A friend and I purchased this home and want to remodel it before we move in. We need IDEAS and thoughts about how to turn this house around and make it truely unique. It will most likely resemble a episode of flip this house, without the money sucking contractors.
house information:
built in 1901
kitchen, laundry room addition in 1950s
newer siding and newer roof
city water and sewage
.80 acre of land
door in master BR that has a balcony
We can just settle on painting the interior, refinishing the floors, adding some shrubs and paving the driveway and be set. However, since we have a clean slate per say we want to remodel the property and make it ALOT newer and better overall, with focus on curb appeal. The houses around it are valued about 3 times what we paid, therefore we have a nice budget set aside for remodeling the property.
So far we have done some basic stuff, such as: fixing some plumbing leaks, installed about 15 new windows, knocked down a random wall, removed radiators and boilers and a company is installing HVAC (probably a furnace in basement and one in the attic), and some landscaping.
The bathroom upstairs was started and has all the wiring and plumbing, but thats it. that is one of the main projects we need to finish first, since the inspector wants it done within 90 days. However, space is limited, so we are trying to come up with a design that will be ample in accordiance to the living space.
IDEAS
Some ideas are to build a wood deck out back
create a circle driveway
make a berm in the middle and maybe another one towards the street, asphalt the driveway
make the front door face the street
build a cement porch for the front door
make a roof over the porch with pillars and a nice walk way that wraps down
put siding over the Florida room (its all stone now)
make the Florida room less a porch and more a real room by removing the cheap single pane windows and putting in fewer real windows, insulate, drywall, and seal the area
make little faux roofs with windows on the large main roof to add some lines to the house
install some faux rock or stone around the exterior of the home so it doesn't look like a large plastic box
paint any remaining siding a tan color
build brick pillars at the front of the driveway
make a flagstone walkway from the kitchen side door to the driveway
attach the one car garage to the home
put siding on it to make it look like part of the home
install sprinkler system
retaining wall on the side of the driveway in front of the Florida room
refinish all wood floors, maybe carpet the stairs and upstairs
install wider tread on stairs
Pictures
house information:
built in 1901
kitchen, laundry room addition in 1950s
newer siding and newer roof
city water and sewage
.80 acre of land
door in master BR that has a balcony
We can just settle on painting the interior, refinishing the floors, adding some shrubs and paving the driveway and be set. However, since we have a clean slate per say we want to remodel the property and make it ALOT newer and better overall, with focus on curb appeal. The houses around it are valued about 3 times what we paid, therefore we have a nice budget set aside for remodeling the property.
So far we have done some basic stuff, such as: fixing some plumbing leaks, installed about 15 new windows, knocked down a random wall, removed radiators and boilers and a company is installing HVAC (probably a furnace in basement and one in the attic), and some landscaping.
The bathroom upstairs was started and has all the wiring and plumbing, but thats it. that is one of the main projects we need to finish first, since the inspector wants it done within 90 days. However, space is limited, so we are trying to come up with a design that will be ample in accordiance to the living space.
IDEAS
Some ideas are to build a wood deck out back
create a circle driveway
make a berm in the middle and maybe another one towards the street, asphalt the driveway
make the front door face the street
build a cement porch for the front door
make a roof over the porch with pillars and a nice walk way that wraps down
put siding over the Florida room (its all stone now)
make the Florida room less a porch and more a real room by removing the cheap single pane windows and putting in fewer real windows, insulate, drywall, and seal the area
make little faux roofs with windows on the large main roof to add some lines to the house
install some faux rock or stone around the exterior of the home so it doesn't look like a large plastic box
paint any remaining siding a tan color
build brick pillars at the front of the driveway
make a flagstone walkway from the kitchen side door to the driveway
attach the one car garage to the home
put siding on it to make it look like part of the home
install sprinkler system
retaining wall on the side of the driveway in front of the Florida room
refinish all wood floors, maybe carpet the stairs and upstairs
install wider tread on stairs
Pictures