Duplex Day 1 & 2: Reno, Tile floor & Paint

Lance came home a few weeks ago and the first words out of his mouth were, "I HAVE THE WORST NEWS!"... oh great, now what.... "JOHN IS MOVING." 

For those who don't know we own a duplex up in Holladay and were so fortunate to have John as a long term renter.  John has lived in his side of the duplex for 15 years and through 3 different owners.  When we bought the duplex we knew we would eventually have to tear down his side and completely remodel but he reassured us over the last 3 years that he had ZERO intention of leaving.. ever.

Things happen.  He was offered a better paying job near his girlfriend and so off to Roy, UT John goes. 

Now for the headache of remodeling his unit... not to mention he officially  moved out yesterday which leaves very little time for us to get things done before little Gummy comes, but somehow we've been blessed.

The BEFORE Kitchen & Day 1
The floors were peel and stick tiles that Lance was able to rip up with one hand.  Underneath was a cork flooring that we pried up with a little effort. 

 Here's me at 38 weeks ripping up the cork sub-floor while Lance worked on destroying the wall of cabinets you see in the above photo.

 With the cork all gone we next laid the new concrete sub-floor with some screws.  Lance and his dad then spent the next 3 hours laying the tile while I sat on a bucket supervising and using the tile cutter as needed.

 Day one of remodeling came to a close with the tile floor in place.

 

Today was day 2 which consisted of me grouting the newly laid tile floor, Lance going to town with paint on the walls, and my dad working diligently at replacing the lock on the door.  The old lock was completely corroded onto the door and it literally took him over 2 hours to get the old lock off, to adjust the opening, and install a new lock.  Thank heavens he was around to help us!

Grout:  Check!

First coat of paint almost finished..

new door knob: Check!