The apartment is finally done and I’m ready to share the before and after photos with you!
But first, here’s a little background on this apartment remodel.
The boyfriend and I purchased Main Street House back in July of 2016 as our first starter home. What really interested us about this property was the fact that it had a 1 bedroom 1 bathroom apartment above the garage (yay for passive income) and we figured the attic could easily be turned into a master suite.
And we’re not shy about being landlords. If you followed along while I blogged about our first flip you might remember that we were landlords for a brief 5 months. Top that off with the fact that I was a property manager for a corporate monster for almost 4 years and helped my parents with their rental business growing up I think we’re ready to dive in to full time landlord-ship (is that a thing?)
For the brief period that we rented out our pristine flip we had the best tenant ever. So we’re definitely spoiled when it comes to someone taking care of our hard work. Now let’s hope we can find a great tenant who will take good care of the apartment we just dedicated 8 months of our life to. Because check out the before and after pictures below, I wouldn’t want anyone ruining all our hard work!
And if you want to catch up (and figure out what took us so long to remodel a 1 bedroom 1 bathroom apartment check these links out:
In the kitchen for the apartment remodel we did a custom concrete countertop with a faux rock edge. If you want to know how that disaster project went, check out this post all about the time we had watery concrete all over our brand new kitchen cabinets and floor.
Directly across from the concrete counter we decided to do a butcher block breakfast bar with two cabinets for added storage (aren’t we awesome landlords?)
Do you LOVE the flooring we did throughout the apartment? It’s a luxury vinyl plank floor which I was able to lay by myself in two days. My knees hated me afterwards but the amount of money we saved in labor was well worth it.
I even wrote a detailed tutorial for you guys to check out because it’s just that easy I think anyone with a bit of knowledge, prep and guts can do it too.
Whew… in the bathroom we completely gutted it and transformed it into a luxury bathroom (are we cray cray for doing this in a rental?)
We had the hot water heater moved directly down into the garage, the tub changed into a shower and we added a washer/dryer combo unit (yes, I gave up part of my side of the garage so the tenants could have a washer and dryer.)
The bathroom vanity is a totally custom piece and although the concrete stain didn’t turn out exactly the same shade of grey as the shower tile (like I naively thought would be easy) I’m still in love with the overall look and feel of this bathroom. If you’re curious how I went about staining the concrete countertop in the bathroom, check out this post.
As for the rest of the apartment, which is really just the bedroom and hallway… we painted the entire apartment the same grey (lazy grey from Sherwin Williams) only after removing the drop ceiling, replacing all the insulation and then dry-walling the ceiling – did I mention I loathe doing drywall on ceilings? I think it’s because I have no shoulder strength to hold a heavy piece of drywall above my head for any extended period of time.
Do you have any idea what this renovation wound up costing us? I’ll cut right to the chase and shock you with the number.
$16,582.77
Did you throw up a little? I know I did.
However, that number is definitely offset by the little itty bitty amount we wound up spending on the main house’s kitchen, check out that blog post here!
Head on over to my Facebook page to see the full size uncropped pictures of the apartment remodel (and they’re slightly better quality to boot!) And don’t forget to hit LIKE before you leave Facebook!!
Do you like to Pin? Click here to check out my Pinterest boards full of home remodeling tips, inspiration and information.
Want to check out the projects we did in the apartment?
Check out the DISASTER that happened while DIYing our own Concrete Countertops.
Read my tutorial on how to easily install a vinyl plank flooring (it’s so easy I did it by myself in two and half days.)
Learn how to drill a hole in a slab door and install a door knob.
Read about all the things that kept us from sticking to our timeline.
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