Quite a steal

To be honest, this house was a good deal, for obvious reasons. And the way the economy is, I'm still looking for some good deals, and thats when I stumbled upon this. My room has an existing fireplace in it, but it almost certainly needs to be relined. That is probably big bucks I don't have now, so I found this alternative. Thanks Lowes for 50% off seasonal heating. I scored this for $125




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Thats probably not how it will look exactly, but there will be similar colors, maybe some black granite tile, cedar, Im still browsing, and if anyone has recommendations, please don't hold back. What do females like in terms of fireplaces?!

Demo Daze - Take 1

This is part of the first day of demo. I really wish I had better pictures, but here are some shots of the cabinets off the wall, paneling is gone, what remained of the drop ceiling is gone, and this is pre breaking the window on the right, dammit.

Lookng towards the backyard:





From the back door looking towards the front. You can see the furnace room attached to the bathroom, and my gleaming electric blue drill from Harbor Freight for $20. I have to say this is one tool that is holding up well. I rarely have to charge it, and its better than my Black & Decker cordless, but no match for the Ryobi.



And here is the front room, looking towards the street. Some supplies moved in, some paneling out. I really love brick walls and Im going to see where I can salvage some and showcase it.

Information about Union City

Just a article I stumbled upon. Brief information about Union City, some pros, perhaps cons, development and hopefully gives an idea why I think UC property values will rise a lot more than they have.

NY Times on Thread building

NY Times UC article

Surprise! We have pictures

So I finally managed to upload a few pictures of the house. This is what I purchased, and tomorrow I'll post the first round of demo time. Yes the pictures are terrible. I didn't take the time to take proper pictures, so you can't get a good idea of the size of the rooms, but I vow that as of today I will do my best to take accurate and clear pictures. Amen.

This is walking through the front door. You can see steps going to the second floor, the bathroom on the first floor to the right, and the kitchen is in the back.

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This is from the back door in the kitchen looking towards the front of the house. Obviously still ground level.

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Downstairs bathroom came with free curtains.

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On the second floor looking towards the backyard, and more stairs! Definitely my favorite room out of the house. There is a lot of detail to be seen in the big windows that are behind me in this picture. The trim work, the old wood, the high ceilings, and most of all, a hidden gem is in this room that you can't see. Can anyone guess what it is.

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The view from what will most likely be my room:

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This speck of a room on the third floor is located in the back of the house, overlooking the backyard. To the left of the wall is another room the same size.

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There is the full bath on the third floor. Holy PINK. This is probably a 10 year old girls dream bathroom, and probably a lesbians dream bathroom as well. Pink on the walls, ceiling, floor, tub, toilet and sink, ew.

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Thats all the pictures I have from the first day. There is another room towards the front of the house that is a good size and pretty clean. Oh there is also another set of stairs that goes into the attic which is storage, and has ANOTHER room in the front with views of Manhattan. How about that.

No more stairs from there, but there is a small ladder to the roof which should yield me some splendid views on Fourth of July.

Welcome!

I know, I know, a blog is pretty useless and boring without pictures, but patience is a virtue and I will have some grimey, dirty, eye candy for you shortly. There isn't much to see of the place besides some death and destruction, but soon enough I hope this will be my little gem on this side of the Hudson.

Here is a quick background. This is my first place, and needs some (read: a lot of) freshening up. I nick named it the Pigeon Coop since the first day I checked out the place and was rudely introduced to a flock of pigeons sitting in the dark, abandoned attic. Armed with only a dim flashlight, that was the end of exploring for that day. God only knows who or what else was squatting in there at the time. This can also explain my missing beer.

Stay tuned!