Here's the newest batch of photos from this past weekend.
Monday, February 18, 2013
More Progress
These two photos where taken on the 9th, I wish I had more but I was too focused on gutting the house.
Progress
So I've been trying to keep up to date on the house but alas I just have too much on my plate. Needless to say we're in full demo mode and things are going along smoothly...we've spent basically 2 Saturdays working on the home.
The first of those two was on the 9th and it was Mom, Dad, George and myself. This past Saturday we had an amazing crew of family and friends: Mom, Dad, my little sister Alicia and her girlfriend Kendra, and our good friends Mary and Jimmy. We torn down that house...well almost all of it. We filled the dumpster completely and are having to have it dumped and brought back. Dad didn't think we would need to on Saturday morning when I voiced my concerns, he was singing a different tune come 6pm.
One of the coolest things we found was the signature of what we believe is the original builder: Walter F. LaMar and the date of October 15, 1955. Dad got a kick out of it because he loves signing his homes he builds. We also found a document about the water from 1955 and dad said it was an amazing find just incase we have to grandfather any plumbing conditions when we redo the plumbing.
I've tried to document through photos as we go along but I've been wish washy just because I want to get to work. Anyway without further to do, here's some progress.
This first set of photos if the first time we did a walk through with the realtor.
The first of those two was on the 9th and it was Mom, Dad, George and myself. This past Saturday we had an amazing crew of family and friends: Mom, Dad, my little sister Alicia and her girlfriend Kendra, and our good friends Mary and Jimmy. We torn down that house...well almost all of it. We filled the dumpster completely and are having to have it dumped and brought back. Dad didn't think we would need to on Saturday morning when I voiced my concerns, he was singing a different tune come 6pm.
One of the coolest things we found was the signature of what we believe is the original builder: Walter F. LaMar and the date of October 15, 1955. Dad got a kick out of it because he loves signing his homes he builds. We also found a document about the water from 1955 and dad said it was an amazing find just incase we have to grandfather any plumbing conditions when we redo the plumbing.
I've tried to document through photos as we go along but I've been wish washy just because I want to get to work. Anyway without further to do, here's some progress.
This first set of photos if the first time we did a walk through with the realtor.
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Current Layout
Here's the current layout of the home. This is not an accurate to scale depiction...just to give you an idea of what we're working with!
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Progress
We've had the house for about 3 weeks and we're just now are getting started on it. Last weekend my parents brought down tools for the demo. We've only just begun and it's fun so far. I've cut down a few small trees and old shrubbery and have more to do. George has begun tearing out the bathroom as it will be one of the first rooms to be addressed along with the new utility room.
When my parents came down to drop off the tools we went out to dinner and then to Home Depot so we could show them our flooring, kitchen cabinets and countertops, appliances, bathroom sinks and vanity and also to price a new front door and new side door. We ended up ordering the new front door and purchased a new modern handle/lock/deadbolt. We also got a matching set for the side door and really cool floating house numbers (which I believe are typeset in House Industries Neutraface).
We're going back to the Home Depot this weekend to purchase the new side door for the home and plan on working all Saturday and Sunday at the house. We plan on tearing down the drywall since the construction dumpster is being delivered this Friday. We have the dumpster for one month so we really have to make progress. On Grandpa Ech's birthday (the 15th) the entire family along with our friends are coming over to help continue the demo.
We plan on going over to the house tonight to do some lite work. I plan on taking pictures before it's too late and you can't see what we started with. I also need to post the original layout of the house seeing how we'll be altering it a bit. Anyway stay tuned for more updates.
When my parents came down to drop off the tools we went out to dinner and then to Home Depot so we could show them our flooring, kitchen cabinets and countertops, appliances, bathroom sinks and vanity and also to price a new front door and new side door. We ended up ordering the new front door and purchased a new modern handle/lock/deadbolt. We also got a matching set for the side door and really cool floating house numbers (which I believe are typeset in House Industries Neutraface).
We're going back to the Home Depot this weekend to purchase the new side door for the home and plan on working all Saturday and Sunday at the house. We plan on tearing down the drywall since the construction dumpster is being delivered this Friday. We have the dumpster for one month so we really have to make progress. On Grandpa Ech's birthday (the 15th) the entire family along with our friends are coming over to help continue the demo.
We plan on going over to the house tonight to do some lite work. I plan on taking pictures before it's too late and you can't see what we started with. I also need to post the original layout of the house seeing how we'll be altering it a bit. Anyway stay tuned for more updates.
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