Our flip house

Last Feb. 2007 Dave got a wild hair to buy this trashed tiny little house a few blocks from our own home and flip it. So we bought it the end of Feb. and two days after we closed on the house, Dave was laid off from his job. It was kind of crazy but we dove into flipping this house. It of course was more work then we expected and we literally ended up gutting it to the studs and redid the entire house, except for the roof. Brand new plumbing, electrical, sheetrock, 2 bathrooms added on, two bedrooms added, new siding, new windows, new carpet, refinished hardwood, new tile, brand new cabinets.... The list goes on and on. It ended up being beautiful. Dave turned a one bdrm, one bath house into 3 bdrms, 2 1/2 bath house. He did an incredible job and i am so proud of him. However, it took longer then we wanted and the market crashed in July so we got jipped to say the least. Dave was finally able to get back on out at the site in May after the "freeze" of no hiring was over. It ended up being a very stressful year with the budget of the house. But thanks to many friends and family out there who lent a hand in helping us complete it in November. We sold it January 25, 2008 and that was a very happy day around our house! We will say we learned a ton during this experience and know what to do and what definetly not to do if we ever do another one.