Getting to work

Hi All,
Once we were back from Georgia and South Carolina we got to work on figuring out what we are going to do about housing. We had the water in the old house tested and feel certain now that there are lead pipes in the house. That along with all the other work that needed to be done was the death knell for the house. I know many of you wanted us to renovate the house based on the pictures but everyone that has seen it or walked through it said we should tear it down. Today.

A bit of a leaky roof

There used to be a wall there

A tip for you DIY'ers, when the wall doesn't meet the floor take a bed sheet, roll it up and stuff it in the crack

Under the carpet, the pad and this plywood, we found tar paper. Under the tar paper we found wood floors! 

 We're working on getting all the wood flooring out now. Getting to the wood floors is the hard part; getting it out is easy with the right tools. The flooring will need some sanding and staining but our plan is for it to go in the new house.

So this...

Now has a date with these

Speaking of the new house, we've decided on where to put it. We thought we had it a couple of weeks ago but we moved it based on exposure to the afternoon sun.

This is where the new house is going to go

Perhaps this will give you a better idea. The house will be over there looking through those trees at the lake.

Our almost-family friends are busy at work moving dirt, clearing pads, fixing dams, and burying mountains of trash. It's amazing what they've been able to do in two days and they've only just started!

That's it for now. I'll post more pictures soon to show David's progress.

Brian