Demo Day #1

Bright and early this morning we met with the contractor who will be doing most of the work for us.  He's worked on dozens of these old houses so he definitely knows what he's talking about and was able to put our minds to rest about some of the things we want to do.  First and foremost we need to fix up the exterior and seal it up before we start on interior finishes.  The roof will come first followed by some foundation repairs and finally the siding.  It's important we get everything done before winter when rot really kicks in for houses in the same condition as ours.  


In the coming days/weeks we'll be finalizing what we want done on the interior side...things like the kitchen and bathroom layouts.


We should start seeing some big changes coming up soon and we'll be sure to take plenty of pictures along the way.  Here are a few from today:

Sarah getting ready for a big dirty day

Cabinets are all removed (except the sink of course) and we starting to take up the old floors.  So far it looks like there are two old floors to remove....anyone have a crowbar and a strong back??

All the flooring and drywall is coming up in the next couple weeks so the contractor can fix the structural issues under the kitchen.  Right now there's a noticeable dip towards the back of the room and significant termite damage and rot at the back corner (if you look real close you can see daylight in the corner).  Luckily these old houses are built like tanks compared to today so much of the larger framing is actually still usable.