The house is on 1.5 acres of land with lots of mature trees on the end of a great little neighborhood. It has a screened porch. It has hardwood floors in many of the rooms and a beautiful floor to ceiling red brick fireplace that I’m so excited about. The rest of the rooms have old tile. We worked into the offer to have the sellers put in $2000 for new flooring. It has a huge unfinished basement with a ½ bath which in a few years we’ll finish by making an office and big family room in it. Right now the house only has 2 bedrooms. However, this summer that will change. We think we’re going to take out the wall that separates the kitchen and dining room making it a dine-in kitchen and then putting a wall ½ through the big dining room to make a third bedroom (there is a closet on that side, so that helps too). The biggest challenges will be the very out dated kitchen & bathroom and the front of the house which right now doesn’t look like the front of the house at all! Oh, and I want to paint the trim white which I’m sure will be a time consuming project in itself. We already have a ton of ideas and we’re so excited.
I originally didn’t want to buy a house that had to be fixed up, but after looking through this house and seeing the potential it has, I just fell in love. It is totally livable after we get new flooring. Kyle and I were also talking about how it will give us something to work on together. We’ll close sometime in late March/early April and then paint, re-floor, and move!
the front:
the back:
the side (where the drive way is):
the side yard:
The Living Room
the side (where the drive way is):
the side yard:
The Living Room
(notice the big windows and fireplace. there is also hardwood floors under that ugly carpet):
The very yellow kitchen which we'll paint, do some rearranging, and put in new countertops.
The very yellow kitchen which we'll paint, do some rearranging, and put in new countertops.
6 comments:
Good choice on the house guys. Lots of great potential! It has great bones! It already looks good and I'm sure after you are through it will be AMAZING! Your fireplace and huge yard are terrific! I'm so excited for the three of you to have your first house. CONGRATULATIONS!!
Congrads! You foregot to mention where the house is?? How far away is it?
The house is in West Lafayette (2nd ward) just off Klondike and SR26on Drury Lane.
Kelly! I'm so excited for you and Kyle and of course little Leo too! You're definitely right about the potential in the house! I can't wait to see what you guys do with it to make it your new home!
I love the fireplace and big windows! Definitely things I want in our next house! And all that yard will be so nice (maybe not for Kyle since he will probably be the one mowing, but that's OK! ). So much potential!
Sorry to just now be saying this- this is the first 2 handed moment I've had to comment! I LOVE it though! You are so right-- tons of potential! How lucky that there's hardwood floors under the carpet! We had NASTY original shag carpet in ours. We also wrote the new floor into our offer as well. Our kitchen was hideous when we bought the house, but we've totally redone it without spending hardly anything! We painted the cabinets white and put new hardware on, replaced the countertops (just did laminate.. whole kitchen for less than $300!), painted, and laid ceramic tile (that was given to us for free!), and it looks SO different!
The hard thing about a work-in-progress house is that it takes time. But, it's so worth it! We've been here over a year and it's just now starting to take on the look I had envisioned when we bought it. So be patient :) It'll come around.
And I love the big windows, btw. Older homes have so much more character!
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