Drywall repair

Since the roof leak is now fixed (fingers crossed it is!), we decided to get our drywall fixed.  Plus, the previous job on the ceiling was not looking very good either so it was about time to get that repaired as well.  Here is the before... you can sort of see that rectangular patch on the ceiling.  And oh, we decided to get rid of the two flush mounted lights as well. One of them would constantly go on and off. Even the electrician didn't want to fix it! You can sort of see the 2 circles:

The guys did such a good job covering everything up!  And here is the other spot in the kitchen that needed repair.  Our electrician accidentally walked straight through the ceiling while working in the attic:

And we also discovered that there is a huge hole behind the dishwasher! No wonder we had mice when we first moved in!!!  I actually had the plumber pull the dishwasher out recently as we were checking another stain/leak and also told him about the draft I was feeling in the kitchen.  No wonder! But hey, check out those orange color tiles.  Talk about old school patterned tiles!

Okay, the guys go to work.  He mentioned that there wasn't any tape to seal the edges where the patch job was.  Sheesh!

Somehow, the skinnier contractor got the job behind the dishwasher.  The dishwasher could only be pulled out that far so looks like he got the shorter end of the straw. Funny enough, his nickname is El Camaron which means "shrimp".  Ha ha!  I had to confirm with the other contractor as to what I was actually hearing and I was right!  By the way, thank goodness for Google Translate.  "Shrimp" does not speak a lot of English and somehow I managed to talk to him on the phone and got him to get the job done.  Phew! :-)

Ta da!  We haven't had any more mice issues since taking care of it last year, so hopefully this will just be another peace of mind for me as that hole was open to the bottom of the house!

After patching, the guy is now texturing the ceiling.  This is the only area where the ceiling is textured.  After they were done, they were talking about how they could make it smooth.  Hmm... maybe they could have mentioned that before??!  Looks like I need to practice my Spanish some more.  LOL!

You can see still where it was repaired but now that a few days have passed, you can barely notice it!  I still may have to paint the ceiling but definitely it is a project that is low on the to-do list:

The patch job in the kitchen is barely noticeable too, although you can really see it in the photo.  I am just glad there is no blue-tape on the ceiling anymore! I am now having to deal with the electrician in making sure he takes care of his part of the payment.  Fingers crossed this will all be behind us soon enough:

Yay!  So glad the drywall is no longer an eye-sore.  Literally!