$2.5MM Luxury House Flip - Farm House Flip Before, Home Remodel Scope of Work 

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Seems you’re unfamiliar silicon valley. $4 million is not affluent here. This house would be more for a middle-class couple with kids that are in the Tech industry at non-executive but perhaps managerial or Director levels. Like a senior engineer and manager of PR. About to 500K- 700k combined income. perhaps both of them have been involved with an IPO or sold a house for $3 million that they paid 1.8m for 5 years ago. Definitely not considered affluent by Silicon Valley standards. They live on a smart budget but have money to travel and stay at nicer hotels but they certainly aren’t buying hundred thousand dollar handbags. And if you know the mindset, and the lack of space in the bay area they’re probably going to be pretty happy with that Closet and a nice little space to watch TV away from the kids. Affluent out here starts at around 10 million.

@@Eric_In_SF 😅 OK, I got the entry-level vs luxury scale wrong (I live in a different area) but trust me, even middle-class ladies with carefully curated capsule wardrobes need more space than that! My BFF lives in a darling 1920s house with inadequate closets typical of that period. She owns approximately three dozen pairs of shoes and about half that number of handbags (including two or three of which are designer labels). She's a retired teacher who married a middle-level bank manager). Her hanging wardrobe takes about 40 to 50 linear feet of closet rod (which can shrink down to a little over 30 feet with limited single-rod long storage and lots of double closet rods). She also stores folded knits, scarves, hats, sunglasses, jewelry, and other accessories. This is NOT a hoarder situation or unusual for a professional woman. She has taken over the entry closet, the main bedroom closet, and has out-of-season clothes stored on racks in the attic. A professional woman's wardrobe would overrun that dinky little closet and leave NO room for the man's wardrobe. Most of the closets that I have designed for men use between 6' and 12' linear feet of closet rod, as men's wardrobes tend to skew more towards folded in-drawer storage. There is more than enough room in the main bedroom space for a nice TV lounge area complete with a sectional couch or a couple of upholstered chaise lounges and a massive TV. Even a California King bed with 3' of clearance on each side only takes up 10' x 12.' From the looks of it, that bedroom is triple that size without including the current lounge area. The windows are virtually continuous, so you wouldn't lose any light in the main bedroom area. I have found that the PAX wardrobe system from IKEA can fit out a closet brilliantly and for one hell of a lot less than a dedicated wardrobe system supplier (California Closets and the like). Although I am an experienced designer, I am only a beginning flipper. But I truly believe that sinking $5K to $10K into tricking out a luxury master closet/dressing room will pay big dividends in profits and marketability (i.e., reduce time on market). The "stand out from the crowd" marketability of a luxury feature is quite important now that real estate markets are softening. I can also assure you that a luxury closet enhances appraised value more than yet another sitting area - especially when Elisa is replacing that space in the basement with another bonus room. So sorry, but we'll have to agree to disagree on this one - my bet's still on a larger closet.

@@lindacgrace2973 Hate to say what owning 30-40 pairs of shoes and dozens and dozens of handbags etc says about women nowadays?? What happened to the days of having a couple pair of shoes and a bag or two? I'm 50+ years old (7 figures in the bank) and have 4 pairs of shoes and 1 wallet, less than a dozen shirts and pants, and a couple of suits. *sigh

@@hagakuru IMHO, multiple roles and more complicated lives. Professional women need a wardrobe for work, another one for leisure, dress up clothes for church and date nights, along with sports gear. I don’t recall my mother ever buying sports bras or Under Armor workout hoodies, for instance. But if you follow any fashion channels on YT, my BFF is not unusual. I’m pretty much a minimalist (70 years old) but even I can’t get away with only two pairs of shoes 💁🏻‍♀️

@@lindacgrace2973 I work for a tech company and easily be the target buyer of this house if my husband and I decide to move to Silicon Valley from Oregon. No, I don’t own 100 pair of shoes and no, I don’t have clothes for different social circumstances you described. Most women engineers in my field don a t-shirt and a pair of jeans. There is a significant lifestyle difference between women in tech vs. women in social circles that you described.

Thank you for the suggestions!

@@TransformRealEstate Thank you! You always do an amazing job!!!

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I've also heard that downdraft vents just don't work. It would be very expensive to move the stove to a exterior wall so neither chose is appealing.

@@donaldlee6760 agreed. saw a review of downdraft from Yale appliance ( highly respected east coast dealer) not good performance from downdraft. trying to fight the laws a physics... smoke and steam rise. not really possible to suck enough air across stove to make it effective.

I'm thinking more of a Stratus ceiling hood which can go well near the window.

I hear what you are saying, but we don’t have a choice if we want to save the kitchen cabinets unfortunately

@@TransformRealEstate then please sacrifice the open look a bit and keep the functionality of the existing vent hood. I do not believe you will loose sale price value for this decision as long as you are Onpoint on everything else and you usually are. I truly believe you could turn off a buyer that understands how crappy downdraft vents really are. IMO installing downdraft demonstrates you went for style over substance and that is not your usual you normally incorporate good working design. as I said I normally agree with 99% of what you do. I just think this is a huge mistake ( downdraft vs keeping existing hood)

Thanks! It’s definitely impacting the housing market. I’m very conservative with my numbers and I believe you can make money in any market as long as you use the right strategy 😊

@@TransformRealEstate could you please share, I'm really looking forward to learn a lot from you

I let my contractor and hauling people keep or resell some of the stuff. I know it could be of value and I’d like for it to go to people in need.

We are just painting the cabinets. I think they will look fine

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We are gonna use LED mirrors. Thanks for noticing!

Any feedback Elisa?

The seller gave that car away 😊

Yeah noticed the vintage car too, very interesting

My contractor has a big crew, so we are good 😊

@@TransformRealEstate that’s great thanks for the reply 🔥

@@TransformRealEstate can you please share some contractors details? I need to get some work done in my home ? Please…🙏

No, it’s in San jose

@@TransformRealEstate Wow great property. I grew up in belmont area and this property looked out in the wilderness area.

@@TransformRealEstate Curious to know if you can share the address?

The deck looks so dilapidated

Vintage too, just wow

You drunk or drugged? Where in the video did you see her mention 205 million? LMAO

@@benp3485 I obviously meant 2.5