Flip This – Whole House Remodel

The homeowners had just purchased this “flipped house” without getting a home inspection. They have been trying to purchase this residence since the house was in foreclosure. Unfortunately, a flipper had purchased it and made a bunch of cosmetic improvements, replaced the A/C, and put a new roof on it. Those were the only permits applied for, for the work. They wanted to replace the new kitchen, all the baths, add a new office room where the lanai was, new windows and doors, and wanted a new back porch oasis where they could spend nights and weekends entertaining. They never knew what was behind the drywall…

Challenges:

• When the kitchen cabinets were removed a lot of mold was present behind them and the baseboard in the entire house first floor
• When the drywall was removed there were no studs in the walls the only thing holding up the house was the stucco
• There were several makeshift tents in the ceiling to divert the water from roof leaks that had made several structural areas unsafe
• The plumbing in the kitchen ceiling was a mess as well as the water lines in the walls
• The beam that had to be put in the ceiling to hold the second floor was a big challenge to navigate it had to be slid in from the outside