Wednesday, July 16, 2008

getting the house ready

In anticipation of our move we have decided to rent our house out. We met with the ReMax prop. manager last week and he told us we needed to paint some of the walls. When we moved in most of the walls were still covered in the cheap construction grade flat white paint. We have learned over the past year that this paint does not wipe clean without removing paint. So, there are hand prints, smudges, and some coloring crayon on the walls that we need to cover. The prop. manager also said that we should get it done quickly so that when people came to see the house there wouldn't be things still left to do. So, since Aqeel is working 60hrs a week selling cars and I am pregnant we decided to hire a painting outfit to get the job done. For $700 we will get the entry way, upstairs hall, staircase, Amaya's room, Jr's room, and the dinning room done all in just 2 days at the most! That only leaves one and a half bathrooms that Aqeel will have to do on his days off. The painter's will come tomorrow. I am glad that we chose to hire someone instead of having the stress of getting it done SLOWLY over the next month.

7 comments:

diane said...

Good choice girl. Good luck with the house renovations. I hope it goes quickly.

Jenna said...

Painting is one of those icky jobs that we always wish we had hired out. Good job!

Liz said...

I NEED the name of your painting outfit!! (But only if they do a good job!) I also need to know where Aqeel is working....Joe thinks he needs a new car because he is selling his truck to Jacob.

tawnya said...

Hiring painters was the best thing I've ever done. Good call!

The Family Rasheed said...

Liz, The Painter's name is Vic Boehme. He has done a really good job so far and they are half way done with half the day left. I can get you his number later. Aqeel works at Kia of Greer, but if Joe is looking for a used car it may be difficult to find. They mostly have new cars on Aqeel's lot. Anyway Aqeel's # is 858-231-5486.

Todd and Camille Hendrickson said...

I'm still not finished with our house painting...it's a lot of work when you have children! You'll be so happy when it's ALL done.

ferntyler said...

that's awesome! do you have a timeframe for the move? sounds like sooner than later - good luck!