Once we had got the roof down to the wooden support structure, it was in need of a lot of TLC. It’s hard to imagine that no one has seen these planks in over 100 years. A surprising percentage of … Read More
Last summer (2018), the time had finally come. The roof on the NewOldHouse was in a bad state from years of shoddy repairs and basic neglect. You may have noticed an ongoing theme… We had already stopped the basement from … Read More
Welcome back to operation NewOldHouse. More adventures in restoring our 1897 house. See previous posts for the whole story! The hardest part of the remaining indoor projects is always going back into renovation chaos after having things in a livable … Read More
Catch up with the NewOldHouse saga here. The winter of 2016 slowed efforts as it gets pretty cold and snowy. Stripping paint and creating sawdust isn’t really doable when we can’t open the windows or use the backyard as a … Read More
NB: Intro, Part 1, Part 2 If you have been following along on our journey thus far, it’s likely you’ve found the saga of NewOldHouse rather depressing. The amount of work and stress that went into the property in the … Read More
More of the work leading up to moving in. See Intro and Part 1 to see more. The entire plumbing system (which thankfully is contained within a small radius on the main floor) had to be rebuilt due to Slappy … Read More
So we bought a house! What’s next? Most people like to get a place with minimal work to be done before moving in. We are not most people. In our case it was a month and a half of backbreaking … Read More
As you may have deduced, my presence on the site has been lacking recently. One of the reasons is that my long term man friend and I bought a house in the fall of 2015. She’s an older lady, built … Read More