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, December 29, 2012

Recent happenings

Greetings family and friends.  The work at 21 Wildwood continues....with some minor challenges.  The gas fireplace insert we ordered came as propane...so, had to wait for some retrofitting.  Then, we took on a little water after the recent high winds/rain storm in the Boston area.  We thought we had the fireplace leak fixed....but, apparently not. We woke up the next morning to a small lake in the living room! Larry has done a lot more caulking and sealing, so we will wait for the next storm. Also took on a little water in the basement.  Larry will be poring a concrete platform for the washer and dryer soon:)  It seems that flooding basements in New England are ubiquitous. Ahhhh....the joys of home ownership.

Here are a few photos to get a taste of the progress.


Kitchen almost complete!

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Christmas Day walk



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