"100% of people who do not save money do not have any!"--Dave Ramsey

[Xist]

The owner increased the price on that 813-square-foot 1-bedroom cabin to $58,000 and it has a pending offer. This 783-square-foot 2-bedroom and 2-bath house with a large and partially-insulated shed just hit the market for $80,000:
https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/2077579963_zpid/

This home is in an interesting area. It is a small community twenty minutes west of town [closer to Phoenix], but allegedly it has natural gas and sewer!

It has a deck, but not nearly as big, nor is the roof overhang, so there is a much smaller window where you could sit on the deck in the shade. However, it has a deck on the top floor, too, although I do not remember a picture of the view from there. What is with that little box added onto the roof?

It looks like it is in much better shape, but the interior still needs a great deal of updating!

Well, it has a carport!


Lots of empty space, completely devoid of grass...

The shed is nicer than the house!

So much empty space!

It has a fire pit! How do you clean it?

The couch can stay, but the siding needs to go!

Why are there bricks in the doorway? Have you ever bumped into a doorway? I would rather bump into drywall than bricks!

However, it isn't all chewed up like at our house!

As far as I am concerned, this is the least-ugly part of the house! I would still clean and paint it, though:


I keep getting logged out while posting, so I am going to submit this and then start a new message with more pictures before I get logged out!

[Xist]

Where to start with the kitchen? Is the fridge too wide for the designated spot or only too tall? If it is wide enough I would remove the top cabinet and put in something smaller, like the one next to it. If it is too narrow, can I take out the wall next to it? If not I would put more cabinets where that rack is and then put a pantry next to the refrigerator, or at least some cabinets so the icebox looks like it goes there:

Oh boy!

1. I am sure that most people would say to gut the kitchen and replace the cabinets and hardware, but can I just put white panels on the oven and dishwasher?
2. I would refinish the cabinets something lighter
3. replace the hardware
4. Remove the paneling
5. Replace the linoleum with viny plank
6. As I mentioned, either make room for a modern refrigerator or install cabinets where it used to go.

Redo every surface! Remove the popcorn, reverse the fan blades, remove the wallpaper, and install vinyl plank!
I will just say once: Replace all of the window coverings!

You know, I don't mind the light paneling! The fan looks dated and those are cheap, but why not have a built-in light fixture? I would remove the popcorn and upgrade the fan.

Wow that is small! What color is the ceiling?! Remove the popcorn and, like every other room, replace the flooring!
The blinds are fine!

I am pretty sure that sliding shower doors are considered out-of-date, but I would just remove the paneling.

Look at that floor! Now get rid of it!
Paint the stairs?

The railings are ugly, but do I need to get rid of them?

This is the only picture of the bathroom. Is the ceiling uninsulated?! You need insulation! I do not know if that brown thing is a cabinet or what, but something must be done! Remove the siding, paint the door, and replace the floor with vinyl plank!

How many beds are up here? It looks like four! Based on the bedding, the bathroom is on the right, and I guess the stairs are on the left. I just wonder if there is something between the beds at the bottom of the picture. Beds are 75" long, but you only see a couple of feet of one of them.

They took a picture of the view of a bush?!
I wonder if that wood is treated. I am pretty sure that I would paint everything.

Hey! Look! It is that board that we saw earlier! What is it doing there?! Why didn't they get a better view? Who chewed on that picket?!

It is weird how there is only one panel of insulation on the loft, the back wall is 16" on-center, but the side walls are 24", and I wonder what the plan for the lumber was.
Stairs?
Is that unused insulation on the floor?
There are also missing panels on the right.
It looks like the loft is 12' wide and 6' deep. That is almost as big as Mom's shed! Of course, that has adequate headroom and I only need to lift everything 18".

[Piotrsko]

One of your better houses, it's all cosmetic, therefore DIY friendly. We had that kitchen flooring on our first house back in '77, seems it wears like iron plate. Carpet stairs, those make less noise and stop annoying squeeks, but they look like an uncomfortably odd rise for the tread.

Use 10% mixture of muriatic acid and a stiff plastic brush to clean stuff off of masonary, rinse with clear water when it stops bubbling.

Popcorn ceiling removal is really messy and time/space consuming or EXPEN$IVE, careful what you wish for there

[Xist]

A friend once said that the easiest way to remove popcorn was with a hose, which is great if you are also removing the floor.

I was continually editing the second set of pictures while you responded. I am unsure if you saw the finished post.

[Piotrsko]

Saw finished post. Second hose and floor method of popcorn removal.

As Rick would say. "Buuuyyyyy ittttt!"

[redpoint5]

As I said, I wonder if we're due for popcorn to come back en vogue, and I wonder if it does a much better job of attenuating noise than plaster textured ceilings? If so, I'd be inclined to leave it.

[Piotrsko]

The (back in the late sixties) consensus was it attenuated noise, but it's mostly a method to hide ripples in the ceiling caused by poor drywall application and uneven rafters.

Returning or just sticker shock for the removal? Haven't seen it an any new houses here in Reno, but that's a small size sample.

[Fat Charlie]

Some of the windows are barred and some are not. Is the neighborhood only somewhat dangerous?

[hayden55]

Originally Posted by redpoint5

As I said, I wonder if we're due for popcorn to come back en vogue, and I wonder if it does a much better job of attenuating noise than plaster textured ceilings? If so, I'd be inclined to leave it.

Seems like all of the new construction houses here in Arkansas have popcorn ceilings. Not a fan. Its a very fragile finish.

[Piotrsko]

Originally Posted by hayden55

Seems like all of the new construction houses here in Arkansas have popcorn ceilings. Not a fan. Its a very fragile finish.

It is just gypsum drywall filler shot out of a stutter gun. Not waterproof at all, the texture isn't any near structural and there adhesion issues.