It's a new year, and a new project: cleaning and renovating the house on Ninth Street. This property belonged to Rick's grandparents, who built the house. After his grandparents passed, Rick's parents kept it as a rental, and then Gwen lived in it until her death. Loren and his sisters have finished clearing out most of Gwen's stuff now.
The property has seen many years of "deferred maintenance" plus the fact that Gwen was not especially tidy. However, there is a nice property under all the filth and neglect, and we're determined to regain that.
This is an orientation shot of the properties across the street. These homes are modest but well kept.
The carport needs raking, and the oleander hedge needs some serious trimming. You can see the broken chainlink fence in the background.
The front yard needs to be raked and pruned, and a lot of the plantings need to be dug and divided.
We'll be glad for the oleander hedge, but it needs serious pruning.
This tree is dead and needs to be removed.
The giant mimosa at the back of this shot needs to be removed also.
The living room isn't in too bad shape, although it needs to be cleaned seriously and the floor heater needs to be replaced.
The hallway leads to the office (yellow curtain). The master bedroom is behind that. Directly at the end of the hall is the second bedroom, and the bathroom is behind the living room wall.
This big picture window lets in a lot of light.
The office is still a mess. That window needs to be replaced, and the hot water heater needs to be secured and made safe and legal.
The master bedroom is in ok shape. Needs paint, cleaning and new curtains.
The second bedroom is still full of junk and needs to be cleaned out.
The bathroom needs to be totally rebuilt.
We are replacing everything (but yes Nathan, there will be a toilet!).
The kitchen needs a lot of work also. Bedsides needing all new appliances, including the sink, it needs painting and flooring. And it's disgustingly dirty.
The house exterior desperately needs paint.
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