In this vlog, Andrew Postell provides an update on his house-flipping project, noting that the HVAC system and kitchen sink have been installed, allowing him to work comfortably during the day. He explains why he is performing a "blue‑tape" walkthrough at this stage—marking gaps, holes, and other finish‑level defects with blue tape before the final walkthrough. By identifying issues early (e.g., wall gaps, HVAC‑related holes, switch‑plate gaps) he can address them before the end of the project, reducing the number of punch‑list items later. He also stresses the importance of withholding the final contractor payment until all marked items are resolved, using the payment as leverage to ensure contractors complete the work. The video ends with a brief sign‑off and invitation to watch future updates.
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Hey now, Drew 2 time. I'm at my flip home. I'm here during the day. Why am I here during the day? It's so hot. Because I got the HVAC in. So now I can come during the day and actually be in comfortable temperatures inside when I'm doing some work. I've also got the kitchen sink in. Yep. So we're making some good progress. So what am I doing today? I'm doing blue tape. You can see it behind me. Blue tape time. It's on the walls. We've got it done. Actually cleaning up and setting things aside. But why am I blue taping at this stage? Don't we do that at the very end? I mean, we do. We are close to the end. But if you're buying a home, you know, you do a final walkthrough before you take possession. If you're building a home, you do the blue tape thing right before you take possession and ownership of your newly built home. We're just doing it here today so that we don't have so many things at the end. So what kind of things am I blue taping? Let me show you some things here. So right here we've got the finishing wall, the— and there's a big gap there. Yeah, that needs to be caulked and then painted. You can see this hole up here, that just happened because that's where they had to put in the power for the HVAC. Here's another one, very common. This is the switch plate, and I've got a gap here, so they can either use a larger switch plate or just caulk it and paint it. And I've got blue tape Kind of throughout, and we'll do this again at the very, very end before I pay my last payment to the contractor. You better believe we do it. Anytime you have a contractor on your job, you do not make a final payment until everything is done. That way you have some leverage over them. If you make that final payment, surprising how many of them disappear, right? So, blue tape today, no payment till after everything is done. We'll get this thing knocked out pretty soon. Hey, thanks for watching today's Drew 2. I'm Andrew Postell. We'll talk with you soon.
