VIRAY LLC: 2008-01-27

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.

Friday, February 1, 2008

The work continues

Today the clean up of the house continued. The crew was able to clean out all four of the bedrooms. It took one trip to the landfill and the dumpster was full again. Monday the clean up on the kitchen and the bathroom starts. The kitchen cabinets are still full of of food items.
We are going to need electricty next week to see how bad the wiring is. So we had an electrician out today . He says he thinks he can get us at least one outlet going temporarily. He will then meet with the city inspector to see what will be required to bring the electrical system up to code.

Thursday, January 31, 2008

About our current project

This house is a four bedroom 3 bath brick structure, with a one car garage. The previous owners left all of their possessions there. The house looks as if they just walked away. The bedrooms are full of clothes that have been infested with rat and dog feces.
The refrigerators are still full of food, but there has not been any electricity to the house in at least six months .
Despite the fact that the house has been boarded up, someone broke in and punched holes in the walls to get to the copper wires. They also managed to walk away with a 4 and and half ton air conditioning unit.
We expect clean up will take up to two weeks. We have already filled two open top dumpsters and have at least three more loads of trash.