Hardie siding, the right choice!

My dream when I retired was to have a bed and breakfast.  Something I could share with my friends and family as well with their friends, and of course something I could make a little profit on by renting it out to the public for their times of just getting away and having a great get-a-way.  A place where they could really relax and just enjoy themselves and be catered to if they so desired or plan a meal for themselves in the convenience of a home environment.

So after many long and discouraging months, I finally found my dream.  There it was in front of my own eyes, a quaint little 3 bedroom, 3 1/2 bath, large kitchen and dining room with a living room that looked out to the beach.  It needed a lot of work, inside and out, but I was ready to take on the tasks at hand.

Of course, this meant getting bids from several contractors which entailed replacing pretty much all the furniture in all the bed rooms, as well as some minor repairs in the bath rooms such as replacing all the plumbing fixtures and and refinishing all the wood flooring throughout the house and some major remodeling in the kitchen like replacing all the appliances with modern up-to-date ones, replacing all the cabinets and last but not least, the counters with new laminate countertops.  I also had an exterior french patio door installed in the living room which opened up to give a   beautiful view of the beach.

Next I had to do something to the exterior of the house.  All the old wood had to be removed because of the damages caused by all the elements from being in South Texas like wood rot and  termites.

So after a lot of research on different sidings, I chose to go with hardiplank siding which is a brand of fiber cement siding, rather than vinyl.  I learned that vinyl siding was known for sagging and was not as attractive as hardie siding. Hardie siding is a brand of cement board siding that we found readily available at almost every hardware store we walked into.

On the other hand, hardie siding came pre-primed or pre-painted, the hardest part was finding the texture and hardie board colors that we liked. Also because of it’s dense construction, the hardie siding does not absorb water, but rather absorbs more impact from debris from storms and unpredictable weather which is very common here in South Texas especially during hurricane season.

My husband especially loved it because it comes with a 30 to 50 year warranty and little to no maintenance!  Exactly what we needed since we are supposed to be retired!  As an added bonus, it was a do-it-yourself project which he was able to do by himself and a couple of his good buddies with their nail guns in just 5 days!

So if you ask me, hardie siding is the way to go and I am now ready to enjoy my dream house.  I hope you will too!

Our Kitchen Remodel Experience

Shortly after retiring my husband and I had the opportunity to purchase a Bed and Breakfast; something to keep us busy and at the same time bring in some extra cash.  We got a really good deal on our purchase because it was in dire need of some major remodeling!
And when I say major, I [...]