The List:
- New 200 amp circuit breaker, replacing the Original Charming Fuse Box
- Removed carpet and refinished hardwoods on main
- New Gas Furnace, Thermostat, and water heater, replacing their Charming Counterparts
- Dryer and Dryer Vent
- New dining room chandelier
- Paint in living room and dining room
- Kitchen Facelift, including dishwasher & disposal
- Basement demo and insulation
- structural fixes
- Garage wall
- Bath updates - new sink, toilet & fan
- New sewer line
- low voltage wiring - well, started anyway
As a list, it seems somewhat impressive....It Sounds Like so much progress. But the sad reality is that after Lots of Time and Pots of Money, there is not a single finished room in the entire house.
The kichen tile still isn't grouted, and the fridge blocks the back door leading to the Rotten Steps and Yard Beyond. The living/dining room are missing trim and have boxes strewn everywhere. The main floor bedrooms & hall remain unpainted, also missing trim. During our structural exercise, the doorbell wire was cut and it no longer works. The bathroom has cracks in the walls, part of the window trim torn up to accomodate the fan wiring, and still has that icky yellow plastic tile. Throughout the house, low voltage wiring dangles out of boxes in the walls where we haven't managed to terminate it yet. Upstairs still looks like Summer Camp.
Perhaps it is fitting that today is the day the Value House across the street was torn down.
Value House Before:
Value House Today:
Things could be worse, after all.
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