Rear diffuser installation

[Grizzly]

Originally Posted by denverpete

Looks like my first house. My wife and I bought a perfectly good house and proceeded to renovate the entire thing at one time. Took every crack in the plaster down to the first (and even second) concourse of bricks. Removed every single piece of wood and stripped, filled, and refinished them. I was buying around 50 lbs of plaster every couple of days. Dropped electrical, CAT-5E, and Coax everywhere. What a mess. Then when we finally got the place to the point where it was beautiful - we moved.

Eh.

Isn't renovation fun? Ellen and I wanted a nice place on the water (which there was no way we could afford) so we bought this...



Over the next two years, we turned it into this...



When it had been substantially completed for one day, Hurricane Isabel came and completely destroyed it. We had to do the whole project again.

Renovating twice is much more fun than renovating once.

[RandallNeighbour]

Oh that sucks.

[husker boxster]

Grizz,
Did you renovate that Nissan in the "before" pic into your Box?

[Grizzly]

First, Randall, I'm sorry I ruined your thread. I have diffusers on my car but the guy who painted them put them on, so I'm no help to you whatsoever.

Now that the thread is already ruined, this is what your kitchen looks like after a hurricane comes through (photo by contractors):




My flood insurance was in place, up to the maximum amount you can buy. But, of course, the insurance companies have rules for their rules, for their rules, all designed to beat you out of as much money as possible. We came out six digits in the hole, and the first number was not a one. Also, we had to live in the house throughout the entire process. There were no shelters or FEMA trailers, and I can assure you no Feds showed up in my neighborhood with a credit card for me. My neighbors and I discussed rioting, looting and blaming the government for the actions of Mother Nature, but we voted against it.

This is how it looks now. Please ignore my large pile of unread mail and my Blunderbread.




Oh yeah, that Nissan wasn't mine. It belonged to the guy across the street.

Lol, I thought you were kidding. I thought it was one of those, we turned this


INTO THIS

[Grizzly]

Originally Posted by boggtown

Lol, I thought you were kidding. I thought it was one of those, we turned this INTO THIS

I wish I was kidding, dude...I wish...

[Boxter]

Since we are highjacking...here is our home both before and after a nightmare renovation...thought it would be fitting given the direction of this thread.

However I am glad we did not have to go through it twice!

Before


with the old Land Rover, Volvo and first German vehicle under the cover (74 Super Beetle sold to make way for the Boxster last summer)

After

[Dr. Kill]

Originally Posted by Grizzly

Isn't renovation fun? Ellen and I wanted a nice place on the water (which there was no way we could afford) so we bought this...


Over the next two years, we turned it into this...

When it had been substantially completed for one day, Hurricane Isabel came and completely destroyed it. We had to do the whole project again.

Renovating twice is much more fun than renovating once.

Wow.

Did you at least have the insurance worked out before the storm hit? How did it turn out the second time?