The kitchen

The one hesitation we had in buying this house is that we knew the kitchen would need major work. The previous owners (p.o.s. for future cursing) had most likely bought this place with the intention of doing a cheap remodel and flip. Like many other foreclosure houses we looked at, this remodel was only half done. This is the kitchen sink area.Over the dishwasher you can see where they had a tile problem. The window looks out into the garage (a former carport) and is broken. We're planing on drywalling over the window area. This photo also shows the soffit which is coming out, and the unfinished tile back splash (we will be removing this too)
This one shows the broken tile over the dishwasher better. The tile has a lip on it that sticks down quite far and they must have tried to place the dishwasher after tiling. When the P.O.S. pulled the tile to insert the dishwasher, the foam backing they had tiled over(instead of a solid surface like the plywood UNDERNEATH the foam)fell apart. Which they then left.




This next one shows what I thought was possibly the most special choice the P.O.S. made. Prefab cabinets with doors that open the wrong way, or in the case of drawers don't open at all. Not to mention the choice of color, honey-stained oak.
But then we started taking out the upper cabinets and found this.
That's right. The entire lower wall had the drywall replaced. Just the lower wall. The P.O.S. must had decided, "Hey, we're covering it these awesome cabinets! Why bother to fix the gaping hole that runs the length of the kitchen?". Clever, aren't they? So lots of drywall work in here! Which leads me to my last photo.
This is the pantry. It's going away also. We're swapping it with the fridge and putting in a tall IKEA pantry near the stove. Doesn't this thing just scream cheap stucco-ville? Luckily it has a date with the sawzall next weekend!