When we purchased the house we are working on now, we put new flooring in the estimate.
There were holes in the flooring and it was baddly scarred in places. After some time looking at the floors and the problems with them, I decided to try to save the old fir floors.
Got out the "Rock Hard " wood putty and filled holes. Then got out the orbital sander to sand them smooth. That is when you find out why they call it "Rock Hard" wood putty. I went through a few sanding discs.
Stained the scratches and the wood putty. I have one room ready for a coat of polyurathane. Floors over 100 years old and still looking pretty good after some work.
The kitchen floor was roll linoleum. It had to be replaced. Bought 12 mil thick flooring at Modern Floor Covering. Matthew installed it and it is a beautiful floor. I do hope whoever the tenants turn out to be, they will treat it well.
We are still a long way from finished with this house and we have 4 more to remodel after we get this one done, but we have the bathrooms finished. Shower is tiled, vanities and toilets are in. Still need to caulk around tub and vanity tops but that is a quick job
We have been purchasing larger 2 bathroom houses which take longer to remodel, but they are in high demand.
We decided to save most of the floors even though it will trake some work, but we gutted the bathrooms and started over. That is the way most of life is, some things can be saved if you are willing to put in the work, and some things just need to be thrown out so you can start over.
I see a lot of relationships fail. Got a call this week from a young woman looking to rent a house. It saddened me becasue the only reason she would be looking for a house is she is leaving her "fiance". That means their little child will growing up with her parents in 2 different homes. I wonder could the relationship be saved if they put in some work, or was it doomed and needed to be thrown out.
They had never made the committment of marriage. That does make it easier to throw out the relationship instead of putting in the work to make it shine like new.
I know there are relationships that need to be ended but we live in a culture where the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. Reality is, change and abondment is seldom better.
