iris lilies
10-2-20, 9:02am
This is one of our tiny houses. We once owned it and do not own it anymore, sold it last January.
The first photo shows DH working on it, taking it down to the studs. Literally. This photo was taken about 2009. When we bought this property, it had two small houses and an extra lot, and that’s why we wanted it. That extra lot was for farming plus it was bordered by a very large city owned lot that I leased for a decade from the city to grow iris.
When we bought it it was inhabited by God knows how many people, at least five. They were renters. They had used the extra lot as a trash pit and it was full of dirty diapers, alcohol bottles etc. Property was surrounded by junk trees that DH removed one by one. Roaches crawled out of it for two years following their exodus.
While it was not our intent to buy income property, we felt a responsibility to improve the property so we put out a new roof, put on Hardieboard siding and painted it, put in all new windows, and certainly cleanEd up the outside and made it pretty. It was uninhabitable from the inside but it looked nice on the outside.
The current owner, Henry, bought it to renovate and sell. He did a fantastic job. I really cannot imagine anything done better. He saved part of the ancient flooring.There wasn’t much else to save in this house although it did have a distinctive interior door I have not seen before or since. There’s some evidence that this is a very old house and it predates the big brick Victorians surrounding it.
https://imgur.com/user/LegalVanilla
for complete tour of renovation
https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/2266-Shenandoah-Ave_Saint-Louis_MO_63104_M82212-57279?view=qv
https://imgur.com/user/LegalVanilla
The first photo shows DH working on it, taking it down to the studs. Literally. This photo was taken about 2009. When we bought this property, it had two small houses and an extra lot, and that’s why we wanted it. That extra lot was for farming plus it was bordered by a very large city owned lot that I leased for a decade from the city to grow iris.
When we bought it it was inhabited by God knows how many people, at least five. They were renters. They had used the extra lot as a trash pit and it was full of dirty diapers, alcohol bottles etc. Property was surrounded by junk trees that DH removed one by one. Roaches crawled out of it for two years following their exodus.
While it was not our intent to buy income property, we felt a responsibility to improve the property so we put out a new roof, put on Hardieboard siding and painted it, put in all new windows, and certainly cleanEd up the outside and made it pretty. It was uninhabitable from the inside but it looked nice on the outside.
The current owner, Henry, bought it to renovate and sell. He did a fantastic job. I really cannot imagine anything done better. He saved part of the ancient flooring.There wasn’t much else to save in this house although it did have a distinctive interior door I have not seen before or since. There’s some evidence that this is a very old house and it predates the big brick Victorians surrounding it.
https://imgur.com/user/LegalVanilla
for complete tour of renovation
https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/2266-Shenandoah-Ave_Saint-Louis_MO_63104_M82212-57279?view=qv
https://imgur.com/user/LegalVanilla