We bought an old farmhouse for renovation!
Our amazing new renovation project is located in Newcastle and I’ve decided to blog the Reno experience room by room. As this project continues to grow, we will be keeping you in the loop and giving you an inside peak on all of the amazing new transformations to this project. This is the “No Holds Barred” version of the Old Farmhouse Renovation!
I couldn’t be more disappointed in myself for not having a good look at the home before purchasing. I always get too excited and Leap into things, and I would think by my age and experience I would know better. In the end I always know I can manage to fix things, it’s just about how much energy and money I want to put into each and every home we purchase. So far this is our sixth home in the last 10 years. I think this could be my last one as I’m starting to feel the aches and pains.
The last home in Oshawa was such a huge Reno (Inside and out) with such a large amount of money spent, I decided that the next home we purchase I would try to do a lot of it ourselves and save some costs. The bones of the house are great, A little crooked because it has sunk And just a few hundred years old, but the sinking has been stopped, and the home has new electrical, roof, windows, furnace, all the expensive things were done. I don’t think people realize that you can completely ruin a home just buy a poor paint job. Every wall, trim doors had paint runs everywhere. It’s almost like somebody threw the paint on the walls instead of rolling the paint. This takes hours and hours of work just to prepare for a new colour. Big huge gobs of dap along the top of the 24” baseboards have to all be cut out and re-done. This takes hours and hours of time, but I will be strong and get through it!