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yorkielady06 · 07-29-2010, 01:53 PM

My house is an 1901 Colonial. I have 5 bedrooms, one bath, dining room, living room, kitchen, front porch, and it used to have a wrap around back and side porch area that have been converted to my whelping room and a den. It also has a full unfinished basement. Parts of it had been redone prior to purchasing it and I have spent 10 years on the rest and am in the final stretches. I working on the hallway/stairwell area. Unfortunately the earlier rehab has been all modern and so that is what I have finished with. So new windows, plaster gone, new insulation, new wiring, new heating, floors, etc. Once the hall/stairs are done it will be approx. 30K put into it. It still needs a new roof at a 10k estimate made me choke

! So that will have to wait a year or so.
I have maintained one part of the original house and that is the steps and banisters.. Stripped the 6 layers or so of paint off them and then hours and hours of sanding to then repaint them all white. They are beautiful and I wish that the rest of the charm remained

.
I plan to sell this in 3 years and when I do I will be building new or buying new

.
I have enjoyed the project but do not want to do it again.

07-29-2010, 01:53 PM	#44
yorkielady06 YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Up North Posts: 808	My house is an 1901 Colonial. I have 5 bedrooms, one bath, dining room, living room, kitchen, front porch, and it used to have a wrap around back and side porch area that have been converted to my whelping room and a den. It also has a full unfinished basement. Parts of it had been redone prior to purchasing it and I have spent 10 years on the rest and am in the final stretches. I working on the hallway/stairwell area. Unfortunately the earlier rehab has been all modern and so that is what I have finished with. So new windows, plaster gone, new insulation, new wiring, new heating, floors, etc. Once the hall/stairs are done it will be approx. 30K put into it. It still needs a new roof at a 10k estimate made me choke! So that will have to wait a year or so. I have maintained one part of the original house and that is the steps and banisters.. Stripped the 6 layers or so of paint off them and then hours and hours of sanding to then repaint them all white. They are beautiful and I wish that the rest of the charm remained. I plan to sell this in 3 years and when I do I will be building new or buying new. I have enjoyed the project but do not want to do it again.