love those cabinets.

Question for Nicole: Our DS spotted a cracked support beam in our house when he went down to the basement to check the water heaters. Do you know who I'd call to inspect this? Structural Engineer? How did you repair the one your rental? (I'm thinking this involves jack posts...)

Beautiful!! I hope you are blessed with GOOD renters!!!

Beautiful.

Do you make house calls to the beautiful central coast of California?

chisue....It would depend on the situation....it could l be a simple fix: just bolting another beam beside it or you might need a structural engineer.

Dawn....Yes...a whole house remodel. Tiles were falling off the tub walls.

Added 2 sets of steps & railing to the deck, that before...was just a multi-level walkway that dropped off...

This pic is the above bath after the sconces were added...

I'd LOVE to live there!

Beautiful! The deck will be great for entertaining this summer.

It looks like the tub/shower was moved in the bathroom photos. What did you do to the are where the tub was previously located?

Dawn.... I did stain the deck since those photos were taken. :0) Only one drastic bathroom remodel, in the ORB bathroom. There was only a small shower, When the chase was opened, it was empty. We were able to add a tub, move the plumbing to the opposite wall & raise the ceiling 5". The house is 4 levels, 4/3/2.

It looks beautiful! I am in awe of your skills!

Applause! Standing ovation! Wow I like everything. Really like the cabinets and the pulls. Awesome deck. Those will be lucky tenants. Great job.

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Everything is beautiful.

Do you require your tenants to carry renters insurance and do you have a rental type policy for yourself with very high liability limits? I'm thinking about that hot tub.

twoacres....We do carry insurance with high deductibles. We don't require the tenants to carry insurance on their belongings. The security deposit was $4100 + 1st months rent. (the most I've ever had to do on a rental turnover was paint, unstick a seized garbage disposal and put new mulch in a dog run. I kept $1500 just for painting after I had a written appraisal. Which also makes me money.)

I certainly hope you get good renters. I can tell you stories about renters (who checked out as "perfect") that trashed my houses. :( I'd sell that place before I'd rent it. Or move into it myself and sell wherever I was currently living. That's WAY too nice to be a rental.

Nicole, it it absolutely gorgeous! You are so talented and have such a great eye for renovations!

imstillchloecat.....They say "find a niche and fill it". My niche is this. Nice, new, your-being-taken-care-of and the rent is fairly cheap....the deposit is BIG. :0) We love..love....love...the neighbors at this house. We've had several over and will be visiting them in the future.

My renters are generally degreed, hard-working professionals.

This renter has a degree in Architecture. He'll only be here 18months until his building is complete.

Linda.....THERE U R! I thought I was going to have to go GET YOU.....lol

You did an amazing job! It looks so good!

This ain't her first rodeo! She has done several beautiful homes for rentals. You are definitely filling a special need in your niche. People who damage, destroy, and have no respect for a property like that hopefully won't be ones willing to pay the price of the deposit that they know will never be returned.

Chisue, is this a cross beam or a pier (vertical support beam)? We have several companies in our town who are foundation experts (one is a neighbor). You might call a couple of those first for an estimate as most do this type of work.

I am on the Board of Directors where we have a lake condo. We had a similar situation in one of the 3-unit condo buildings a couple of years ago. All the condos in our complex are 2-story on a slab, no basements. This beam was between the 1st and 2nd story in one of the units and owner had noticed floor was sagging and walls were cracking. Owners had to vacate while work was done since all flooring had to be removed to install new beams. In your case that may not have to happen since it's in the basement, but I'd get it checked out.

I hope it works well for you, Nicole. One set of my renters were both doctors (MDs). Pretty sure that qualifies as "degreed, hard-working professionals." Best of luck!

Beautiful kitchen and deck. You did a great job. I agree, too nice for renters. I do hope you get good ones. We had a townhouse in Silicon Valley that we rented to professionals with degrees. We had to redo the whole place after we asked them to leave. They had trashed it. Paint, new carpet, new kitchen appliances, new bathroom fixtures and lots of repairs. After we finished with everything, we put it up for sale. No more renters for us

Luckily....DH can repair anything. The deposit is BIG enough to cover just about anything. My property manager does walk throughs and I stop by to fertilize the lawn.... so far....so good....keep your fingers crossed for me please....these homes generally rent in a few hours of listing, this one took a whole day...:0)

Thanks, Nicole and Outside Playing. I'll stop hijacking and start my own thread on the Building A House forum.

I was property manager for my next door neighbors house when we lived in Oklahoma. He picked the first tenant before he moved to Germany. I had very bad vibes from the people. The man was a doctor and we assumed the woman was his wife. Turns out that she was his mistress and the house was where he kept her stashed. OMG I had nothing but problems with them. He refused to pay the rent. I don't understand how someone can think they get to live free. Luckily they did not do anything drastic to the house but we had to go to court with a lawyer to get them removed. And they were the meanest, rudest, nasty mouthed humans I ever had to deal with. I threatened to quit being property manager. After we finally got them out I picked the next tenant, 3 football coaches from OU. Super nice young men, very focused on their careers. They had the occasional party but let me know ahead of time and would invite me to join. The main tenant stayed there long term, was still living there when I moved to Dallas. Sometimes you just can't tell who you are dealing with. And getting them out can be unbelievably difficult. I am glad I don't have to do that anymore.

Simply gorgeous, Nicole!!

Very nice! Well done!

My property manager didn't like "this" tenant because he's too excited about the house. :0) He says he just looked at one that listed old pictures before the house became run down. The listing was a lie! :0) It frustrated him. Then he looked at our house and saw "new" everything and really wanted it. I just met him today. He's soooooooooooooooo nice!