Well I tried to find before pictures. but came up a little short. I wanted to show how bad the roof and the garage looked, but neither of these pictures really do it justice. In short, the roof was in really bad shape along the valleys, and had been partially replaced with an ugly, mis-matched section of shingles. The garage door, as I mentioned before, was dreadful, and the front door matched. Here’s the pics, hopefully you can get an idea of the “before.”
In the past two weeks we’ve:
- Re-painted the garage door
- Re-painted the front door
- Got the driveway sealed
- Got the roof re-done
Those latter two we paid someone to do, but I’m happy with what we got for our money. The roof, in particular, is not something I would have been comfortable trying — even with a good crew of helpers. This afternoon, I washed both cars, putting the little car away for the winter, cleaned up the scraps from the roofing operation, and raked the lawn, leaving our house looking significantly different than when we moved in…
There are a couple things yet to be done by winter — we have one wooden window that needs to be re-painted and checked for a proper seal, and I want to paint a decorative bit on the front door. If I’m feeling really ambitious and the weather holds, I’ll do the trim around the garage and front door in a sharp white to make it all look at little cleaner.
Regardless, I’m very proud of our little house. This winter we’ll do a little work in-doors, and next summer we’ll tackle the backyard…
Its wonderful Jon! How fantastic for you and your family to have your own home to make memories in. You know there is something to be said for roots (dont tell the folks i said that) It really does look great, im so happy for you.
Your house looks great and just think, everything you do to it adds to your investment.
lookls great! but it looks like all the bricks got painted a lighter color, but that isnt mentioned on your list.
so happy for you guys! i want one….. can you hear me saying that?
IIIIII, waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaant oooooonneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah
LOL
It’s beautiful! Looks great. Congrats guys!
It was great tto talk to you guys and to see the kids. It was sooo cute the way that Ben scrunched up his face in a smile every time he took a picture with the camera and neat to see Abi’s little commando crawl. We miss you all.
Thanks everyone!
And don’t worry, Brooke. You’ll get yours — hopefully when the market is on its way up, not down!
Got the solar panels up yet?
Ya, ya. Give me some time. A house is more work than I expected!