Farmhouse updates (prior to official construction)

Sometimes things have to get worse, before they can get better...the state of the house for the past month or so was proof of that! Ben was working hard on a few of the things he needs to have done before the contractors start. They'll have a couple months of work, and just started yesterday! I'll have those pics up shortly. Once they are done, that's when the big job starts for Ben...so we won't have a "finished" new house for quite awhile. It will look nice from the outside though very soon!

Main Entrance (Back Porch) Changes

Here are pictures of house after Ben took down the back porch (main entrance side), leaving just the cement slab as a temporary patio for us. That cement will come out, a new basement dug in it's place, and then a 2 story addition on that side of the house. Ground level will extend the kitchen to be bigger and include a mud/laundry room. The 2nd level will give us a master bedroom and master bath. You'll also see pictures with siding removed, getting ready for the new siding that the contractors will put up when the additions are in place.

Starting point...

Front porch gone, top layer of siding coming off

With all the siding off

Back Porch

You saw a prior post that had construction photos of Ben taking off the back porch, but I never had any photos with it completely gone. This picture was taken during the phase of removing the top siding, and since then he's also taken off the bottom layer of siding.

Front side of the house with the porch off. The siding was also removed, and then Ben wrapped it.