Wednesday, September 15, 2010

a reason to work harder ..

as if we needed a reason to work longer hours - or as rod is fond of saying - working smarter -

today we bought a house .. it's a fixer upper .. brick colonial .. built in 1932 .. duplex .. 2 bedrooms 1 bath upstairs and 2 bedroom 1 bath downstairs .. each unit has a sweet little dining room and darling little kitchen .. the upstairs unit has a stairway down the back of the kitchen .. both units have nice old fireplace surrounds for gas heaters .. huge lot .. 93 ft by 200 ft .. big old trees .. an older part of town .. an old 3 car garage with a 1 bedroom garage apartment above ..

i am thinking .. french colonial farmhouse ...

the first thing is to get in and clean and paint .. and remove all the Christmas lights, wires and the satellite dish ..

more pics to come ..



view from the street ..


view from the back of the lot.. near the garage apartment .. looking to the street ..


view from an upstairs window looking across the street to a stately old home ..

well, there is no big front porch .. but there is lots of land for gorgeous landscaping ..

love ya'll

troy

9 comments:

  1. It looks wonderful. Is this for you to live in or rent out? Congrats and yep more work!! But it sounds like it will be amazing.

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  2. Oh my I am loving this gorgeous old home! Waiting impatiently for more pictures!!!

    My only encouragement is patience! We bought a home over 100 years old and it takes lots of time to bring it back to it's former beauty!

    bee blessed
    mary

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  3. Troy!!!
    This is SO exciting!
    I am beyond thrilled for you and Rod, it's a real beauty.

    More pics, and hurry please! ;-)

    Hugs,
    Anne

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  4. Hi Troy:
    It looks great from the outside. I can't wait to see what you do inside! Congratulations!
    xoxo
    Donna

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  5. I see what you see! It does remind me of the French country homes where the white stucco is crumbling perfectly from the bricks and ivy is growing up the sides and a potager out back...yummy!
    Congratulations...now get to work!
    Debbie

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  6. This is just wonderful!! Congrats, you and Anne can compare notes and progress!!! Have a great time with it and don't work too hard!
    xo,
    Debra

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  7. OMG! CONGRATS. YOU GUYS DESERVE IT. ALL THAT HARD WORK IS PAYING OFF. IT IS A BUYERS MARKET AND WE ALL HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THAT, GREAT MOVE. LOTS OF WORK, MUCH MORE FUN AHEAD. BLESSINGS, MARTA.

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  8. Wow that's a good one. I love seeing an old house restored. It has great bones. The outside looks pretty good. Can't wait for the inside pics. ~judy~

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