Kendra’s First Completed Flip House of 2021
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This is Kendra’s first completed flip house of 2021. She worked very hard on this one, adding 600 square feet for a master bedroom and bath. This was something she hadn’t done before.
This is the house as it was when she purchased it, before her renovation.
Below is the finished house after she put her heart and soul into making it all she thought it could be. That takes love and dedication.
A Real Estate Agent & House Flipper:
She’s been a real estate agent for over 20 years, and in that time, she has seen many unloved houses.
My daughter loves houses. She envelopes them in her arms and whispers: I will fix you up and make you shine again.
I enjoy decorating houses, but Kendra goes further. She completely renovates them and strips them down to their innards, making them beautiful from top to bottom, inside and out. This takes a specific type of creativity, and I don’t possess it.
The House In Brookside:
Kendra stained the small porch ceiling to match the wooden flower containers she had one of her team members construct.
She painted the door and accents gray and resurfaced the porch. She also added a new light near the front door, a street number, and a mailbox to make the house look updated and modern.
Inside the Flip House:
Below is the interior of the house. It opens from the small front porch into the living room, as in many homes built during that era.
On the other side is the staged living room. As you can see, the living room opens up to the dining area. She removed the wall and opened up this space.
Here is the dining space, and then the kitchen right next to it. It was once a small kitchen, but she reconfigured the layout.
She added molding to the dining room ceiling and then painted it gray. Kendra likes to add a featured detail for every flip house she renovates, and the ceiling is the feature in this one.
The dining space opens up to the French doors, which then lead to the backyard.
The Commissioned Chandelier:
She commissioned someone she found on Etsy to create the chandelier over the dining table. I love that chandelier!
The Updated Kitchen:
The kitchen is all white with stainless steel appliances. She tells me that when she’s helping someone purchase a house, everyone asks to see only white kitchens.
She chose gold hardware for the cabinet doors and drawers, which complements the color of the dining-area chandelier.
The Added Square Footage:
This is the area that is the new square footage she added to this house. She decided to put chairs here and style it as a conversation area. But the homeowner could turn this space into any room they desire. For instance, it could also be used as an office or a playroom.
This space opens to the laundry room, the master bedroom, and the bathroom she added.
The Master Bedroom:
This is the master bedroom. It, along with the closet, is the only room where she added carpet.
The Master Bathroom:
The master bathroom accommodates two people getting ready, with each having a sink and a mirror. She chose silver detailing in the second bathroom she added to the home. The silver complements the gray-and-white marble countertop.
There’s an oversized walk-in shower.
The Other Two Bedrooms:
Here is one of the two other bedrooms, which overlooks the street.
The Other Bathroom:
This is the fully remodeled bathroom. Kendra had the bathtub resurfaced to look brand new. A resurfaced tub makes a significant, appealing difference to home buyers.
This is the third bedroom. She didn’t stage this bedroom with furniture. It has two windows that let in ample natural light.
The Backyard:
Here is the new deck and air conditioning system she added. The air conditioning system had to be larger to accommodate the additional square footage that was added to the house.
This house has a large backyard that can accommodate a swimming pool, a pond, or a similar feature. As you can see, she added sod to the area of the yard that was torn up to make way for construction.
She’s already at work on her next flip house. This flip is a favor to a realtor whose mother originally owned the house. The woman’s sister lives across the street, and she asked Kendra if she’d be willing to buy and renovate it. She knows how much love Kendra puts into these flip houses.
As you can imagine, I’m very proud of Kendra. She certainly knows how to look at a home, see its promise, and make it a reality.
Absolutely beautiful!
Wow. Your daughter is extremely talented. This is better than the home flips I see on TV…and she’s beautiful, so she could easily be a host! Do people ever buy the houses furnished? Her staging is just as outstanding as her construction. I would want the whole package.
She has stagers come in with the furniture because she doesn’t have the time or space to store furniture.
This little house was cute to begin with, but it is absolutely stunning now. That master bedroom is a dream come true. Congrats Kendra!! Thanks Brenda for sharing this project. Sandra
Kendra has an eye for detail and a knack for choosing the perfect areas add in that WOW factor. Specifically, in the kitchen the heating register on the floor matches the hardware and the chandelier over the dining room table is fabulous and adds such personality. Thank you for sharing it with us.
Yes, she tells me that’s expensive to have the heating register made to match. But then, she tends to go for the best.
What a hard worker to accomplish this fabulous home! I am in awe over the efforts she must have done to make it look so nice. I showed my husband the closet picture as we are in the process of building one and I much prefer what she did versus buying wire racks at the big box stores. Hers looks neater and I wouldn’t have to spend a lot of money on shelving. I hope your daughter makes a good profit as she deserves it.
I doubt she’ll make that big a profit, as lots of things went wrong she had no choice but to fix. The $2300 refrigerator she forgot to take out of the box and check it flaws. Home Depot only gives you 48 hours. It was much later when she found a dent in the door. She tried to get the dent out but couldn’t. She had to replace the door, which was another $500. I think she told me she’s in it for at least $300,000, but that includes the price she paid for the house, which was $150,000. The pipes froze, the heat went out, someone broke in, lots of things happened you just can’t predict. Because of Covid, inspectors were slow to get out there. Things she ordered were hard to get. And a regular old board went way, way up to $70 a piece.
Brenda, that house is marvelous! Does Kendra do her own staging? She has an amazing eye for detail. Please tell her thank you for sharing her project with us.
No, she has stagers come in to do that. She says she doesn’t have the warehouse space to store all the various furniture they have to have on hand. And then she’d need someone to haul it there and bring it in too.
It’s a beautiful remodeling of the house and could be on an HGTV program. Attention to detail is so important. While I know that many designers are now pushing colored cabinets and backsplashes, you can NEVER go wrong with clean and classic white and marble (or marble look) countertops, backsplashes and flooring. I am 69 years old and have never tired of the look all the years and 3 houses (now living in the 3rd house). The moulding detail Kendra added to the dining room ceiling is first class, just gorgeous, and have French doors or patio doors readily available to the deck is a must-have for me. I had them in my second home, where I lived for 24 years, and in this retirement home, where I’ve lived for 6 years. They open up the space and can bring the outdoors in. Looks like a great house, I can’t imagine it will be on the market very long!
I was the one who shared the article I found online saying that for 2021 colors in kitchens were to be different paint colors. Like one color for upper and another for the below cabinets. That’s when she told me about what buyers are looking for. In fact she told me that they tell her not to even show them houses that don’t have white kitchens.
Your daughter is so talented…what a cute home…I love ones that look smaller but once inside are spacious!! And love the colors too!!…white…wow!!! I hope she will make a great profit on this one!!
She’ll make a profit, just don’t know how much. Covid caused lumber and other things to go way up in price.
Wow, that little home is stunning! I was immediately drawn to the front porch and how she stained the ceiling of the overhang. The inside is fabulous. Perfectly move-in ready. Particularly love the ceiling in the dining area. I say Kendra needs to pitch her work to HGTV!
She’s been approached by people for shows like that. But she said they typically want someone doing their first flip. However she is known around town for doing the best work. Everyone and their brother want her to remodel their houses. But she told me that was too much of a pain. She’d rather make her own decisions about how to remodel a house and then sell it.
Beautiful job. You must be very proud!
Oh, I truly am!
I just showed this to my husband and we were both awed by this lovely house. Your daughter does a fabulous job, I am sure it will sell quickly.
Holy Cow!!! The home looks very very nice from the outside, but, never in a million years would I expect to see the inside looking this AWESOME!!!!! My goodness, your daughter is amazing, that she can do this, and has such wonderful and beautiful ideas. Plus, as others here have commented, she is a beautiful young lady too. I bet this home will sell over the asking price, what ever it is. Thanks for sharing, love seeing Kendra’s work! Hugs from WI
Your daughter is beautiful and so is her work!
She did a wonderful job! I’m sure it will sell quickly. You have one talented daughter there Brenda! Brains and gorgeous!
I’m breathless! That is one hell of a renovation! Much talent in the family!
You certainly have a couple of beautiful daughters, and talented too! The house is spectacular!
Your daughter’s done a lovely job and I bet buyers will line up to make on offer on this house. I’m going to send these photos to my daughter and son-in-law. I think this is something they’d like to do to their small home in New Orleans.
Thank you for sharing!
WOW what a fantastic complete renovation of this house ! It’s beautiful. Your legacy of intelligence and creativity lives on in your daughter. Great work !
What a beautiful job done by a beautiful and amazingly talented young woman. You have every right to be so proud of her. I love the house!
Mary
Adorable. This looks like the same neighborhood where we bought my daughters house. She trashed it after we took it down to the studs. We had to move her out and do it again!! Same floor plan. On 47th and Cincinnati. Those houses are hot!! What a beautiful job Kendra has done!!
Wow! What a gorgeous and talented daughter you have. Kendra did a fabulous job. The house is amazing. If I didn’t live 1000 miles away, I’d seriously consider it.
Well, Mama, you should be very proud to have such a creative daughter with amazing vision and determination. Just a spectacular job!! Congratulations on a job well done!!
Absolutely beautiful the house and Kendra! Thanks for showing us!
That is a beautiful home.
Great job! It’s a beautiful house now. Your daughter is a real pro.
She did a beautiful job. It has a lot more room than it looks like it would, from looking at the front of the house. The big yard would be great for a growing family with kids and maybe some gardens. Well done. I know it was a lot of work and frustration but the results are fantastic. Ranee (MN)
She’s lovely and oh so talented. The house looks fabulous and will have new owners very, very soon. Thank you for sharing, Brenda.
There are so many specifics I could point to that I like, but in a word, Wow!!!
This is gorgeous! Your daughter is not only beautiful but very talented. I am sure the house will sell ASAP!
Fabulous! She is so gifted. What a sense of style. I live in MN but would move there in a minute if I could. No snow and beautiful yard. My dogs would love it! I see why you’re so proud !
It’s amazing! Looks TINY from out front and HUGE inside! She’s done a terrific job, and hasn’t taken up that much of the yard space, either.
What a beautiful girl and a beautiful redo on the house. She is very talented!
Lovely home. I was a little surprised that it was contemporary, knowing her mother’s love for farmhouse and boho. Kinda certainly has a gift.
I’m currently looking at houses where I live. If I ran across that house I would buy it in a hot minute (assuming it was in a good location). Gorgeous!
And proud you should be. This is amazing and I love love love it. Right up my ally for small home living. It is modern but not too modern and I love the floors and how she did the ceiling in the dining area. Bravo Kendra this is gorgeous. Love every room.
Your daughter is very talented indeed. She made a gorgeous home that I’m sure will sell pronto ! She could be the next HGTV star !! She is gorgeous as well. I can see why you are very proud of her. Thank you for sharing with us.