this old house
I don’t think I’ve ever posted a photo of my old house. But here it is. I must have been crazy to buy it. It’s an odd little house that’s been in disrepair for many years. The left side is part of the original porch built about 1890. The middle is a newer enclosed porch built about 1935. The right side is a bedroom built about 1954. I don’t know when the overhang to the front door was built, but you might be able to tell that it and the slab in front of the door are both askew. In fact, the whole house leans one way or another. When I bought the house the foundation had been “levelled” the year before, but it wasn’t done right and within six months we could tell the house was shifting.
Next week my contractor starts working on what I hope is a permanent solution for the house’s foundation. The house will be raised 18-24″ and placed onto a steel pier-and-beam foundation. There will be new windows, a new door, and a new front porch. The concrete slabs will be hauled away. The house will be painted another color. I’m not sure what color yet. Since the house is in a Historical District all the repairs have to keep the “historical context” of the house intact. Whatever that means is determined by some guy downtown, but my contractor and I think we have a good plan that he will like; we’ll see as the repairs progress.
