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The Lake House
Hopalong:
You sound so happy about the Lake House accomplishments, Lighter. Kudos to you on what must've been such a massive project. Will you be managing all the AirB&B rentals, or will Bro share that work with you?
Hope it repays you in multiple ways. Soon you'll be back to the island, too.
How are things going with the DDs? And your health and happiness at home? Hope you're content and resting as much as needed and finding positive connections.
Happy V-Day from me and Pooch!
hugs
Hops
lighter:
Hi, Hops.
The girls have had patches of bad luck, so I headed back home sooner than expected. Oldest DD had a tree limb take our her back windshield and youngest lost her wallet with keys.
Aside from that, and a few other wobbly bits for them, things are going OK. WIndshield replaced today and thaks to AAA sowing up in a few minutes yesterday, we have the spare key from inside the car with lost key.
I'll be handling the lake house rentals on my own. So far I have 4 bookings.... feeling pretty good about them. Working steadily towards completion of basics. SO much more I'd like to do!
Trying to figure out bathroom remodels at home and let things go.... just stop hanging on to anything I can't use. That's enough for now.
Is Pooch still on the mend? How are you doing?
:Lighter
lighter:
I'm feeling very flat and neutral about the Lake house after spending 14 hours researching comprables, their pricing and minimum night stays during the year.... all jumping about, not really in sync.
I assume some of the largest and fanciest properties set very low prices in slow months simply to keep their cleaning crews busy and on board. I understand that. Othersise, they fill their calendars with the people who keep them busy.
We're not apples to apples..... but there are some SUPER expensive places and some appearing to be underpriced with similar number bedrooms and baths, etc..... some have better docks or good walkways to the docks and also ping pong and air hockey and hot tubs and outdoor kitchens and beautiful pools and landscaping, which we don't have. No apples to apples... it's a market I'm not familar with, but am sick to death of studying, kwim?
I'm taking a break and going back to finishing up draperies, the master shower ceiling, downstairs baseboards, bar crown moulding and LVP in the bath and a half. Will make a huge difference.
And the outdoor firepit needs to be dealt with.
And maybe a bed platform under the Upstairs Master King bed..... yup yup yup.
And the dock needs to be pressure washed and electricity restored.
Lights on covered porch need installing.
I can't tell you how good it feels to have the upstairs trim basically done. The laundry room and another 220 outlet needs to be addressed, but that's not crucial..... now. I have the outlet and everything I need to get that done. Contractor coming back soon.
I like to be out ahead of him with materials and I think the girls are pretty solid, so time to go back in finish the big things.
Oh the amazing things I would do IF I just had fun things to do!
Lighter
lighter:
It's raining cats and dogs and I just got back in the house from a Vet appt... roads full of water and hydroplaning is real.
I'm so not gonna drive down the mountain in this downpour, esp since there were white patches of hail in the yard when I woke up at 7am.
I will go to Habitat for Humanity, Lowes and Home Depot and hope the weather clears up so I can meet the contractor there.
I really hate cold rain.
Lighter
lighter:
My sister is packing in 3 of the large smokeless firepits this month. Stainless.
Our cousin picked them up at a great price....now we just have to get them here from her home, out of State.
It brings me pleasure to plan out firepit sites.
I put a small one at my brother's little cottage and on the covered back porch at the lake.
This is distraction from likely possibility of ditching Airbnb and hiring Evolve for US property and setting up others for Cottage.
Right now I feel I could set up 100 new sites .... I'm so ticked at Airbnb.
I also have the feeling this one necessary step leads to many unexpected places I wouldn't have found, so....managing to stay above the anger....sort of observing it without needing anything to be different than it is....is something I'm noticing. It's new.
We put LVP in the 2 downstairs bathrooms....plucked them right out of the 80s, it did.
I have the drapes completed in 5 of the 6Bedrooms, which feels amazing. Moved a drapery rod to the ceiling last week, rather than hemming panels. 104" long..... glorious floral out of the Biltmore I could roll in and eat with a spoon.
I have 2 dk Brown coats of poly to finish distressed upstairs master bath vanity and one vanity downstairs I've distressed but have to stain.
All trim is completed, but for the laundry room. I want to move the w/d, patch the brick paver floor and add a bunk bed above old w/d space, but that plan might have to wait a while. Some things have to be done sooner.....still thinking about it.
The alarm and cameras are in....maybe the fancy keyless entry doorknobs.
Master shower ceiling and sink replacement are figured out. Just have to put my hands on and make it so.
I think that, pressure washing the dock and hooking up lights will about do it.
::shaking head::.
There's more....always more....outdoor shower, routering the large bar island top and finishing all bar counters and front.
One of the contractors is picking up 5 large furniture items this month, so that's a relief.
There's my lake update. The crown moulding on cabinets looks SO Good!
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