House Pics!
In early 2000, after 6 months of back and forth with the previous owners, I purchased a house in Salford, PA...but has a Harleysville mailing address because Salford a bit small for mail delivery. The appraisal estimated that the house was worth $5000 - impressive!. However, it was on a pretty nice 2 acres of land, so I started hacking away at it!
I've put together a few progressions so that you can see the work that's been completed over the past few years.
Click on the pictures for larger versions.
Front View
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| 10/29/1999 | 10/29/1999 | 11/10/2000 | 7/24/2001 | 10/27/2001 | 4/4/2004 |
Back View
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| 10/29/1999 | 10/29/1999 | 10/14/2000 | 11/10/2000 | 9/15/2001 | 10/27/2001 |
Bedroom - I can see now that folks must have thought I was crazy. I lived in the house through most of the work...yes, even when the roof was off! I can remember waking up in the morning and seeing my breath before I finished the heating system. Nice!
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| 10/27/2000 | 11/4/2000 | 11/4/2000 | 9/15/2001 | 4/4/2004 | 4/4/2004 |
Living Room #1
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| 11/10/2000 | 11/12/2000 | 9/15/2001 | 10/27/2001 | 1/9/2003 | 4/4/2004 |
Living Room #2
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| 9/27/2000 | 10/27/2001 | 4/4/2004 |
Kitchen - So, I got really friendly with my local hoagie, pizza, and chinese suppliers. I had a fridge the whole time, but that's it. Needless to say, I'm enjoying the kitchen!
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| 10/27/2001 | 11/27/2001 | 1/9/2003 | 8/16/2003 | 4/4/2004 |
Bathrooms - The first two pics are of the temporary downstairs bathroom arrangements. There was only a short time with no toilet...you'd be correct in assuming that I put plumbing high on my priority list!
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| 9/27/2000 | 9/27/2000 | 9/15/2001 | 1/9/2003 | 4/4/2004 | 4/4/2004 |
General Craziness - A few interesting shots. I gutted the house from the inside out, eventually replacing almost everything. The first pic shows my strategy for holding up the old roof after I had removed all the internal (yes, load-bearing) walls. Come-alongs and very precarious stilts - nuts...but it worked! The second pic is after I'd started to rebuild the internal walls. The third pic is after the old roof was removed and I was building the second floor. Let me tell you, this is the hard way! The fourth pic is the (enjoyable) demise of thousands of pounds of wood...and some other stuff.
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Early Encouragement Graffiti - from mom and sister in 2000
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Scary...but fun!
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It sure has been a lot of work! And there's still some more to do. But I learned a lot...and overall, I enjoyed it!