Flipping homes with Tzunun Homes: Downtown Ogden Restoration

Sometimes the scariest houses can turn out to be the most beautiful.

Can you believe that our 3-year-old son, Gabe nicknamed this beautiful house, “the scary house”? Well, let me tell you, this house was definitely scary! When flipping homes in Ogden, Utah you can expect a bad apple or two, but this house was something else… When we went in to check it out, I didn’t even want to go inside!! I knew it would take a lot of work to restore this historic home, but after talking a five-minute tour I could see some great potential!

The starting of this story involves the community getting together to save a historic home. Our good friend and local real estate agent, Jeremy Peterson, posted this online:

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After seeing this post, a few people in the community voiced their opinion to Ogden, to save this historic home! Ogden originally bought this house intending to fix it up and sell it at a fair price. After having contractors come in and give them bids for the project, they decided that it would cost too much to restore the historic home and that it would be cheaper to tear it down and build a new home.

After receiving feedback from the community, Ogden city decided that they would not tear the house down! But they didn’t want to be in charge of the renovations either. They agreed that they would sell it to someone else and let them deal with it.

Jeremy Peterson advocated for the house to be restored by someone who had experience with restoration and woodwork. He brought our name to Ogden city and showed them some of our past projects. After talking with Jeremy, Ogden city decided to offer the home to us; they had seen the fantastic woodworking skills G has done. I guess hard work pays off.

A Flipping gold mine

They sold it to us at a very affordable price. They wanted to ensure that we would have a budget to redo just about everything. All new electrical, plumbing, HVAC, insulation, sprinklers, all wood to be restored, and a new driveway were on the list of things they wanted to fix. Also, they wanted to see a high-end kitchen and bathrooms.

It had been a while since we had the chance to flip a home in Ogden, so we were pretty excited! We were so grateful for the opportunity to fix this home up. Our graditude for Jeremey and all the work he has done for Ogden and this neighborhood can not be measured. We are thrilled that he fought for us to do this project and that Ogden city chose us to fix it up! The low sales price allowed us to go all out on this house; we did not need to hold back anywhere! We were able to make the home beautiful and functional!

Flipping a downtown ogden home

| The project

The list of things to fix on this house seemed endless. The house was being used as a six-plex, so there were many added walls, kitchens, and bathrooms that were not original to the home.

One of the biggest things we had to tackle was demo/ junk removal.

There was not that much junk to deal with, but we demoed just about everything, including cabinets, toilets, and even walls and doors. Like other homes we have flipped in Ogden, there were some issues with the property. One big problem with this house was that it was abandoned, Which meant that nature started to reclaim it. Animals were living in the house and yard. Transient people were also living in the yard, garage, and basement. G spent a significant amount of time cleaning the property and tackling issues with smell.

 

After demoing out all the extra walls the space opened up and made planning much easier. I had not entered the home again until this point. The house was so nasty; I just preferred to not go in it. G took out a lot of added walls and restored the home closer to its original floor plan.

After demo the real work could begin

From Scary to Stunning

A little home Renivation can go a long way…

We kept as much as the original beauty of the home that we could. Thankfully the staircase was salvageable. A lot of love and sanding brought it back to life. The hardwood floors were surprisingly saved as well! The leaded glass windows needed some repair, but G works with stained glass too. We brought out some original hidden features in the home: the brick. In my opinion, the exposed brick walls were the star of this home! G added other elements to complement the home’s history while trying to keep a new modern look.

Take a look at how the house turned out. If you would like to see before and after pictures click here.

Kitchen

Living room

Stairs

Bathrooms

Bed Rooms

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Basement

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Exterior

Everybody wants one

We were a little bit nervous about listing this house. With everything going on with the COVID 19, things felt uncertain. We thought the house would maybe sell for $280,000- $300,000. After looking at similar homes that sold recently, we realized that the market was still pretty healthy! We listed the house for $320,000, thinking maybe it would take some time to sell, but we would be patient.

After being on the market for four days, we had over 40 people come in to look at it and 10 offers!! We also received multiple letters from the buyers letting us know how much they wanted our house! Never have we received such positive feedback before! It felt terrible that we had to let so many people down, but we were happy to see that everyone liked it.

We ended up choosing a family that gave a great offer, and we felt like they would be an excellent fit for the house and the community.

Heres to flipping anotherrestored historic Ogden home!

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