I'm so excited.

we finally got a house in Alameda. we close on July 14th

It's not like Alameda is the best city in the world, but Anna wants to live there.
It turns out, after a while I started to want to move there.


Alameda is an older town. It's actually a city of 2 islands.
It use to be a major U.S. Naval base as well.
Alameda has the largest Victorian era houses per capita in the U.S.

The house we got was built in 1963/64.

The good news is that it is 3-4 blocks from the beach.

Also the ceilings are high.

It has lots of great potential.

Now the tough part, how do I have my house look like one of those homes in Dwell magazine without spending more than $30k on remodeling.

we have to completely gut the kitchen, replace the floors and carpet.

Anna wants the toilets replaced too.


we also have about $5600 in fungus or dry rot that needs to be fixed.

oh and it appears that the last tenant ( yes this house was a rental for a long time)
was growing marijuana in the attic area.
Inadvertantly, the tenants or friends of the tenants disconnected the hoses for the heating and how it's exposing the asbestos.