Before and after

[JDgreen]

One pic shows my place when I moved here back in fall 1988. The other was taken this morning from about the same vantage point.

What a difference 23 years of sweat equity and $200,000 make !!!

 

[Chev]

That is quite the remodel. It almost looks like you bulldozed and started over, but I see you accidentally put more roof on than necessary, so you were obligated to close it in.

It looks good. Nice landscape and well integrated.

 

[JDgreen]

That is quite the remodel. It almost looks like you bulldozed and started over, but I see you accidentally put more roof on than necessary, so you were obligated to close it in.

It looks good. Nice landscape and well integrated.

Thanks, original part with stone porch was an Aladdin brand kit house made in Bay City, the library in Mt. Pleasant was given all the records of the Aladdin company when they closed operations back in the late 80's. Because I had the house number, the library was able to mail me a COPY OF THE ORIGINAL PURCHASE ORDER, dated May, 1949. $3633 with tax, all materials delivered...

Original house was a 2 bedroom, 900 square foot. Currently is a 2350 square foot, 3 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath with laundry room, formal dining, inside of the older part completely gutted and upgraded. I don't even want to calculate the hours I have put into it. The only part I DIDN'T do was dig the foundation hole for the addition, and pour the new foundation. Wife's brothers helped with a lot of the addition work as it went along.

 

[cubby]

I like the old house better, just kidding:laughing::laughing:

Nice job! I've got an old house too, been working on it 20 plus years now and still doesn't look as nice
as yours. Either I don't have the time or I don't have money. Usually the latter...cubby

 

[Bison]

What a waste of a nice tree in the first pic :tongue:

 

[jmurray01]

I don't see any difference... :laughing: Only joking!

It looks much better now.

I love that style of houses, shame there aren't any here in the UK.

 

[JDgreen]

What a waste of a nice tree in the first pic :tongue:

There are two in the picture, one was a box elder that was growing roots under the driveway, and the cedar behind it....well, we have close to 200 others here. Storms over the past 20 years have destroyed more than two dozen trees. most bigger than the ones shown.