As you guys may or may not know, my fiance and I purchased our first home back at the end of February. Since then, I've spent an insane amount of time working on things around here. It certainly isn't a fixer upper, but there were things we have planned, and wanted to get started. We are blessed to be able to own our home at our age, and although it's been a lot of work since, it's been worth it. I finally went out and got some shots of the outside to share (I will get some of the inside sometime as well). It's a little under 2100 sq. ft on 2.06 acres (almost 100% yard...I see a ZTR in my future:d ). It has a workshop/basement as well as a two story barn with two vehicle entrances (this is MY man cave). Enjoy: Looking down to the NW corner of the property. You can see a few of our trees in our "orchard." We have several apple, cherry, and pear trees. A shot of the barn from the deck (lots of pictures of this as it's my favorite thing about the place:d There's no power running to it yet, but I have I plan to run power/water there next year. Most of the walls have been insulated, and I only have to do three walls on the first level for it to be ready for heat. All I-joist construction with a glulam ridge beam to keep things nice and open A better shot of the barn and more of our "orchard." The downhill side of the barn. The two vehicle entrances are on the front and backside as you can see here. This is a shot from the NW edge of the property looking up at the house and the barn. Shot of the house and barn as you come in on the main road. Back of the house. You can see the entrance to the workshop under the deck. Notice the piece of lattice missing to the right side. That's where I've encountered my first major "issue" with the house. See the next picture This is where I've lived for the past week. The previous owner back filled directly against the walls of the addition/basement, and then graded TOWARD the foundation To make it worse, the drain line pictured was broken and leaking down into the footer. I thought the wet walls on the inside of the workshop after our first hard rain was a bad sign Anyways, I'm going to put in 2" insulated sheeting, backfill with stone, repair the drain line, and THEN grade it correctly. One of the numerous back paver patios I'm redoing. Most didn't have proper base prep done, so I'm learning a lot as I go. Front of the house. Garage. And, of course, I had to have my "artsy" shot in there.
Wow Matt.... very nice home... I am sure you are proud of it and you deserve to be...looks like you have a nice yard for a good 3-D set-up.... I am voting for you to hold the PA bowhunting.com get-together haha!
Nice, very nice. My first place looked more like the barn, but in worse condition! Something you can take and make your own at your own pace. Congrats!
As am I, and I've seen it up close. I want to know when you are hanging the stand in the corner of the yard. Looks like you are making progess thought. Looks good bud.
Matt, that truly is a HECKUVA place!!! Wow!! VERY, VERY sweet! So for now... do you mow until you're finished, and then start mowing again the next day? :D
Great looking place Matt, I am also very jelous of your barn! I'm really hoping to end up in a place like yours for our next home. Our house now is a great place, in good condition, etc......but it's in the suburbs, very small, and I don't have the property that you do. With that said, it was an amazing deal and with some elbow grease should allow us to build the equity we need to really get into the kind of place we want to stay at long term. Congrats to you, that's a heck of a place!!
