In the beginning...

This is the story of the remodel of our "fixer upper" house in Denton, Texas.

Our plan had been to relocate to Denton (from Carrollton), once both our daughters had graduated from high school. Once our youngest graduated in June 2017, we began looking at houses in Denton. We placed offers on several homes, only to be outbid each time. Denton had become a "hot" market over the last few years.

We had started to become discouraged about whether we were going to be able to execute our plan, when we saw a listing for a "sale by owner" of a small , fixer upper house in an area of Denton that we liked.

The owner had been renting the house for the last ten years. He was interested in selling the house since he was trimming the number of rent houses that he owned in Denton. Having been a rental for the last ten years, the house was in pretty rough shape, but had "good bones" as they say.

Here is a picture of the house as we first saw it on Google Maps:

Here is what it looked like when we went to view it (the owner had started trimming some of the over grown trees and bushes).

 After a short negotiation between us, the owner, and one other interested purchaser (unfortunately), we were able to come to terms. We closed on the house one week after we first viewed it.