VIRAY LLC: The project continues

What is Viray?

VIRAY is a business my wife and I started in honor of my late parents Raymond and Viola Coleman. They lived in south Midland (Texas) all of their lives.
The population in south Midland is mostly made up of minorities, and this part of town has not enjoyed the boom in Midland to the extent the rest of the city has. There are many abandoned and neglected properties on this side of town, and city code enforcement here seems a little lax.
My parents left us some rental property, and we were getting lots of calls from folks looking for properties to rent.
So we got the idea to fix up these rental properties, as well as other neglected properties, and sell them to folks at reasonable and affordable prices.
We have been buying properties that no-one else wants, cleaning and remodelling them, and selling to people who would otherwise never have been able to buy a house. This, we feel, is something my parents would have been proud of.

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

The project continues

The work has resumed on our current project. As you might recall, work stopped when the entire crew developed the flu. Then we had spent just over a week correcting things in our South Central Midland house that finally closed on Friday the 29th.

The roof on the house is currently being replaced, and it is expected to take three to four days. While this is being done we are also replacing the trim on the house. The next project will be to replace all the windows in the house - this should take one to two weeks to complete.

We are getting concerned about the electrical work that needs to be done. We still do not have an electrician. Two electricians have looked at the project but we have not received bids from either one, and now they will not return our calls. We have leads on three more electricians who are scheduled to look at the house this week. We know that this is going to be a major job in terms of labor and cost, so we are anxious to find out just how much!