It has been our goal to be mortgage free well before we retire. We were lucky that we were able to make that happen, with about 20 years to spare. But the only way we could do this is to buy a fixer upper. Fixing is nothing new to us, and we have fixed and flipped several houses in the past. We do not plan to flip this one, and we hope to stay here for many years. We did search for just the right one. We searched MLS and looked at numerous ones but when we saw this one at the end of May, we knew when we saw the views. The Pembina River is just across the street and down the hill nestled in those trees.
But along with these great views, comes a house that needs a lot of work. The whole house is on a hill, and that comes with it's own set of challenges. The kitchen and bathroom need to be completely replaced. The foundation needs some new footings, the garage needs to be torn down, and the yard properly graded and retaining walls built. But there is some cool features too. I love the old staircase and the 9 foot ceilings....and have I mentioned the view?? I will keep updating as we begin to make changes. For now all the interior will get is a coat of paint. We will spend the summer focused on fixing some foundation issues, and getting the garage torn down, and the front yard sloped rock garden cleaned out a new front door and hopefully a front wrap around deck that ties into the existing deck.
Dining Room - before
Front yard- before
Kitchen-before
Living room-before
Staircase
Back of house- before
Deck of dining room-before
front rock garden - before, but after all the weeds were chopped down.
garage-before
It's got lovely bones and will be a beauty when you've got it renovated. I do hope you didn't have to pay extra for the dandelion farm out front though.
ReplyDeleteThe danelions were free with the house! Now if only I made dandelion wine!!
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