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I am getting my house ready to foster in a year or two. I have gutted and completely redone (or am finishing up) every room in my house except my kitchen (due to the cost of kitchens). I have repainted the kitchen, and torn out and replaced the ceiling where the roof leaked (I redid the roof first), and painted the ceiling. I have also done other things to make the kitchen safe and decent. My one question is about the floor of the kitchen. It is sturdy, but not level, and quite a few pieces of linoleum are missing.
When I redo my kitchen, this will obviously get fixed, but how much needs to be fixed to be approved for a homestudy? Should I wait to get their advice? I have thought about just putting another layer of linoleum on top, but that is rather expensive if I plan on redoing the kitchen soon, and will have to replace it again then. If it helps, I currently have rugs over most of the pieces of missing linoleum.
The week before my home study, I found mold in the basement. We had to completely gut the lower level. everything in the basement(that wasn't thrown away) was sorted on my porch, in my garage. The place was a mass
My LW understood and gave us credit for being proactive. My Health inspector was more of a jerk, but we passed eventually anyway.
If you explain whats going on and have a rough timeline for the improvements, you'll be fine
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I was in the process of remodeling when I had my home study done. The bathroom tile had just been completed but there ware no fixtures, mirrors or doors up yet. None of the bedrooms had doors but they were stacked in the basement along with all of the new hardware. New windows had just been put in and there was newspaper on all of them serving as my temporary curtains. Yes my place was a remodeling mess but I passed.
I think if you let them know what all is being done and when you expect to have it finished, they won't have a problem with it.
When you will go for [url=http://remodelproducts.com]kitchen remodeling[/url] all these issues will get solved. You can put up new flooring. If you will just go for flooring it may go costly but if you plan to have a complete remodel it will be at reasonable price and your whole kitchen will be well organized. I would suggest you to for for complete remodeling and for that search out the internet you will find many companies offering remodeling and discount.
You can save money by covering the floor with some good plastic coated rug. It last long, easy to clean and is cheap also.
LisaColvin
You can save money by covering the floor with some good plastic coated rug. It last long, easy to clean and is cheap also.
I'd stay away from rugs. I'm in WA and the Home Inspection Checklist specifically says that Bathroom and Kitchen floors must be washable (ie, mopable - not carpeted). Maybe a plastic or rubber mat, like they have in commercial kitchens, would be a good temporary solution.
Beyond that, I would guess that as long as there are no major trip or safety hazards from the missing linoleum, and explain that you plan to redo the floor at some point in the future, you should have no trouble. I've also heard of people getting licensed during remodels with the stipulation that areas of the house that are not yet finished will be off-limits to kids until they are finished and checked by the LW.
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