Don_P
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# Posted: 28 Aug 2015 19:39
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It was built in the late 1920's, we found some mortage reciepts in the wall from the '30's from the local bank that is still here.
Hard to say on completion. It's being done on cash flow and I'm moving out of mostly labor to do the foundation into more materials plus labor as we work above. He is quite capable of finishing once I hand him a sound structure so they will need to find that happy point where working on it themselves makes more sense than working somewhere and paying me to work on it.
There are 14 pier footings for the wrap around porch and then building that. Those footings will range from 7' deep, near the current basement excavation, and then they will step up to our 2' frost depth as we move away from the dig. Still several more sections of wall pour to finish. I figure those are all mine  I'll order main house roof metal next week. Realistically I'm probably there till the outside looks done and then intermittently on the interior.
I looked at a neat old ~1920's house today. Well back in on an old road, 4wd and finally walked the last bit. It's an old Sears house, one of the nicer ones. A 4 square arts and crafts 2 story with dormers popped out of the hips above that. Leaded glass at the tops of a number of windows and large old wavy plate glass picture windows in living and dining rooms. White oak trim and some nice built ins, it is right out of a Stickley planbook. The family just wanted an opinion, I'd sure try to save it if it were mine. They have scattered though, I'm not sure it would be worthwhile. I'm glad I don't have to make the hard decisions
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