This blog is a diary of the renovation we are doing on a house built in 1920 that had a fire in it about 1 year ago. My husband and I are both artists. This project is a way for us to lower our expenses so we can continue our creative pursuits
and have more money to travel.
Friends of ours spotted this diamond in the rough on Oak Avenue and it was exactly the kind of fixer-upper we were looking for. After the sale of our house we were able to pay cash for this property and begin the monumental task of a complete renovation. We have a small construction loan and must stay within this budget to ensure a small mortgage payment when all is said and done. We are doing most of the work ourselves and are hiring sub contractors for plumbing, electric and
Sheetrock. The people who owned the house were not occupying it at the time of the fire, but still had belongings to be moved out when the fire occurred. The photos on this post are images of the house as it looked when we first went inside and some are just after we removed the burnt belongings. I hope you will follow our progress!
This blog is a diary of the renovation we are doing on a house built in 1920 that had a fire in it about 1 year ago. My husband and I are both artists. This project is a way for us to lower our expenses so we can continue our creative pursuits 
and have more money to travel. 
Friends of ours spotted this diamond in the rough on Oak Avenue and it was exactly the kind of fixer-upper we were looking for. After the sale of our house we were able to pay cash for this property and begin the monumental task of a complete renovation. We have a small construction loan and must stay within this budget to ensure a small mortgage payment when all is said and done. We are doing most of the work ourselves and are hiring sub contractors for plumbing, electric and Sheetrock. The people who owned the house were not occupying it at the time of the fire, but still had belongings to be moved out when the fire occurred. The photos on this post are images of the house as it looked when we first went inside and some are just after we removed the burnt belongings. I hope you will follow our progress!
Wow, looks like you have your work cut out for you! Are you planning any "Home of the FUTUUUUURE" elements, like running ethernet cabling or putting in a smart electricity meter? In any case, I think it'll look really lovely when finished -- I'm v. jealous of all that space...
ReplyDeleteI wired the entire house with Cat 6 Ethernet last weekend. I don't think our local utilities support much of the smart meter stuff yet but I will look into it. Besides, won't all of our energy woes be obsolete when they create that 2 mm star out in Cali?
ReplyDeleteAwesome! Unless your utility is into it, I think the most you can get on your own is a system that tell you how much power each plug is drawing, et cetera but it's probably not worth it.... I haven't wouldn't hold your breath on the National Ignition Facility!
ReplyDelete@woodpainter Oak Avenue House: We might be crazy . . http://goo.gl/O9439 #Amazing ! house #restoration This is first page. Be sure to look at recent page
ReplyDeleteWow -I love the outside and the design inside, but I'm afraid I would have run screaming! I'm the person that would have let it burn then rebuilt it based on the original design! You are brave and obviously artists with a keen eye! It's looking really good now!
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