Closing Day!!!

Nearly 4 months ago we found a house that looked like it might have good potential in a town that we had a feeling we could love, Maynard. It clearly needed a lot of love and was full of tenants that could be considered boarder-line hoarders but the bones were good and the neighborhood was lovely. After a bumpy road with a lot of "hurry up and wait" moments and weeks, we are now the proud, new owners of 3 Third Street.

The next month or so will be devoted to cleaning it out, demolishing the bathrooms, and repairing and repainting walls. Our goal is to move in early April. As we progress I'll try to chronicle some of our adventures here. 

Yesterday we did the walk through and to our dismay the hoarders had left a ton, quite literally I'm sure, of stuff behind. The Seller had a junk removal company come today to start emptying. Meanwhile, Justin and I started pulling down broken shades, pulling out one room of the grossest carpet, and other cleaning. Friday will start the real work once the house is emptied. 

Here are some images for the "before" comparison. Sadly, they don't come close to conveying the skeevy, skin-crawling grossness and the smell of it all:

Justin pulls sticky balls of goo from the ceiling above the stairs

Can't wait to get this fireplace roaring next fall!

Shattered glass top on stove, non-functioning microwave, and  missing doors

Note the cracked, water stained ceiling and soon-to-be-filled in pool

Lucky for you, you can't smell pictures!

Who carpets closet shelves?

The same people who consider this wall repaired.

Here is a sampling of the junk that was left in the attic

This tub will be gone in a matter of days

We're wondering if they knew they had a vacuum since there was no evidence it was ever used!

This will be the kids' room...

...after we remove the carpet from around the heater!

Despite the one-of-a-kind ambiance the paneling provides, we'll be tearing that down!

The bar may stay though, just with a make over.

Any guesses what an "Octopus Room" is?
(a small tiled room in the middle of the basement)

I'm excited to have a work space!