Ok, we've taken on a huge, I mean HUGE project here. We are completely gutting the first floor of our house and rebuilding from the outside in. I hope to document our journey here. We actually started in February and have done a fair amount to date but have a long way to go yet. Our goal is to be done in October. So far it seems doable although if we have to keep waiting for trades to come and do their work, we could be looking at years (LOL).
We plan to put a living room, dining room, bathroom and kitchen on that floor and make bedrooms of the floor that we are living on now. This will more than double our living space and give us the room we need with two tweenage girls, who are desperate for their own bedrooms!
So stay tuned, I will add pictures and commentary as we go.
We plan to put a living room, dining room, bathroom and kitchen on that floor and make bedrooms of the floor that we are living on now. This will more than double our living space and give us the room we need with two tweenage girls, who are desperate for their own bedrooms!
So stay tuned, I will add pictures and commentary as we go.
A little history on this house, from what we know from documentation at the Hector Exhibit Centre the house was built in 1837. It was actually built in 2 halves by two sea captains and was owned in halves until the MacKenzie's bought it as a whole in the 1940's. The 'halfness' of the house is apparent in the foundation stones of the house, one side is done quite a bit neatly than the other.
It is a large home that has been cut into different rooms over the years, walls removed, replaced etc. Our plan during this reno is to try and take her back to her former glory and replace support that is missing. The beams are in incredible shape, many have commented that they are as good as the day they were put there. The main beam for the house on the first floor is about 18' square. They are all rough hewn and beautiful. The actual floor on the first floor is still dirt, there was one 1/4 that was concrete but we removed it and are getting ready to pour a proper LEVEL floor.
As the house is now, no one was living on the first floor, we inhabit the 2nd and my in laws are on the 3rd. There is also a full attic too. A lot of the reason for doing this project is so that the inlaws can stay living in their home and we can have more space to be here with them!
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