I have started what I thought at first was an adventure for myself and my son. I had all sorts of plans running through my head when I first saw this sad little house that time had forgotten. It took me more than a couple of visits to decide whether I thought I could tackle the job. I just kept telling myself that it would be fine and I could do this. Now, I am no stranger to big jobs or remodeling jobs but something about this one has sparked emotions I had not thought about before.
Even though it is a small house, time sure has forgotten it and mother nature has not been very gentle with it. The full history is unknown at this time but I will be gathering more research on it when I find it. At first glance all I could see was a sad little house that was crying out for help. Second glance I started to see the immediate attention needed to get it back onto solid ground “so to speak”.
Ok fast forward a little bit and the inside journey begins. Next I walked through with a little more eye for the workable attention that it needs. So apparently, no one thought they would need more than one electrical outlet in some of the rooms and the placement is totally off for functionality. Oh no big deal, I mean who needs more than 2 plugs in a big kitchen anyway, right? Haha
On to the obvious attic issue, I could see the attic and it looked like a good sized attic. So I walked the house inside looking for an access to the attic. Well guess what, there wasn't one. If there ever was access to it from the inside, it has been covered over. Next idea, go in through the window outside to the attic, ok that works. Well hang on a minute, we only had a small ladder with us. Duh, my brain missed that one :)
No problem, my son had his truck so he parked close to the house and jumped to the roof from his truck. He was able to get inside the attic and take pictures for me so I could see what would be in store starting from the roof down and to try and locate an access panel from the attic down to the house. Between all of the sawdust, cobwebs and years of neglect the attic was pitiful at first sight. The attic inspection was cut short when all of a sudden all I could hear from my son was jumping around and screaming. He had come across a few huge snake skins that had been shed so of course he was making a beeline to get out the attic window.
Now he was back on the roof and trying to figure out how to get down since his truck was not an option because it was not close enough to climb down without slipping, oh yea did I mention it had started raining pretty good by this point. Well another idea was to put the small ladder in the back of the truck and hold onto it and he could slide down roof to the ladder and make his way down. Ok that worked, whew!
Now that our hearts have slowed down from the nervous excitement, we went back inside again. Everyone knows that every person has their own perspective on different things and this little house is no different. My solutions for obstacles and the work that needs to be done are different from everyone else who has seen the little house.
By this time I am starting to feel a little overwhelmed and questioning myself on being able to do the work and bring this sad little house back to it's former glory. I had to walk outside a few times and ask myself, what the heck am I thinking. My first mistake I think was walking through making a list of things I found wrong. I have always said, take one room at a time and it doesn't seem as overwhelming. So my brain must have been sleeping on the job on that one.
Now my story has begun with this sad little house and hopefully the rest of the journey will be, although a lot of work and time, a rewarding journey nonetheless.
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Have an awesome day :)
this lil house surely does look sad but i think u will make it happy again. i cant wait to see the things u do with it. pls put pic and keep them comming. maybe ill get some ideas from u too along the way.
Thanks for the encouraging words. Hoping I can do something with it soon.
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Its nice to have a couple of helpers on projects like this.
Thanks. Yes it is, especially when you need 4 hands for some things :)