Fort Sask Reno House Renovation Full Transformation Final Walkthrough
All right, guys. Welcome back. It’s Tom here with Fort Sask Reno. Just wanted to give you guys an update on the flip project here in Fort Saskatchewan. Going to give you the final walkthrough today.
So, to start off on the front of the house: you can see the nice Wharton batten vertical siding and the new Lux windows that we got installed. Underneath the siding, we also got the ½-inch insulation that we put as a leveler for the stucco, got the nice flowers planted, and it’s pretty much turnkey ready to go for its new owner. So I’ll give you guys a little walkthrough here. All the soffits and stuff like that were good to go. But, like I said, we freshened up the outside—all new siding, windows, insulation. So it’s a nice, maintenance-free exterior for you to enjoy. And located here in Pine View.
Meets the Requirements for a Legal Suite
Come around the driveway side here: you’ve got a nice 200-foot-long driveway. Part of the requirements for a legal basement suite is you need to have three off-road vehicle parking spots. So we were able to do that here: we got the two stalls in the garage, and we took down a little fence here so a car could pull around the corner and park there. That gives us the three that we were required [to have]. We had a couple intakes and stuff like that installed on this side for the basement suite HRV system and all new basement windows as well with capping. So it turned out really nice—a timeless look with the white board and batten.
We also installed this overhead door here, because before this was all covered off in this left bay. So we got a nice new shiny door there. We got our huge lot in Pine View; it’s a pie-shaped lot, so you better invest in a good lawn mower if you buy this place, ’cuz it took me nearly an hour the other day to mow all this. We got brand new fascia as well—some capping, got the capping on the old window there, and just really spruced it up. This house does come with an air conditioning unit and a newer furnace, and yeah, just a gas pilot. It’s ready for natural gas for the barbecue.
Removing a Wall Makes The House Feel Larger
Okay, come on in and check out the fully renovated Pine View bungalow here. So this is it. As you remember in the after pictures, we had a big wall here and it separated the living room from the dining room, and it made the whole house feel really small. It’s not a huge house, but once you take down this wall and allow for a little bit extra square footage, it really makes it pop. When you walk in the front door, you can—and that allowed us to do a nice big island here with some—some power on the island and a nice spot for you to enjoy with your family. The kitchen before was just one bank of cabinets and counters on this side, so it was super small. There was a small pantry in this area, and the fridge was here, and then just the one bank. So it worked out a lot better to remove the wall. We were able to add the island, get lots of storage for pots and pans and all that good stuff. And then we made the L-shaped kitchen here with the sink underneath the window, so you can check out your big yard as you do your dishes. So that meant we had to do a lot of electrical and plumbing changes to accommodate that—but nothing that we haven’t done lots of times before.
Beautiful Black and White Kitchen
And I think it turned out really nice with the quartz and the white-and-black shaker cabinets with the black handles—really pop. And yeah, we got pot lighting in here as well, so it’s super bright, super bright. A couple other things I could mention: over here—this is a solid-core door, so super heavy and sound resistant. You’d be very unlikely to hear much going on downstairs, with the soundproofing we did down there: the resilient channel and Safe and Sound insulation and all that, as well as the separate heat source down there, really makes it a nice quiet space on both sides. So this was a code requirement, though, and we have the deadbolt here to keep everyone safe and sound. So yeah, this is the living room area, and we got a feature wall here. We did a vertical—vertical wall with some design on it—super dated and ugly looking—so we chose to put a feature wall in there and make it look nice. Again, we got the nice brand-new triple-pane windows here. And yeah, we were able to keep the texture on the ceiling as well—that turned out fine.
Large Laundry Room and Two Bedrooms
Okay, now I’ll take you on a tour in the bedroom area here. So we can start off here in the laundry room slash office. This was originally bedroom number three, but we wanted to have separate laundry up and down. So we were able to utilize—there was already existing laundry in here, so we were able to keep that and get all the rough-ins ready to go for your washer and dryer. And it’s nicely vented out the front of the house. And then we got some built-in storage here. And over here is our brand-new window. And we were able to do an accent wall here as well, so turned out nice for sure. They already had solid four-panel doors in this house, so we just kept them with new hardware and new paint. And it’s not broken—don’t fix it, right?
Coming along here, this is bedroom number two. We were able to do new flooring in here, new baseboard, and all new paint as well as new windows, and just freshen everything up really. Yeah, it turned out great.
Okay, now this is the main floor bathroom. In here, we got all new flooring, and we kept the existing tile shower—it was in decent shape and there’s nothing wrong with it—so we kept that. But we did do a new vanity as well as all new hardware in here and new vanity lighting. So it worked out pretty well—a nice, accessible bathroom.
And then this would be our master bedroom. So, in here, all we did was the general flooring, baseboards, and new windows. And yeah, it turned out pretty nice overall. It’s a decent-size room, double closets—his and her closets. And we also went and updated all the interconnected smoke alarms throughout the house so we could stay code compliant.
Check Out the Basement Suite
Okay, come on. Let’s go check out the basement. So right here we got some storage. It used to come out a lot further; it was a bit of a head catcher. So we shortened it up and just left it as is, ’cuz there’s quite a bit of storage space there for the basement suite.
Okay, so I’ll come show you the basement suite. Down here is where we spent the most time and the most money and effort to get it all tuned up. It’s pretty much brand new down here in all, in all ways. So starting from the ground up, we had a lot of work that we did with the sewer. We had to get backflow prevention in here to be code compliant for the suite. As well we had to install these lovely baseboard heaters to separate the heat source up and down. And the big reason why they want a separate heat source is—a lot of the reason being is the carbon monoxide poisoning: if there’s ever a carbon monoxide issue down here, a fire or whatnot, then it won’t travel upstairs. And then the other reason that they want separate heat is for the noise transfer. We did do noise cancellation in the ceiling, so there was a lot of work down here, but it turned out great. Got a nice big island for the basement to have, with our sink in here and dishwasher on this side as well as a full stove and range and an overhead microwave. So I think it turned out really, really cute little kitchen. It’s probably my favorite part of the house: the basement suite. Nice little white semi-gloss cabinets and yeah, all new flooring, pot lighting.
One Bedroom in the Basement
Okay, so here’s the first bedroom—first and one and only for the basement suite. Down here there was quite a bit of work. We had to install an egress window over here. So we were able to just cut the foundation down a little bit and install a nice new triple-pane window and a window well. So that worked out well for us. Before, this room had the door right here and the bathroom was shortened up—it was only a two-piece bathroom—so we took out that door here, and that allowed us to stretch the washroom out and make it a full bathroom. So that worked out for us. Just switched the door to come underneath the bulkhead. And it’s a little tight to the bulkhead, but it’s still plenty enough room to get through. This is the washroom downstairs. We’ve got a nice custom tile shower with some niches in here. And like I said before, this used to be a two-piece bathroom, so we blew out that wall about four feet and that allowed us to make a nice big shower in here. And yeah, really turned out awesome.
Full Laundry Upstairs and Downstairs
Take you on a tour of the mechanical room last. Okay, so here’s the mechanical room. And it might not look like much, but there was a lot of work—there was a lot of work that went into this space. Over here you’ll see our HRV system that we needed, and we got that all hooked up properly with the ducting and return and exhaust air. This furnace here—we ended up, it was a newer furnace, but to change your furnace filter it shot that way. So we were able to swap the furnace around and then allow us to make the bathroom bigger, so we got the washer and dryer in here as well. So the suite will have its own separate laundry. And then here’s our electrical panel, and we had to make this little panel cover to pass code but got it done the day before, and that worked out. And then as you’ll see, it’s all drywalled ceiling. That was another part of the code requirement.
Ample Soundproofing for Upstairs and Downstairs
And there’s soundproofing in here as well, and you can see all the fire caulking and whatnot. That was a big thing for the permitting. Believe it or not, I actually had to squeeze in behind this furnace here to get the fire caulking. It was quite the tight fit—you can see all the fire foam back there. Wasn’t able to eat too much for lunch before that one. And yeah, we did backwater valves in here as well. So the entire suite is separated from the upstairs. If there’s ever a backup, it won’t come into the suite, which is awesome.
And that’s pretty much it, in here.
All right, guys. That’s the tour. Thanks so much for joining us. If you would like a basement suite or any interior or exterior renovation, feel free to go on our website or give us a shout, and we’ll be more than happy to give you a free estimate. Thanks again for joining us, and we’ll catch you on the next one.