Small renovation of a Townhouse

One of my clients, owner of a two houses, sold the house to his tenant and asked me to arrange and modernize the house and arrange all things not in compliance with the inspection carried out (normal practice in the case of sale of a house ) and the requests of the new owner.
A job of a full month with the use of 3 people besides me.
The house is built on 4 floors.
The work that has been done and the following:
arrangement of all the notes that emerged during the inspection.
installation in the living area a special plasterboard counter to isolate the part of separation of the two houses.
On the fourth floor in the patio, construction of a new raised wooden floor and painting.
Removal of small tile walls and drywall closing
Paintings of all walls and mobile doors, replacement of all faucets, toilets and bathroom accessories.
Various changes in kitchen furniture for the inclusion of new appliances.
Replacement kitchen sink and installation of new faucets, one for normal water and one for purified and refrigerated water.
Installation of a new extractor hood and creation of the pipe to let the fumes out.
Installation of new handles on all doors and furniture.
Installation of chandeliers, new smoke and fire detection system, thermostats and accessories.
Installation of a new ceramic floor on the ground floor and new black space.
I asked for the intervention of an electrician I know to check all the electrical system and make some changes, as required by the inspection.
Installation of new appliances and creation of two new sides for the refrigerator.
Creation and installation of a wooden frame in a mirror and shelf in the master badroom mirror.
Installation of bookcases, curtain poles, and various accessories.
The work was completed as scheduled and agreed upon, both my client and the new owner were happy with the job, which is very rewarding.
So many times you do not need to do great things, but you just do well what you can do and do it with passion ………….

some photos before the works

photos during the works and finished larries

Work and work control of others

In this work I had a double assignment by a client to renovate the kitchen area and to control the work of others in a house of his own property but leased
In this house my job was to give color to the kitchen furniture and to mount the new handles, to rebuild the sink cabinet.
Install all hydraulic and exhaust systems.
Reposition the lights in the ceiling, insert the lights in the wall cabinets, apply Backsplash, change the switches.
Construction of two shelves in the kitchen
The passage of a TV cable from the second floor to the first floor.
Specific here is the first floor and the ground floor.
Upstairs dismantle and replace with new baseboard with painting.
Removing, replacing closed doors
The second task was to control the laying of wood and wooden floor, here are two brothers of Mexican origin, I must say good, orderly, good cooperation.
I then checked the laying of the new kitchen plan (marble) here worked a local company, nothing to say, know how to do their job.
Eventually the customer was pleased.

Cooking before work

During the works

At the end of the work, kitchen area, stairs and pavement on the second floor

close the door and open new leads

The client asked me to close the entrance to a small rippostiglio into living and moving in the entrance adiancente room.
To dismantle the structure is original to the house, the house of the 80
Disassembly of the double door with its trim and closing hole.
Opening the door assembly and Accommodation missing floor.

A
dismantling and closing

B
opening assembly, insertion piece of flooring, painting

The last words … “You have to hang a few pictures and images, at most a day’s work”

one day …. weeks …
the list of things to do is never closed ..

Hanging pictures mirrors, fix lights, install tiles on the stairs and into the kitchen, install Christmas lights, new external water line, install internal cameras, fans, to give back doors color … and so forth