Pre Move In
We had taken a drive-by of the house before our real estate agent set up a viewing. It was a mess. The front yard was a ratty vegetable garden covered in decaying newspapers, the path and stairs were hidden behind a cracked vinyl cover, the back yard was filled with trash and covered in dead moss. Not to mention it was painted Pepto-Bismol pink. There was no way we were interested in purusing this one.
However we forgot to tell the agent, and he set up the viewing. Not to be rude, and because we had other houses in the area to see anyway, we went through with it.
It turned out to be a lot less bad than our first impression. And the closer we looked, the more we liked it. To be honest, it was the small things that got us–a little rounded door with nice hardware, coved ceilings, a telephone nook. A little renovating and we might have something worth keeping.  Here is what we see on that first viewing.
August 27th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
You’re right… the inside looks better than the outside lets on.
I like the tulips at the edge of the front yard.
Lots of potential. Do you have big plans like gutting it?
August 27th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
We plan to gut the kitchen and bathroom, and try to restore them to a pre 1960s feel. Other than that we’re going to try to keep as much original as possible.
Yeah the Tulips were a bright spot — for a couple weeks. I’ll post the new yard soon. Unfortuntately, no tulips.