I'm so sick of Homo Depot.
Oct. 21st, 2006 08:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
c9Oh. My. GOD. I am so sick of condo renovations. I swear to everliving fuck we're going to just rent for the rest of our lives.
Kitchen:
You may recall last year's ceiling scraping, cabinet replacement, and the 14 coats of paint at various times. We finally ran out of money and patience, and just ignored the floor for a year, hoping it would go away. No such luck. With the help of Matt, and especially Ben and Ashif, there are now tiles on most of the kitchen floor. I have just five pieces of tile left to fill various weird-shaped holes. Then I have to chip out the extra thinset mortar so there's room for grout. Then I have to grout. Then I have to seal the grout. With 24 hour gaps in there a couple times. Then we can reassemble the kitchen.
Master Bathroom:
Vinny has torn apart the bathroom cabinet, burned through two dremel (?) bits, and created a large pile of garbage in the hallway that we have to find a new home for. Soon the bathroom will be home to a new vanity, basin, mirror, paint on the walls, etc.
Rest of Condo:
We decided that we need to replace the carpeting. There are some stains courtesy of Lucky and Tym and a previous owner too, plus the carpet isn't in very good shape. Good god carpet is expensive. I just hope it bumps up our sale price.
Anyway, I'm so sick of this crap.
Kitchen:
You may recall last year's ceiling scraping, cabinet replacement, and the 14 coats of paint at various times. We finally ran out of money and patience, and just ignored the floor for a year, hoping it would go away. No such luck. With the help of Matt, and especially Ben and Ashif, there are now tiles on most of the kitchen floor. I have just five pieces of tile left to fill various weird-shaped holes. Then I have to chip out the extra thinset mortar so there's room for grout. Then I have to grout. Then I have to seal the grout. With 24 hour gaps in there a couple times. Then we can reassemble the kitchen.
Master Bathroom:
Vinny has torn apart the bathroom cabinet, burned through two dremel (?) bits, and created a large pile of garbage in the hallway that we have to find a new home for. Soon the bathroom will be home to a new vanity, basin, mirror, paint on the walls, etc.
Rest of Condo:
We decided that we need to replace the carpeting. There are some stains courtesy of Lucky and Tym and a previous owner too, plus the carpet isn't in very good shape. Good god carpet is expensive. I just hope it bumps up our sale price.
Anyway, I'm so sick of this crap.
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Date: 2006-10-22 02:41 pm (UTC)I can SO relate to your headaches.
We'll have to have martini's one day and swap horror stories of home ownership!
Hope it gets better for a bud!
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Date: 2006-10-22 02:45 pm (UTC)As long as we have martinis in Ottawa, we're safe. I don't want to get drunk enough to actually fly somewhere, burn down my condo, or any of the other non-productive but tempting ideas I've had lately.