We bought our 1926 house in 1991, when I was 29 and Tom was 31. I found it on a June morning, we toured it in the afternoon and signed the papers that evening. I started cleaning it up, moving out of our rental and chasing away other potential buyers before our offer was even finalized. Mine, mine, mine.We paid $49,995.00 for it back in 1991, just a year or two before the housing prices skyrocketed in our area.
In '95 we completely remodeled the four-car garage and in '98 we tore down and replaced the two-car garage we share with our neighbor. As you'll see in upcoming photos, the place really needs fixing up. The siding is peeling several layers of paint; the finished attic upstairs needs higher ceilings; and the kitchen and bathroom need to be updated and enlarged.
This house, as well as others on our block, was built by the family of one of our current neighbors. Every year, they would build a house and then move in family members from back east. Our house was owned by relatives who were farmers. I guess there were several fruit trees here long ago. Our next door neighbor, Mike, remembers helping a previous owner of our house tear down a shed in our yard where the "crazy relative" lived. Which explains why I found alot of glass and ceramic bits when I installed a garden. Also, the reason we have so much garage space is because the original families parked their cars on our property.
