| | 2005-02-08; Day 1: The view from corner of McCartney and Azalea. Dreary color. |
| | | 2005-02-08; Side and back yards. Not bad, and a nice size. |
| | | 2005-02-08_10-59-00; All original furniture, paint, carpet. Time to change! |
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| | 2005-02-08_11-02-15; It's really this dark. |
| | | 2005-02-08_11-11-51; None of these kitchen appliances even work, btw. |
| | | 2005-02-08_11-12-52; Original, dusty curtains about to fall off. |
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| | 2005-05-04_18-54-51; fireplace gets covered up. We start painting in here. |
| | | 2005-05-04_18-55-25; master bedroom, note the air duct dirt buildup on wall! |
| | | 2005-05-04_18-56-00; plates and baseboards are removed for painting bedroom 1. |
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| | 2005-05-04_18-56-08; view of living from dining room. Nasty dirt buildup. |
| | | 2005-05-04_18-56-22; Trisodium Phospate gets in Nina's eye later. |
| | | 2005-05-06_21-18-34; previous owner moved washer & dryer into 3rd bedroom. |
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| | 2005-05-06_21-18-51; water damage in 3rd bedroom floorboards. |
| | | 2005-05-06_21-20-09; tackstrip piles in yard as I rip carpet out. Big mistake. |
| | | 2005-05-06_21-21-01; where does all that paint go? |
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| | 2005-05-17_12-54-35; Scary shower stall removed, plumbing moved over, new tub... |
| | | 2005-05-17_12-55-06; toilet moved over. It's gotta be legal. Permit pulled. |
| | | 2005-05-17_12-56-01; City inspectors pass after 2 weeks of delays and work. |
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| | 2005-05-17_12-56-12; 3rd bedroom wall ingress hole must be sealed to pass. |
| | | 2005-05-17_12-57-12; New plumbing for utility sink, washer, and dryer in garage. |
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| | 2005-05-17_12-58-05; this is my office space for awhile. |
| | | 2005-05-17_13-04-07; Gotta change the scary door in the master! |
| | | 2005-05-19_17-42-52; First painted chocolate-flavored wall in bedroom 1. Weird. |
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| | 2005-05-19_17-44-34; We pry out commercial-grade lino floor. Hope no asbestos! |
| | | 2005-06-04_11-21-51; Henry calculates the tiling design in the family. Tricky. |
| | | 2005-06-04_12-37-38; This room is my home for a month but I get all new tools! |
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| | 2005-06-04_12-39-12; 3rd bedroom now sealed up and floors repaired. |
| | | 2005-06-04_12-39-47; Contractor clutter and primed master. Already looks better. |
| | | 2005-06-04_12-40-33; Master tub is tiled and walls painted! |
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| | 2005-06-04_12-41-32; 2nd bath left merely repainted. A future project. |
| | | 2005-06-06_18-22-15; left to right: Eddie, Marvin, Kits finish up master. |
| | | 2005-06-06_18-22-37; Kits caulks up the enclosure. |
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| | 2005-06-06_18-23-01; Eddie installs the window door. Hm, nice spot for photos.=) |
| | | 2005-06-06_22-04-23; late-night tiling. Not fun, but rewarding. |
| | | 2005-06-06_22-06-24; The real estate Broker helps me tile. That's service! |
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| | 2005-06-06_22-09-10; Wear gloves. My hands were blistered for a week after. |
| | | | 2005-06-06_22-56-30; Meanwhile, Nina paints all the trims. |
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| | 2005-06-08_13-25-11; Next day, it's now time to bring the garage up to code. |
| | | 2005-06-08_13-27-30; Henry shows me how to cut vents in stucco. |
| | | 2005-06-08_13-30-43; Nina scared the crap out of me when I broke through! |
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| | 2005-06-08_13-32-38; Over in the yard, Henry cuts more tile for the border. |
| | | 2005-06-10_00-11-42; Painting is done! Nina takes a break...Another 1am moment. |
| | | 2005-06-10_00-12-51; the tile is set, now for grout. Note the inlay and border. |
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| | 2005-06-10_00-14-32; the master is finished and ready for carpet. |
| | | 2005-06-10_08-54-59; Carpet guys did the whole house in 5 hours. Pretty good. |
| | | 2005-06-10_16-45-17; Even that drafty 3rd bedroom looks cozy now. |
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| | 2005-06-10_16-47-31; Bam. Conquered this master bedroom. |
| | | 2005-06-12_17-38-05; No cave-like shower or gross cabinet. Bigger and brighter. |
| | | 2005-06-12; Eddie's tilework. See how much bigger this room is? |
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| | 2005-06-12_17-38-48; Fantastic bathroom job by Kit and his crew: (510)914-5727 |
| | | 2005-06-12_18-08-31; Matching tub tilework and fixtures. |
| | | 2005-06-10_16-49-30; removing appliances. I haven't showered in 3 days. |
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| | 2005-06-11_11-48-14; A pleasant surprise from Nina's family! |
| | | 2005-06-12_17-37-36; Not bad for having bought the carpet sight unseen. |
| | | 2005-06-12_17-45-14;grout is done, Nina mists it 2 days prior to sealing. |
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| | 2005-06-12_18-02-28; I installed new window coverings throughout. |
| | | 2005-06-12_18-07-41; White ceilings, accent walls, bright colors in every room. |
| | | 2005-06-12_18-09-25; None of that ugly beige to be seen anywhere! |
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| | 2005-06-13_12-30-18; Henry installs the dryer and washer in the garage. |
| | | 2005-06-14_17-19-22; a laser level comes in handy for installing blinds faster. |
| | | 2005-06-14_17-19-46; We install all the new appliances ourselves. |
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| | 2005-06-14_17-19-59;kitchen is bigger and brighter without divider cabinets. |
| | | 2005-06-14_17-20-09; Check out our tile job! Maybe I should change professions? |
| | | 2005-06-14_17-20-18; Voila. The new family room. |
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| | 2005-06-14_18-10-48; Bo installs the automatic garage door. Bo: (510) 306-9041. |
| | | A few months later we can get rid of the old wood shingle roof. |
| | | 2005-11-01_15-06-15; Alameda's Century Roofing was VERY fast: (510) 780-9489 |
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| | I had no idea how many colors and shades roofs come in. This took only 3 days! |
| | | Now to replace the fence. This one is sagging pretty bad over the sidewalk. |
| | | 2005-11-07; We asked Kit for the best quality wood and to remove the trees. |
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| | 2005-11-07; Marvin picks up a redwood board for the tongue-in-groove. |
| | | 2005-11-07; Miguel checks that everything is level. It's getting rainy out! |
| | | 2005-11-07; Though he doesn't look it here, Marvin's a funny guy. |
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