First-Look Pictures

When we went to see the house, we were expecting the worst. We knew that it had been a rental for quite some time, and that it probably looked terrible. Our visit confirmed our suspicions.

These are photographs taken by Troy Tempest during our first visit to the house. Be warned that the images get increasingly more apalling towards the bottom of the page!

Here is the exterior of our house! It looks quite charming in that 70s-contemporary sort of way!


And here is our patio, which has a rather nice deck. nice ____ is not a phrase often used in regards to this property.


Raised hearth fireplace. This is exactly the style we wanted!


Yikes! What happened here? This is the wall of the living room. Much marker scrawl, most likely by a small child, but I wouldn't put it past the grown-up tennant to have done this. Also, note the interesting wiring job that runs from the outside, through a phone jack, under the carpet, then through the other phone jack to the room that will be the studio.


This is Troy's favorite part of the house, a nice welcome sign on the inside of the front door.


And this is the piece du resistance here: The stove!


Pictures of the upstairs and bathrooms didn't turn out, but perhaps that is for the best. We will put more up later.

We are appalled at how anyone can stand to live in this sort of filth, even if he/she is a renter. In spite of how dismal the place looks now, (and trust me, it is dismal) we have seen the potential in these units. The location and floor plan is absolutely perfect for us, and as ugly as it is now, it is structurally sound, and we're terribly excited about shining it up and making it our own.