To begin, you have to know what everything looked like when we started. These are pictures that have been taken by inspectors, appraisers and real estate agents. I'll get some better pictures taken when have an empty house, a blank slate so to speak! But for now, here they are!
This is obviously the front of the house. I have lots of plans for all parts of the house, but I think I'll spring them on you as I get the projects done. If you can see in this pic, there are some GREAT rose bushes, and I am really excited to bring them into my own plans. :)
This is the garage, these people pretty much use the garage as storage, we're hoping not to do that ourselves! Adam LOVES the basketball hoop above the garage... I need some coaxing.
Sorry for the itty bitty pictures, there will be a few of the throughout the post. This is the storage shed in the back yard. I don't expect a whole lot of changes to happen here except for the paint color!
These next two pictures are of the sides of the house. The side where the truck is is the side of the house where I plan on putting my vegetable garden. We've discovered Cayden is much more likely to eat veggies if he helps grow them. I don't believe there are any big plans for the other side of the house. Not yet at least, maybe we'll figure something out by the time we do the addition.
We're starting to get to one of the huge reasons we decided on this house. This is taken from the far right side of the property. The house is on the left side of this picture. As you can see, the lot is pretty big, which isn't easily accomplished in CA. The grass back here desperately needs replacing, but otherwise, we LOVE this yard. Location was the main reason we chose to move to this house, it is within walking distance from the elementary school and only about 10-15 minutes from pretty much anyone in our family that is still in the area. The other reason for sticking with a bitty house rather than something a little bigger was this gorgeous backyard. Here are some more pictures, to give you a better idea!
This is taken from the back left hand corner of the property (if you are facing the front of the house) it shows the back side of the living room as well as the master, and the awning that we think is probably sticking with the property. It also shows our BEAUTIFUL pool! I am going to stick in another picture of the pool that shows the shape and size of it a little bit better. My mind has been racing with possibilities with this pool!
I am thinking of fun things that can be done along the back side of the pool, a water fall perhaps? Who knows. That is going to be a ways in the future!
Sorry for the blurry pic but I had to give you the biggest view of the kitchen as I could. I am so excited that there is good work done on this kitchen, and that this isn't going to be one of my big overhaul projects. A little paint for now is probably all that we will do, eventually it will get a new back splash, and once that is done new appliances will be the only thing left to do...well, for now. ;)
This dark pic is of the living room--it's not the greatest depiction of it, but there are big plans for this little piece of the house. One thing I will mention is that there are like 3-4 different paint colors around this main living space (the kitchen, dining and living are all interconnected), so that is something that will be fixed ASAP! I like uniform colors!
This picture is of the kids' bathroom, it is doubling as the second bathroom, or the bathroom that guests will also be using. Updating is going to be the main thing we do in here, but nonetheless, I am excited! You'll see as the work progresses (and the funds are available!!)
Here we've got the master bath. Yes, the master. LOL. The entire master suite is pretty small, which is why our future plans involve knocking the back wall out to make more space, as you can see the bathroom is little! It is also outdated in the sink area, but the owners redid the shower area and I'm looking forward to showers in it! Again, these projects will come one at a time, I wish I had some free cash to just throw at this house (don't we all!!!). I am lacking actual pictures of the bedrooms, so I'll have to take pictures of them once we are actually in the house. Until then, however, I'll leave you with a rough floorplan of the actual house. I do know how tiny it makes it look! Haha! Here ya go!
The total SqFt on the house is: 1156.3. It has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms and a TON of potential. I hope you enjoy going through this process with me. I am totally excited! Eee!
