Fixing up a Dump, Part 3

Well, work has been progressing somewhat on the house on Noyac Road. With a target date for completion being the spring of 2010, we have a year to go. The interior has been gutted to the studs. Outside we jacked up the old porch to where it should be. The locust posts were replaced by brick. The floor was ripped out and replaced with five quarter southern yellow pine. We saved the old porch posts and woodwork. The cracks in the post were filled with automotive bondo, the only thing that really works. The porch roof was replaced, as were the railings, that could not be saved. The sides of the house were reshingled also. Still to be done outside, is to install a bead board ceiling on the porch, and replace the exterior doors and windows. Wooden windows that match the old ones can be had for about 700 dollars each, and are much more efficient. You can't tell the new window from a old window from the street, I do however save the old glass itself, which is about 100 years old. The windows themselves are usually rotted out. We have cleared out the back property, and will be erecting a 40 by 60 foot barn shortly. This job is part restoration and part renovation. We'll post another look later this summer.The Old porch
And the new restoration