Buying A House in South LA, Part 4: Before and After Renovation

After about three weeks of working with the contractor, selecting paint colors and making decisions on what additional work to do, we settled on a light grey and white for the interior, and a blue and white treatment for the outside. The blue turned out to be a bit brighter than I would have liked, but it was still nice.

BEFORE

AFTER

As for the garage, rather than tearing it down and rebuilding it from the ground up, the contractor added some beams to shore up the structure, then stuccoed the exterior facade to cover up the dilapidated wood underneath.  After the new paint job and patch work, I realized that I really liked the new and remodeled house.  It wouldn't be a bad place to live in for a small family or a young couple.

Now, the place is ready to be rented out.  We decided to hire a real estate management company to handle the lease since we are too amateurish to know how to screen renters, run credit check, etc.   Hopefully this will soon become a nice home for a nice family.