tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16689559334438930172011-04-21T12:29:12.887-07:00Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11857435290599214737noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1668955933443893017.post-38104884200809893722008-03-03T16:21:00.000-08:002008-03-03T16:56:06.366-08:00I thought I would start out with the history of my endeavour into home remodeling. I've owned my house for about 11 years. This is my first home and I chose to live in the city so it was an older home build in 1941.<br /><br />I remember going to a home buyers class and going to lots of open houses (I think I saw aobut 70+ houses) before I selected a real estate agent. The first agent I worked, I didn't like so I went with another agent. After about 15 houses, I made an offer on a house that was on the market for 1 day. At the time, I didn't think I would be living in the place for 10+ years and the thought didn't occur to me that I could remodel the home. What I'm basically saying is that remodeling a home was not in my mind when I purchased my house.<br /><br />Anyone living an old home, you get accustomed to the quirkiness of your home. For example, the pedestal sink in my bathroom was cracked. It was a really bad crack and it was annoying but I lived with it. The hot water in the bathroom sink trickled and was really annoying but I got used to it. A lot of the doors and windows in the house didn't open/close properly. I never used my front door and I didn't use it for 11 years. I went in and out of the house through a side door. The door bells didn't work so I got used to it. 3 or 4 years into living in the house, I noticed in the mornings when leaving for work that my car had water on it. It took me a while to figure out I had a water leak from the bathroom which was above my garage. At first I thought it was the toilet so we replaced the toilet wax and the leak appeared to stop. Soon, the water on the car reappeared. I concluded the leak was coming from the pipes for the shower so I stopped taking showers in the bathroom and I started taking showers in the bathroom downstairs in the basement. Before I remodeled the bathroom, I got used to taking showers in the basement. I did this for like 6 years. Other things that didn't work were the dish washer (I have to admit my mom never used the dish washer and so I didn't really care that it didn't work).<br /><br />Things finally changed when the world of remodeling appeared to me. What got me going down this journey was the fact that one of my clothes friends is a contractor. This opened up a lot of possibilities for my home which I never realized. I didn't have to live in a home like this and that I could make the home into something that I would enjoy living in.<br /><br />Next blog starts my thoughts and experiences for remodeling your home....<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1668955933443893017-3810488420080989372?l=seattlehomeremodel.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11857435290599214737noreply@blogger.com0