Rehab in the Hood!

My son-in-law bought a house a few years ago as a rental property.  Cute, solid brick home with lots of charm and character.  When he left for his deployment to Iraq, the house was left to his buddies to care for....NOT!  We are in the process of rehabbing it and it is coming along beautifully!


Isn't this an adorable little house?  It is solid brick with a really nice yard.  Here are the outside pics:

 Side yard with driveway to garage.

Back door to the house.  We must get rid of these awnings! 

And a nice back with a....uhhhh BLUE fence.  Paint the fence or tear it down???

 And the inside pics:

Marble surrounding the fireplace.  Walls were painted about two years ago in a soft gray tone.  Still very pretty.

Very large room with the fireplace at one end, entry way at the other.  Redoing the ceiling in this room.

  

 Taking off the cabinets doors in the above photo for sanding.  Tentative plan is to paint the cabinets white, redo the flooring and then paint the walls and ceiling.  New range hood maybe, the range itself is almost new. And a new lighting fixture for the ceiling would be nice.

  

 

Of course Avi is superb as the handyman/craftsman.  We (my friend and I) are only the directors and advisors.  We are having a blast at the advising part.  We're also doing a little of the grunt work, sanding cabinets, tearing out baseboards, cleaning and repainting the kitchen.  We get to do the fun jobs like choosing colors for all the walls and making selections on flooring and countertops.

Three nice size bedrooms upstairs, all hardwood floors throughout the house.  Avi tells me this was a former "Parade Home" back in the day!

My Helper  ~ "Hazard"  ....it's his name, really!

Tearing out the baseboard!