Traditional Ranch Redo Austin This traditional ranch home in was done is the more “modern” style of the 1970’s. There was no formal living-dining room on your left or right as your entered the house. This house had a large single living area open to the kitchen. It was a precursor to the open plan […]
Ranch House Remodel Ideas
Ranch House Remodel Ideas This home came up for sale the Northwest Hills area – a part of Austin that we love. At the time, we were not looking for a project, and this home needed more work than made sense. See our First Look post. We ended up buying the house, tearing it down, […]
Modern Ranch House Austin
Modern Ranch House Austin Thank for visiting our modern ranch house Austin page! This property was for sale in a neighborhood we love – Northwest Hills. At the time, we were not looking for a project. But, after some thought, we ended up buying the place and re-building the house. Here are some interior design […]
Ranch Style House Austin
Ranch Style House Austin Thanks for visiting our ranch style house Austin project. We had noticed this house for sale the Northwest Hills area – a part of Austin that we really like. For more photos of the original house see our fist visit post. We fell in love with the corner lot and tall oaks, […]
Ranch House Plans Austin
Ranch House Plans Austin Thanks for visiting our ranch house plans Austin post! This is about a house in the Northwest Hills area – a beautiful part of central Austin. We fell in love with the corner lot and tall oaks, but the unfortunately we could not make use of the house. The house had to […]
Design Build Austin
Design Build Austin – Northwest Hills Project Thanks for joining us on our design build Austin post! This is the beginning of our story of a tear-down and rebuild project in Northwest Hills. An email had come in about a house for sale in the Northwest Hills Austin area – a central Austin neighborhood that we love. […]
Real Estate Negotiation Austin Style – How to Build Trust
Real Estate Negotiation Austin Style – Build Trust Most people (but not all!) know how valuable it is to have a feeling of trust in a negotiation. When trust is high, anxiety is lower on both sides. Communication is easier. And, the buyer and seller tend to offer more than they would in an atmosphere […]
Top High Schools Austin Tx
Top High Schools Austin Tx Three Austin high schools made Newsweek’s current list of the 500 best public high schools in the nation. The top high schools Austin Tx, per Newsweek’s ranking, are listed below. Beside each school is its ranking on Newsweek List of 500 best high schools. We have included school rankings for […]
Austin Condo Questions – Ask Before You Buy
Austin Condo Questions Understand the Basics of Condos There seems to be a lot of misunderstanding about condos. People usually think of condos as units in a multiple story building. They have a hard time believing that a home on an acre lot can be a condo. You can’t tell by looking if a property […]
Preparing A Home For Sale – Before & After
Preparing a Home for Sale People are usually very comfortable with the decor in their own home. They have good memories of choosing the paint colors and curtains years ago. Why go for a more neutral look? Wouldn’t this be sort of sterile? And, why not let buyers make their own changes if they want […]
Tarrytown Remodel Kitchen
Tarrytown Remodel Kitchen We worked hard to revive our old 1949 house in central Austin. With appliances, sheet vinyl, and fixtures dating back to our 1977 remodel, we had lots of work to do on our Tarrytown remodel kitchen phase. Thank you for joining us! We are just diy remodelers, and only occasionally do a […]
Tarrytown Remodel – Bedrooms & Baths
Tarrytown Remodel – Bedrooms & Baths This is the exterior of our old 1949 cottage after an extensive remodel. In this post we will take a look at choices and colors of our Tarrytown remodel bedrooms & baths phase. Thanks for stopping by! We do an occasional diy project, and love to share design ideas […]
Tarrytown Remodel Interior
Tarrytown Remodel Interior Thanks for joining our Tarrytown remodel interior project! We have done extensive work on the exterior and landscaping. In this post, we discuss our home improvement ideas for the living and dining areas. This house is an old 1949 bungalow with an addition done in 1977. Thanks for visiting our project! If […]
Hardie Board – Tarrytown Remodel Exterior
Hardie Board – Tarrytown Remodel Exterior Thanks for visiting our Tarrytown remodel project. In this post we deal with replacement of the T-111 plywood siding on the addition with new Hardi Board siding. Surprisingly, the siding on the old part of the house from 1949 was in great shape! Our goal was to bring […]
Getting Rid of Bamboo – Tarrytown Remodel
Getting Rid of Bamboo – Tarrytown Remodel Deferred maintenance had finally come to a breaking point on our 1949 Tarrytown bungalow. The roof had seen better days. The T1-11 siding on the addition was barely hanging on. And, the interior finishes no longer made sense. But, one of the biggest problems we faced was getting […]
Home Remodeling Austin – Tarrytown Remodel
Home Remodeling Austin – Tarrytown Remodel This home remodeling Austin project goes back to 1971. We were U.T. students, and living in married student housing on Lake Austin Blvd. These were old WWII army barracks that had been moved onto U.T. land. (We had no AC, so followed the example of others, and put a […]
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