The house is finally mine, we signed last week. Will post pictures and scans as soon as I find the darn cable to connect the blackberry to the netbook. Hopefully the wind will die down soon so we can fix the roof. Can't be up there during a tornado watch or warning. Then we can haul all the furniture there from out of my dining and living rooms.

More pictures

Side view, standing on lot line, lots of tall weeds.

Side view, standing on lot line, tall weeds hacked down.

Really tall weeds and John with his 'new' walking stick he found in the weed forest.

Front of house, weed hacked down. Charles is 6ft, so the 'shortness' of the house and the doorway is apparent. Charles has to duck to walk into the house.

Looking in from the front door, the floor looks worse every time I see it.

Living Room as seen from the front doorway.

Closer up view of the raccoon damage.

Bedroom, Eric came by and picked up his foosball table.

Cat door, boarded up, as seen from the outside.

The cat door is now boarded up.

Cat door before it was boarded up, as seen from standing in the same doorway as the next picture, only facing out from the kitchen.

Back door, looking into kitchen. Raccoons got in through the cat door.

Shower, will be replaced.

Toliet behind door (door on right of picture).

Am hoping the bank send me my money soon so we can start work.

The 'Before' Pictures

View of house from the dirt road. Weeds are nearly 5 feet high, hiding the well pit under the window and the wood pile. The second bedroom is the shed looking part stuck onto the house at a right angle.



View from the front door, living room on right. The doorway for the bedroom is partially visible to the right of the kitchen counter.



Living room to right of front door, front window is on the right side of the picture and side window is straight ahead.



Tiny bedroom, only big enough for a twin bed and dresser or a queen bed and nightstand.



Kitchen as seen from the rear doorway, the laundry alcove is behind and to the right, the bathroom door is to the left, just before the stove.



Looking left, after walking through the kichen. Laundry alcove on left and 2nd bedroom straight ahead. The exterior of the 2nd bedroom can be seen sticking out from the house at a right angle, just in front of the truck parked in what passes for a driveway in the first picture.



Bathroom with shower in left corner, water heater in right corner and toilet to the right of the doorway. No sink. The white bit in the lower right side is the corner of the stove.

The Beginning

First post, 7 pictures of the house before work starts will be posted as soon as I figure out how. I hope to chronicle the work on this small vacation house on a dirt road outside of the city limits. Lets see if we can stay in the budget of $1,000 USD for the entire house makeover.