Two Thirty Five Designs's Profile

First off, THANK YOU apartment therapy for the feature, I am truly, truly honored.

And second....ouch...you guys are crazy harsh. It's a rental unit, I mean seriously? I would LOVE to see how you all buy foreclosures, etc., work on them in under 30 days on hardly a budget....glass tile, seriously? How would we even make a profit? Not only that, when this renter moves out, the cost to go in and fix the damage that they have done, why would we want to invest that much in just the kitchen? The budget for the WHOLE house was under 4000, materials, labor, landscape and everything. FYI, rental or income properties here have to resale or rent for a low price, per sq foot, otherwise it make absolutely no sense to even do it. I see a house and a few days later I get the notice to go in and get started on it and have it done in less than a month. We have to be smart and appeal to the largest audience possible, when reselling. In the price range we choose to work in for better resale, most are first time homebuyers who are giddy just to have a functioning house, yet alone one that has new appliances, floors, paint, landscaping and half of the time new hvac units.

And the cabinets before, I am surprised you all liked them so much. Sure, they have charm...but it's NOT charming when they are falling apart because the previous homeowner decided to basically use sticky tape to hold up the wood for an overlay. They are still the 'original' cabinets, just took off the bad job that was done on a whim. And so, so much grease on them.

The stove, wow...so many 'opinions' on this! The current space is the original space for it. Those of you who actually might of looked at the pictures, would notice a vent above where it is. A working vent, might I add. Which equals not having to spend more money to buy a new one and build a hood for it. I can't explain the amount of grease on the paneling behind the old spot. And we chose to leave the paneling up so the frig could be in front, and we were looking into re-sheetrocking the whole wall if we took it out.
If you actually read the post, you would read where we actually ran through several ideas for this space to maximize it.
When we go in and buy new appliances and hardware, it is not wise to buy a $1000 appliance when I can get a floor sample for $199 and spend $10.00 per pull when I can grab a bag of pulls, for rental property, for $10.

Thank you to Dollface!! Flipping is crazy different than it was even a year ago. And couldnt agree more with your comment on white, it makes it feel clean, spacious and lighter. And I can't explain the smell, when someone deep fries food a good portion of the time, the smell soaks in to the wood. Thank you again for seeing it the way I do, reading the post, and understanding!

I do value peoples input, but geez, you guys are tough to please