Sunday, July 29, 2007

AuStiN FLiP

Only July 21st at 1AM, Melissa and I began our drive out to Austin, Texas. We're managing the first flip that we've ever done by ourselves. It's been an awesome experience and we're excited to see our vision become a reality. Since this is our first flip, we wanted to document the experience so that we'd have something to look back on in the future.

Here's a brief overview of what we plan to do. We've purchased a duplex in an area called Highland Hills which is just outside downtown Austin. We closed on the property July 20 and we project to finish the renovations by Aug 25. Here's a few photos of the property before we began the renovations.

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Here is the pool in the backyard of the first unit which is approx 2400 sq ft.

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Here are the stairs that lead to 3 bedrooms upstairs in unit 1 which is approx 2400 sq ft.

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Here's a shot of the surrounding neighborhood. It's surrounded with trees and it's very common to see deer roaming the area. I'll try to get a shot of some deer while we're out here.

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Here's the view from upstairs. The units have 25 foot ceilings!

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Here's the kitchen in Unit 1.

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Here's the dining/living room area.

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Here's a curb view of the property.

1 comments:

Ms said...

Hey Jay and Melissa, Wow!!!! is too little to say and WOW is what you will say and more when it is all complete. You guys are my HGTV heros! I know you got swamps, random deer,frogs, more things to knock down and even more to build up but I know in the end its all going to be FABULOUS!!!! Keep your heads up and stay cool and dry. You will look back on these days(of glory no doubt) and just laugh!!!!

I'm extremely proud of you both for looking having the courage to follow yet another DREAM, and make it a reality!

Please take care and Much love and peace to you both!!!