Ridgetop - our place and how we muddle along

[murphysranch]

That truck sounds like a great deal, except for the exploding part!!

 

[Ridgetop]

Finally got the primer on the bathroom walls. Finished removing the paper this am. Then had to mud the bad spots and wait for the mud to dry then sand it smooth. While I waited for the mud to dry I painted the light fixture and the medicine cabinet. I taped plastic sheeting up around the ight fixture to make a spray booth type of enclosure. It would have been faster to take the fixture down, paint it and put it back up! Then after I sanded the walls smooth I taped all the wood work and the tile. The prep work took longer than priming the walls! Tomorrow I will paint the bathroom. Then have DH help me reinstall the medicine cabinet and mirror doors. With a good cleaning and hanging up the new towels it will be finished for the real estate people to see it. I am just painting it white since I have a gallon of that. I was going to paint it the same as the other bathroom but I don't think I have enough of that paint. At this point I don't care what color it is. I will say that removing the paper (as much as I loved that paper) the bathroom looks a lot brighter jst primed white. I will paint the ceiling as well and have to do ome repair work on the skylight shaft. DS1 was supposed to help me with that but ran out of time before he left. I can manage it myself. I have to remove the old oak trim at the top and replace it with some new trim we bought. I have already painted that trim white so just need to miter cut it to fit around the top of the skylight. Then I'll use my brad nailer to install it.

DGD2 cleaned the hall cabinets for me today before she went to her sleepover. I just have to touch up the barn doors and some of the trim. I can do that after I paint the bathroom since I will use the same paint.

This house has sucked the life out of me. We sent the first 35 years here remodeling, building barns and fences, etc. I have now spent almost 4 months getting just the house ready to sell. The outside sheds and barn need some work but I am not bothering with them. Most properties here in Shadow Hills don't even have barns. People just put up metal roof shelters for their horses if they put up anything. Having the 25'x36' barn, 10'x20' block wall building, and 12'x24' wooden tool shed are big bonuses even for people that don't want animal keeping. Then add in the 2 connexes and this place not i=nly i a great house with 360 degree views, but has lots of exterior storage too. Since the 4.6 acre lot has its own easement for access and utilities, 2 houses could easily be built there as well. Hopefully it will sell fast.

 

[SageHill]

You have been away from TX far too long. You definitely need a chunk of HOME time. You have done way way WAY more than anyone would have. Get back HOME before you look at those barns one more time because we all know what you'd do!!
We're coming up on a fast market with school letting out - so for a faster than fast solid sale.

 

[fuzzi]

Finally got the primer on the bathroom walls. Finished removing the paper this am. Then had to mud the bad spots and wait for the mud to dry then sand it smooth. While I waited for the mud to dry I painted the light fixture and the medicine cabinet. I taped plastic sheeting up around the ight fixture to make a spray booth type of enclosure. It would have been faster to take the fixture down, paint it and put it back up! Then after I sanded the walls smooth I taped all the wood work and the tile. The prep work took longer than priming the walls! Tomorrow I will paint the bathroom. Then have DH help me reinstall the medicine cabinet and mirror doors. With a good cleaning and hanging up the new towels it will be finished for the real estate people to see it. I am just painting it white since I have a gallon of that. I was going to paint it the same as the other bathroom but I don't think I have enough of that paint. At this point I don't care what color it is. I will say that removing the paper (as much as I loved that paper) the bathroom looks a lot brighter jst primed white. I will paint the ceiling as well and have to do ome repair work on the skylight shaft. DS1 was supposed to help me with that but ran out of time before he left. I can manage it myself. I have to remove the old oak trim at the top and replace it with some new trim we bought. I have already painted that trim white so just need to miter cut it to fit around the top of the skylight. Then I'll use my brad nailer to install it.

DGD2 cleaned the hall cabinets for me today before she went to her sleepover. I just have to touch up the barn doors and some of the trim. I can do that after I paint the bathroom since I will use the same paint.

This house has sucked the life out of me. We sent the first 35 years here remodeling, building barns and fences, etc. I have now spent almost 4 months getting just the house ready to sell. The outside sheds and barn need some work but I am not bothering with them. Most properties here in Shadow Hills don't even have barns. People just put up metal roof shelters for their horses if they put up anything. Having the 25'x36' barn, 10'x20' block wall building, and 12'x24' wooden tool shed are big bonuses even for people that don't want animal keeping. Then add in the 2 connexes and this place not i=nly i a great house with 360 degree views, but has lots of exterior storage too. Since the 4.6 acre lot has its own easement for access and utilities, 2 houses could easily be built there as well. Hopefully it will sell fast.

I would agree about your life being sucked out by the house. Let someone else babysit it, go Home.