During a routine cruise through my local real estate listings I saw this jewel. If you’ve got the feeling that you just want to ship lap some walls, bring some character back, get your modern farmhouse on and just generally do it up Chip & Joanna Gaines style–this house is for you. This house would almost certainly be one of the three properties that a Gaines client would see, we’ll call it the “pond house”.
It’s a whole lot of 1990s goodness but I’m guessing the upside is that all the renovation would be cosmetic. For $275,000 you can buy a 3,200 square foot house with a detached mother-in-law apartment, 25 acres, a shabby barn, a pond that needs some TLC in the form of carp to eat the algae and a whole lot of potential.
Do you see what I see?
The decision to cover the entire porch on the back of this house was clearly a good one.
You could tailor the exterior to look similar to these examples that have been in my inspiration file since the onset of my Farmhouse obsession.
We need to get an outdoor fireplace happening and screen in some of the porch and put a metal roof on.
Moving around to the front, we can get some windows, new front door, remove the vinyl siding, update the columns and railing, add a few architectural elements and we are in the business of modern farmhouses.
If you think you are going to take this on please email me, I’m happy to be of service!
Aw, is that Dan and DC in the main pic? Love them.
This is a really cool stumble. I’d love to see your take on it Sarah.
yep…Dan & DC. One of the rare times when the girls didn’t complain about going to look at “stinky houses”