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Yes, you have read all about me losing bids on condos, buying my first house, fixing it up, crazy renovations, problems with contractors, holiday parties, and things I bought to fill it all up, but now the time has come to part with my first home. I loved it, and I learned a lot about doing chores and fixing stuff up around the house, but the time has come.

So if someone wants to buy a completely updated 2BR/1BA condo, let me know! Please see the MLS listing and pictures below…and for those who have seen my place before, still check out the pictures, because it is as clean as it ever was/will be!

MLS Listing
Matrix Listing
Craigslist Listing
Flickr Pix

The past day and a half have not been fun. As I’m sure you all could tell, I was very excited to get new counters in my place. This is my first experience with contractors, and it did not start out on the right foot.

Original plan: Wednesday morning the plumbers/demolition guy came to unhook all my plumbing and remove the old countertops. Then the countertop guys were supposed to come at 1:00 to install the countertops, and then the plumber is supposed to come back and hook the water back up.

What actually happened: Wednesday morning, the plumber came and unhooked the water, etc. removed the countertops. 1:00 came and went, 2:00 came and went. 3:00 plumber shows up to find that the counters weren’t installed yet, so I try to get him to come back at 6 (because obviously the counters should be installed by then), but he won’t so I reschedule him to come back at 1:00 the next day. 4:30 goes by, no countertop installers, then 6:00, then finally 8:00 they come and then proceed to tell me that it’s too late to install the counters because it’d be too noisy. Realizing that I don’t want them to rush, I schedule them for the next day at 12:30, and reschedule the plumber to come back at 4. Fast forward to 2:45 Thursday, and the installers still aren’t here. To make a longer story less long, the counters are in, and my blood pressure is slowly returning to normal levels. Well, check out all the pictures here, but the pictures below pretty much sums it up.

To get my butt out of the house, fellow Samurai Don and Andrew and I met up at Moe’s and came back and played hours of Mariokart. Brilliant. Pictures below the jump…. Read the rest of this entry »

I’ve put off posting about this because even though it’s only been 5 weeks since I ordered my new counters, it’s felt like a year. Also, if I posted about this as much as I have been thinking about them, you’d have passed out from boredom, and abandoned jeffchin.com (if you haven’t already).

Anyways, I’m getting Zodiaq countertops put into my place tomorrow. I had a tough time picking colors, but decided on Meteor Grey. In addition to this, I got a brand spanking new faucet, sink, and garbage disposal that won’t shake my kitchen everytime I turn it on.

The only sad thing is that after this major update on my house, I might not have anything to talk about because it seems that all I do is update my house and that my blog has turned into a home renovation blog. Essentially this is all in preparation for my first holiday party, so there is a silver lining to the boringness. So check back here tomorrow or Thursday, and I’ll have the whole before/after picture madness.

So, it’s late, and tonight I was doing a bunch of housecleaning, because I’m so exciting nowadays. (that was a joke) I’ve been meaning to replace my doorknob on my front door, and of course I spot the two screws that I’m supposed to remove to change out the doorknob. Keep in mind it’s 11:30, and I want to go to bed at this time. But I can’t keep from taking out the screws, only to have the doorknob totally fall apart in my hands. Crap. I don’t know how to put a door knob on a door!

To make a short story shorter, I spend the next 30 minutes trying to figure out how to put the stupid doorknob back on, finally succeeding after about 15 tries. And all I wanted was to go to bed. I was only about 5 minutes from throwing in the towel, but, what would my neighbors think the next morning when they look through the hole in my door where the knob used to be? It’s still not working correctly, but at least there’s a non-working door knob covering the hole in my door. The dork in me had to post about this though. Mental note: don’t do that again.