About 3 months before my wife and I got married in 2008 (man its been that long already), we happened to come across a house for sale thanks to it being the neighbour to a family friend. It’s a side split that was built in the mid 50’s and the original owners had recently passed on.
Sad. Buuuuuuut cool for us.
The house was really neat at first glance big front window, 2 bedrooms, semi finished basement and all on a HUGE corner lot. Only catch, it was a 50+ year old house that only had one set of owners, it needed A LOT of work. But being who I am was ready to jump in with both feet and start smashing walls and ripping up carpet.
Two months later it was ours and I set into starting the first bit or renos. The house had OIL heat, with a VERY old furnace and no AC. And because of the oil we could not get house insurance till it was replace with a natural gas version. This took the better part of a week to rip out the existing disgusting furnace and tank (which was thankfully above ground) and install the new furnace and AC. Thanks again to a family friend that hooked us up HUGE.
After that it was a whirlwind of work. The list shall grow but heres what was done in a month leading up to the weekend before our wedding that we moved in.
- Remove old oil furnace, install new one
- Install new furnace and get gas lines run
- Remove old oil tank
- Install new Central Air
- Remove and replace bathroom vanity and toilet
- Remove kitchen sink and cupboards and replace (More to come about this which involved replacing the floor in the kitchen as well
- Remove all carpet from the house
- Refinish the Hardwood that was beneath the carpet in the entire house
- Remove and replace hot water heater
- Paint every room
Again all of this craziness was done in a month so that we could move in the weekend before our wedding.
Most of these I have detailed pictures of and I will be posting them in upcoming posts so stay tuned.
Also theres been a lot of other work done to the house since then.
- leaking foundation repair
- backyard re-sodding
- removal of ridiculous “porch” and replacement with retractable awning
- All windows replaced
- Front entry floor replacement
- Screen door replacment
- Basement remodel
- Baby room remodel
And coming very soon:
- Patio door replacing a window and closing in the back door
- Kitchen remodel involving tearing down 2 walls for open concept
- Front door replacement
- Front walk way remodel
- Driveway paving
- Fence replacement
- Laundry room remodel
- Front Garden redo
Also none house related will be an update on my truck revamp of its stereo, style, stance and shoes……..just wait it’s a good thing.
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