Inside 255

This weekend, we visited 255 North Third and took a few photographs.  We wanted to get some solid "before" shots to compare to the "after," down the road.

There's no way around it; it's a big project and will take a lot of work.  But, there's also so much potential.

This is the main living area.  Like a few row homes on this block, it probably had floor length front windows originally.  At some point, they were exchanged for standard-sized replacement windows.  The fireplace surround was also redone at some point.

And here is an upstairs bedroom.  The exterior door leads to a balcony, the open door leads to the back staircase and two other bedrooms, and the quirky elevated door is a closet.

The sole bathroom in the house is in bad shape.  It hadn't functioned for a while even before the house was vacated.  The kitchen has a wall of cabinetry but otherwise is a blank slate.    

The kitchen and bath are a large chunk of the heavy duty work in the house, but all of the rooms need repairs small and large.  Deep cleaning, new flooring, patching, paint, the works.

255 is just a perfect example of the kind of property we were looking for, and despite the challenges, we're glad to have it, and to get the renovations underway in the next month or two!