Yup. Must have been quite a party site. 
Short term renters can be quite rough on things.
10k/month x 10 weeks would earn 100k in one summer. But I wonder if this is overbuilt ane overpriced.
More pics here https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/30-Baxter-St-Dennis-Port-MA-02639/55872335_zpid/ I think itās attractive. But if you look at the lot lines map here, nearly all the nearby homes are in the 300ās.
What is with that heart shaped blotch of gravel?
The summer season on the cape is around 10-12 weeks, and the peak is more like 8 weeks in July and August. Schools here typically get out June 20-25, and after that is when it gets busy.
So $2400x12 = $29K best case, which assumes you could actually get $2400/week and thatās not just a realtorās pipe dream, and you can rent it for all 12 weeks in the summer, which is not a sure thing at all. If you use a rental agent they will scrape 1/3 off of the top.
I think they did ok materials-wise, but there are some oddities in the layout that really restrict potential buyers IMO. For example, the upstairs sections are not connected (this reflects the houseās origin as a duplex). This layout would not be acceptable to families with children. Thereās no bedroom doors on the upstairs bedrooms, which I find to be weird. The kitchen layout is odd, with the fridge jammed into the corner next to the stove (and that fridge looks narrow to me, which could just be the photography), and a pointless door in the middle of the kitchen. Etc.
Most of the ones in the 300ās are half the size or less, and pretty old. But itās been on the market a long time at $490K+ and hasnāt moved. so clearly there is some issue.
It seems like a nice location, itās a five minute walk or less to multiple donut shops, multiple ice cream places, a sub shop, a restaurant, a liquor store, and a 7/11.
Iāve been watching this one because it was actually on my list of properties to look at, but got purchased before we got around to looking at it. You can see the original pictures here, it was definitely in rough shape: http://www.massrealty.com/cape-and-islands/dennis/home/30-Baxter-Street,-Dennis,-MA-02660/21507670/photos
I donāt know if that is supposed to represent a whale tail, or was just a weird attempt at a zero maintenance front lawn. If you donāt keep on it, those gravel patches fill up with weeds and are a pain to keep clear.
Since we are talking about odd REā¦ I am laughing my head off after looking at this! Do you want a bed in your garage? Or a car in the bedroom? Hmmmā¦ have not had any time to check if the garage sft are included in the listed sft by the seller or not.
http://www.pnwr.com/listing/1363895-418-nw-market-seattle-wa-98107/
Thatās the AirBNB portion.
And they forgot to paint the rusty barrier pole at the back of the garage.
āAnd they forgot to paint the rusty barrier pole at the back of the garage.ā
But that leaves room for the new owner to customize! :))
Insanity, huh?!
Oops, 10k/month isnāt 100k for the summer, what was I thinking?
Wow, I remember that flip we were talking about a couple of years ago. The kitchen is bad design. Note the stove is just crammed right up against the refrigerator. Who does that? I recognize a lot of low grade finishes, cheap stuff. I donāt think the flooring is real wood, I could be wrong.
That aside, it looks like they had to spend a lot on the cedar shingle siding and probably a new roof. Although maybe they pressure washed the exterior. I hope they checked everything carefully for weather proofing. Iām guessing thereās about $75k improvements, without knowing everything done under the covers. Maybe it doesnāt have central heating? Or AC ? and that could be a deal breaker for buyers in the area. And if they didnāt open up top floor, that would be a deal breaker
So we may be redoing the powder room with shower on our first floor. Unfortunately, we probably have to keep the shower because we lack one upstairs. (We really, really need to add a bathroom up there, but that would be a lot more $$ and it isnāt happening unless something changes.)
Itās kind of hard to describe the setup, but think of it as a square. It has two doors: one off the center hall, and one off the study. Now, when you enter from the hall, the toilet is to your left, and you look directly across at the shower, which is angled into the far right corner. There is a modern-looking built-in that runs diagonally across, with the sink in a triangular slate-topped cabinet, then the shower door, then cupboards for towels, etc. Part of the ceiling is sloping, because it is under the main staircase. The former owners took a corner out of the DR to do this. It really was quite a clever design, but totally out of keeping with the house.
The shower has decayed horribly, due to H receiving poor advice from Home Depot and doing a half-assed job on it. Any of you would faint if you saw what it looks like! 
My plan is to dismantle the built-in and shower, leaving only the sink in place, with new doors underneath it that look like the rest of the woodwork in the house. I plan to carry the shower wall straight out a ways so that the new shower is invisible from the front hall and faces the door to the study, instead of being angled toward the center of the room. I also intend to replace the yellow toilet (which is one of those low flow models that doesnāt work well, not nice for guests!) and sink.
Hereās my question: do you think we have to put a tiled shower there? Do you think that we could get away with one of those prefab types, and if so, are there any that are comparatively nice? This is a small shower, and not one that would be a showpiece, the way it might be in a real bathroom.
Can you somehow hide the shower behind louvered doors, much like some larger bathrooms hide the washer/dryer?
First, smart idea to replace shower. If the installation was not perfect, you could have some nasty surprises in those walls. There are some code issues to be aware of, just in case you are planning to sell in the near future. You are required to have a full 30ā circle available in the shower, inside of the dams or walls. I think you could go for half and halfā¦a fiberglass premade shower pan ( this is where the highest cost is for install and waterproofing) and then nice tiled walls. You can get a corner shower pan and nice new glass walls and doors at Home Depot or Loweās. Itās important to have clear glass walls and door if you want to open up the room and make it appear larger and nicer.
If tile shower walls are above the budget, putting in fiberglass walls will depend on the neighborhood, how the other houses that come up for sale are upgraded. Since this is your powder room that guests use and is on your main floor, you probably need to spend the money for nice tile.
Hope you realize that this is going to dominoā¦you are probably going to have to replace the flooring, then you have to take toilet off to do the floors, have to repaintā¦and on and on. New shower fixtures??
I would say to tile the walls too. It doesnāt have to be super expensive. We had a small shower in a second home with just white subway tile and a cool decorative border. For small spaces, itās easy to find tile on clearance.
@coralbrook they put in minisplits for heating and cooling. That house was a dump, and they did a lot of exterior work as well, I would guess well over $100k depending on how much they subbed out. The profit margin has to be getting a bit thin though at this point.
@Consolation I am not a big fan of the prefabs, they look cheap and plasticky IMO. Maybe there are nice ones, Iāve used them on rentals so I donāt spend a ton of money on them. I think they are harder to keep clean, especially if it has multiple pieces or molded-in nooks.
I am also not a huge fan of prefab showers. All this white plastic will look complely out of place in your 100+ old house, and dark plastic would be a pita to clean. I would go for what coralbrook suggested - plastic shower pan and tiled walls. Also not a huge fan of frames on shower doors and walls. Frameless glass is so much easier to clean.
I like the idea of pairing the fiberglass pan with tiled walls. Three of the walls would be tiled, with a glass door facing the door to the study.
The inside width of the current shower is 33", so we should be okay on the 30". The shower was originally all tiled, and the floor and ceiling still are. It has a mortar base (I assume), although the tiles are coming off of it around the draināI told you it is horrible!āand I would want to remove them anyway because they are yellow. I wonder if it is possible to remove the existing tile and still use the existing pan, filling in the corner that is now the angled door with more mortar? What would be perfect for this house is the classic black and white small tile on the floor and plain subway tile on the walls.
The toilet sits on a nice piece of slate with grooves to catch condensation, which echoes the slate counter. The floor is wood.
One thing to be aware of if you go with a fiberglass pan - not all of them can support the weight of a frameless glass door.
I would think you could use the existing mortar pan, unless it is decaying.
OKā¦you got me at slate under toilet with grooves for ācondensationā. Uhhhhhā¦what is condensation besides pee??and where do the groooves direct the condensation to?
I wouldnāt hold out hope that a tile installer is going to keep the bed of mortar under the shower floor tile. Tile installers are picky because they are liable for the water proofing of that shower pan. At this point you need to call a couple of tile guys or gals and get their opinion on what you can save. The cost isnāt really the tile materials, itās the labor.
No, itās not pee. Warm air hits the cold surface (from cold water). Itās also known as a sweaty toilet. Arenāt you glad you ask?