The Contractors Do Their Thing

Liam and I were able to accomplish thousands of dollars in necessary renovation due to a special renovation loan program. It was no small feat to acquire all the necessary paperwork to make this happen. That is an entirely different story, called "FHA Madness"

Anyway, within the first couple of weeks, our contractors got to work. Everything they needed to do primarily had to do with the exterior of the house.

1. We received a brand new roof. The old board members were entirely stripped from the roof, and new boards were laid. After that, the roof went down! An enormous truckload of roof came off the house and was thankfully towed off the property. It was quite a sight to see!

2. The garage was refaced and the entire garage was lifted back up. This is a temporary fix until Liam and I replace the garage entirely which will ultimately be necessary.

3. The front porch masonry stoop was repaired and the chimney as well.

Once the contractors were done doing what they needed to do, the outside of the house looked like it had a brand new haircut and it seemed to be happy.

It looked something like this: