Hello all. After our survey of the first floor, we'll move upstairs and outside.
Consistent with its use as a getaway/vacation house for the previous owner, there were many places for kids and grandkids to sleep, including a pair of bunk beds in one of the rooms upstairs.
In the other bedroom you can catch a glimpse of a little door on the right. It's one of four that lead into some storage under the roof that is typical of cape cods.
The upstairs bathroom, like the ones below, was in working shape. As we started the renovation it became clear that this room wasn't finished when the house was built. It has a pocket door, and the plumbing and drywall weren't done as professionally as the others. We have a theory that this may have been a big closet because there are none in either of the upper bedrooms.
As we turn outside the house there was one thing the owners tackled and one we would need to. The oversized garage (part used as a workshop) was like the house and full of stuff. Thankfully this was all gone by the time we moved in, except for a couple ladders and a wheelbarrow they offered to leave behind (and which we gladly accepted).
The yard isn't large (the green space beyond is owned by someone else that is supposed to remain undeveloped) and that meant the couple trees we have dominate the sunlight and view. They would need to be addressed, along with the homemade fire pit.
One last quirk of the house is that even though it has a new furnace there are electric heaters in every room. There were two different models for downstairs and upstairs, which reinforces the idea that finishing the upstairs came after construction. We have no need for these heaters and will tackle at some point.
Until next time, when we start to make a mess.
Looking forward to seeing the mess and then the mess transformed. This reminds me of the only architectural lightbulb experience in my life - I figured out how to change a lot of wasted space in our upstairs lake house (an overly wide hallway adjacent to a very large unused storage area) and change it to a normal hallway and a smallish room with bunkbeds for kids. We added light to the room by putting in small interior windows (up high) into the hallway.
ReplyDeleteThat's quite advanced stuff. Well done!
DeleteMike and I have always undertaken (sometimes huge) renovations first 1890, second 1920, third 1995. Than was similar to yours except we had pink, vinyl wallpaper and 14 years of sticky nicotine!! $15K to clean and paint, then $15K for all new flooring. It was just the beginning! I think You will be more fortunate!
ReplyDeleteBlessings and Merry Christmas!
Indeed, we are like you--serial renovators! Hope ours turns out as well.
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