And finally
Finally for today anyway (I think) - I actually started working on my new house yesterday...woohoo! I got possession last week, but so far the only thing that had gotten started was the tear-off of the roof, which my rehab crew is doing. I had been avoiding starting on my first task, which is tearing out nearly every plaster wall in the whole house, because there has been a lot of water damage and I need to make sure I don't end up with a mold issue. I was holding off because I had to get an electrical inspection yesterday afternoon before they would turn electrical service back on to the house, and of course the house totally failed. They won't even turn the service ON until I have the whole place re-wired.....it's all THAT old and unsafe. I had planned to do that anyway, but slowly over time, doing the work myself. Now I'm going to have to hire someone to do it, and quick, because everything else is going to be held up until I can get electrical service. How annoying.

Sooooo....I spent a couple of hours yesterday afternoon starting on the plaster tear-out. My plan is to remove nearly every interior wall in the place, for a bunch of reasons. Water damage, as I mentioned, but also because it will make it easier to re-wire, re-plumb, run data cable, new ductwork, and move some walls around, all of which are part of my plan for the house.

Anyway, enough about my remodeling for now. I'll post some "before" pics here pretty soon....you are all going to think I'm crazy for taking this place on, but trust me.....huge potential....HUGE *s*