Busy Days
We just bought a new house. Since it has been raining Vinny has been busy tearing down wallpaper. Almost all of the wallpaper is down. We went over there on Sunday and Andi painted swatches trying to decide what colors to put where. Anna was running all over the place. Last night I went over there and set up some lights on timers to make it look like someone’s there. Also, Andi got panic-stricken yesterday thinking of all of the lead dust that she and Anna may have ingested on Sunday, since that hadn’t occurred to us. Vinny thinks that lead paint is not only on the trim, but also on the walls. So, he’s going to have to encapsulate the walls, too.
When Vinny is done, we bring in the floor guy. We also need to get the kitchen contractor in there to get an estimate, so that we can put all of the jobs onto a CT State Historic Homes Rehabilitation Tax Credit program. We can get 30% cash back on renovations up to a total of $30,000. Cha-ching! Interior paint isn’t covered, but re-doing floors seems to be, as is the kitchen and all outside trim painting. Although I suspect that indoor lead-paint encapsulation might be covered…. need to check that today.
Anyway, busy, busy. Our house was shown last week, one person might come back for a second look tomorrow. Betsey wants to have an open house this Sunday. Hopefully, if that guy wants to come back for a second look, the threat of an open house may push him to make an offer. (That’s how those savvy real-estate types work.)
:^)
(keeping our fingers crossed)