Before & After

When our realtor initially looked at property that we now own, he called me to tell me the best thing about the place was the barn, not so much the house.  But after much discussion on what we would need to do to the house to make it more livable, we decided to pursue it.  We ended up spending a month fixing things up, mainly new doors/trim, paint, laminate wood flooring, new vinyl flooring in bathrooms, and new toilets.  I had read online about people texturing the manufactured home bathroom walls, so my Uncle Tim did some general drywall repair and then textured them.  They don't look like a stick-framed house bath, but the are definitely a lot better then they were.  Here are a couple of before and after pictures.

Living Room Before:

Living Room After:

School Room Before:

School Room After:

Main Bath Before:

Main Bath After:

Kitchen Before:

Kitchen After:

Poultry House Before:

Poultry House After/Partially Complete:

Chickens on the left, ducks on the right.

We have also done a considerable amount of general cleanup around the property, and are by no means complete.  At some point we may need to have a dumpster dropped off for the weekend, as our pile is getting pretty large.  We have made a separate scrap metal pile in hopes of having someone just haul it off for free.

All of the toilets, showers and sinks had some amount of staining from the iron in the well water, and we received a quote for several thousand dollars to install filters to remove the iron and soften the water, but the Lord provided.  One day my wife ran into someone in the nursery at our church and they were looking to get rid of their Sears water softener (how they got on that conversation I do not know), so we offered to help them out with that.  It turns out the thing works like a charm!  What a blessing, and so cheap.  It does use the large salt tablets but they are relatively inexpensive.  The water no longer stains things, and does not turn color after sitting for 15 minutes.  

So, that is a brief overview of the house etc. since we got here.