I am so proud of my son and daughter in law. Both hard working go getters. One of things they are doing is getting into vacation rental. One of these days my DIL will also become a realtor, I have no doubt. so they are taking big risks, have borrowed a lot of money and bought a house in Big Bear.
Houses up here are selling within hours, so I am so grateful that they were lucky to get this home. Yes, it needs some work, which they are doing. It is in the Moonlight Ridge area of town, close to the slopes and even better, just a mile up the road from the quilt store!
Yes, I paid a visit to Bear Country Quilts, what a lovely shop. I know they offer a lot of workshops and getaways. So quilters, soon there will be a lovely option for a group to come and stay and be close to this shop!
The backyard back onto a very large empty lot. It is privately owned and has never been developed. Not saying that can’t happen, but right now, this is the view. The double chainlink fences were a dog run. The plan is to remove both of them, although, with the amount of work they have to do on the interior, that may wait.
I took a bunch of before pictures for them. It will be very exciting to share the after. The bones of this house are great, two bedrooms downstairs, with two bathrooms, and two bedrooms upstairs with one bathroom. One of the upstairs bedrooms is used as a game room right now, who knows what they will decide.
A very large kitchen. Yes, it could use some updating, but everything works here, and initially, it may be just the cabinets that get painted with new hardware.
Notice the wall next to the refrigerator?
Here it is, from both sides, well, it’s gone. The change is huge, it really opens up the space. One nice thing about this older house, is there is a lot of built in storage, but it also meant, small cut off rooms. Tearing this out might be a small detail but it makes a big difference.
The house came fully furnished, there will be upgrades, but for now, this saves them a lot of money. One of the big upgrades is tearing out all of that ugly brown carpet and putting down wood-like laminate. Also, as I type, workers are removing all of the popcorn ceilings, yes, there were traces of asbestos.
Standard stock bathrooms are getting a facelift as well. I am so impressed with my DIL, she understands that investing in the look and function of the place will bring in renters. Sure, there will be times when a large group of skiers just want beds. I know, from using AirBNB, that if a place looks updated and newer, I am more apt to rent that place over the standard, stock look.
Mandy knows how to achieve mountain look without this. The bedding is in the garbage, big buffalo checks and plaid will replace the ugly bears.
These oars might remain, the banisters aren’t up to code anymore and yes, this is a very good solution.
Very quickly they found workers, I’m praying that things go as smoothly as they can. Home renovations always have glitches. We will be having the boys here more often and once able, will probably go up there again, to entertain the kids while they work. And at the same time, to enjoy the beauty and relaxation that is Big Bear Lake.
Leah