Type: Colonial
Built: 1850
Location: Somewhere in NY
Purchased: Winter 2005
Price: 47k

RANDOM STATS:

• 1600 square ft
• 3 bedrooms
• Living Room
• Parlor w/ bay windows added on at some point
• Small Dining Room
• Noisy Hardwood Floors
• The Ugliest Kitchen Ever
• Pantry
• Laundry Room
• 2nd floor hallway that looks like a room
• One Bathroom
• 2nd floor patio/3 season porch that was added on at some point
• 32 old brand spanking new Windows. Actually 30 new. 1 old and 1 about to be trashed and boarded up.
• 12 internal doors
• 3 exterior entry doors, 2 of which have been replaced.
• Crawlspace attic
• Detached garage
• Small Wooden Shed
• Backyard (in serious need of a professional gardener)
• Something like 40 trees (I keep losing count), many of which have been chainsawed.
• Open front porch
• Small open back porch

(PARTIAL) TO DO LIST:

• Strip ugly wallpaper in 5 4 3 rooms (in progress)
• Prime and paint all rooms (after stripping ugly wallpaper)
• Replace 30 windows (done)
• Replace 2 exterior doors (done and done)
• Re-insulate exterior walls and attic (done)
• Reinforce loose foundation/basement walls (in progress)
• Jack and level a couple sagging sections of floor (in progress)
• Replace a strange heating system (done)
• Replace old rusty gutter system that is not draining rain water properly and screwing with the foundation
• Sand & Re-stain all natural wood floors
• Replace the painted cardboard (yes cardboard) walls in the patio with paneling.
• Re-do entire ugly kitchen
• Re-do entire bathroom
• Enclose/screen the back and front porches for more privacy
• Win the lottery so I can pay for all this