The Less Than Glamorous Side of House Flipping

Today was fairly frustrating, but I managed to get a good bit done. The plan was to get the fallen tree that’s partially in the driveway at the 1002 S. Main St. house cut up and out of the way, but I ended up wrestling with the chainsaw for most of the day. Is there some unwritten law that chainsaws are the most finicky tools out there, as far as not running, for no apparent reason, then suddenly running fine, then suddenly deciding, again, to not run, for no apparent reason?

I managed to get about half of the tree chopped up and drug over to the existing brushpile in back, which I’ll deal with at some future point. Did some more destructive work inside, as far as ripping up more carpet and starting in on the cheap vinyl tile in the bathroom.

Most of this week is going to be devoted to working on the Austin house, but I’m planning on swinging by the stone place in the morning, as far as ordering the landscaping materials for 1002 S. Main. I’m going to bite the bullet and have it delivered, as it’d be far too many trips in my wee truck, plus the place is about a 30 minute drive away. I’m also hoping to get the ball rolling tomorrow as far as setting up estimates for a new roof, as the wait time can be kind of long, depending on how busy they are. I’m not sweating it too much, as I can just include in the listing that the roof is being replaced, but it’d look a lot nicer if it was done before I list the house, just as far as curb appeal. It should take the roofers all of 12.7 seconds to roof it, as it’s pretty much the simplest job in the world, but we shall see.