The Special Needs House

Welcome to our house rehabilitation adventure in Medford, MA. After paying sky high rent for two years, we decided to take the plunge back into home ownership. This is no small task here on the East Coast. After a lengthy search and one misfire, we located this homely little house that needs ALOT of TLC. It is relatively close to Lorna's work, was reasonably priced (for the east coast) and the worst house in the neighborhood...meeting all of our top objectives. Larry has gained an instant job and is hard at work transforming this 1936 gem. Check back often to see the progress.

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Saturday, August 4, 2012

And MORE demo!!

The demolition has continued this week.  Hot and muggy temps have made for nasty working conditions. We are adding a second bath upstairs and totally gutting the existing one to steal some space. One bath upstairs is plenty for us, but adding an additional one will help with resale...when the time comes. 






The kitchen demo has proven to be very challenging and tedious. There is metal lathe on the ceiling with 1 inch of plaster.  In Larry's words, it is nasty.  It involves working overhead, using wire cutters and lots of banging. He can't wear his goggles because they fog up in the heat and humidity, so he uses safety glasses which allow for falling debri into the eyes at times.

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