Our House is Being Judged by it's Cover

Original Courtyard and Exterior

Chipped Paint on Trim and Banisters

 Responsible homeowners for several decades, not just to protect our investment but also to protect others who may encounter mayhem on our property...falls, accidents, let's face it life has a way of happening, and we were faced with the fact, the firm may drop us! The poor shape of our home has made maintaining a homeowner's policy a bit of a trick. They gave us a few months to clean up the outside before they delivered a CANCELLATION notice. About 6 weeks prior to “C” Day, we realized we had to stop our interior race to address the exterior condition. Torn screens over the back windows, and overgrown bush in our courtyard, and dirty, chipped trim overall the house faced us. We realized it was going to be some work to whip it into acceptable shape!

Greg cut down the bush exposing the moldy awnings, we removed the screens. I was elected to scrap and paint the porch posts and window trim, our aluminum siding and awnings cleaned up, but not to the crisp whiteness that we had hoped to see. 

Pressure washing years of mold and dirt from the awnings.

For now, we hoped this feeble face lift would work until we are further along on the interior remodel! My agent assured me, the evaluation had nothing to do with the shape of the interior. This is truly when a house is judged strictly by it's cover! Our fingers are crossed that this cleanup was going to be enough!  As we have evaluated the appearance, these upgrades will be as is until much more of the interior work has been completed.  Our neighbors have continually complimented the change from the earlier pictures.  One young man came by to tell us the bush we removed has been there the 38 years he's been alive.  It's trunk was filled with rusty nails and it's overgrown branches made trimming it difficult.  I will not miss the dark berries that we due to drop on the sidewalk.  Overall, it's still an improvement!

This article closes out a few weeks of catching us up to where we are current in our posts.  Over the next few weeks watch out for our latest changes!