230 N. Port "Before" Pictures

This is the roof above the kitchen. It's going to be totally removed and another bedroom will be built in the same place. If zoning will allow us, we plan on building a balcony off of this room, and it will become the master bedroom.



This is the front bedroom. If this becomes the master (if we are unable to build the balcony on the other room), this will be connected to the bathroom to become a master suite.



Ours is the cute small one in the middle of this picture. We're in the process of gaining approval to build ours out as far as the houses on either side of the property. Notice the new brickwork in the foreground and the new stucco on the adjacent house. There are several other rehabs on this block.



Here's the kitchen. Somewhere along that back wall is a window, which will look out on the new parking pad. The new kitchen will wrap around the rear and right walls. The floor beams and joists are totally rotted out because the roof collapsed above this section of the house (it was an addition at some point).



Looks pretty inviting, right? The formstone will be removed and the brick repointed. We're going to also install new moulding on the top and flower boxes below the windows. The house to the left just sold and is being rehabbed. We're working on buying the house to the right- it's vacant. Make ours a double-wide, maybe?



Here is the current set of stairs. These will be removed and a new set will be constructed along the left-hand side wall, on the same side as the front door. A huge process (the floor joists will have to be cut on the second floor, new supports run from the basement to support the structure) but it will give us a lot more space and really open up the first floor. We're going to try to preserve the post at the end of the stairs and use it on the new set- it has great historical value. The plaster all along the left-side wall will be removed and the brick exposed. We're also building a powder room along the right-hand side. The hardwood floors throughout the house are actually in surprisingly good condition. However, we'll probably opt to replace them because it is more practical than refinishing.