About Us
Hi ! We are Dave & Rich - brothers who’ve been building, fixing and filming it all since 2012. We started working together more than a decade ago with the idea to flip a house. Well it was “kind of a house”. Really, it was a burned out shell of house. But we were eager for a project and did we ever find one!
Driven to Sweat Equity
We were just a bit naive and more than willing to get our hands dirty. This first project became the driving force behind our business and Youtube channel HOUSEBARONS. The rebuild of this house took quite a long time. We did the lions share of the work ourselves which saved us a ton of money but it took nearly forever.
Yup, most projects can gobble up lots of time. Ours did at least. Nonetheless, it was a learning experience like none other. We certainly learned more than we ever expected! There were countless lessons - some of what to do and some of what not to do. But that's life.
What you will find on these pages and on our youtube channel - @housebarons - are hundreds of the lessons we learned along the way. We have documented entire house renovations as well as hours upon hours of our individual "how to" projects we've worked on. If they can help you in any way, great! Let us know. We always love to hear about confidence building success stories!
And that first house - the fire damaged house? We didn’t “flip” it, we kept it. But that’s another story for another day. :-)
just getting started
the lakehouse - renovated
post fire demo clean-up ( with maple saplings growing on the sink behind Rich because there was no roof ! )
roped in
the joys of scaffolding
cutting pavers
tub install
on camera
lakehouse in fall
lakehouse living room - before
lakehouse living room - after
lakehouse living room 2
primary Bath - before
primary bath - after
primary bath - renovated
primary Bath - after
basement - before
basement - after
basement bar - before
basement bar - after
behind bar - after
lakehouse - summer
old houses are "fun"
final stretch