Recently Silvertown Properties, LLC bought what I refer to as the farmhouse. It is a 1919 farmhouse situated in the middle of Fairview Heights, IL on an acre of land. Various trees are spread throughout the property including two apple trees. The house is now on city water but there's an old well and an old cistern that used to provide the home's water. Great thing about this property is that though it's right in the middle of town it has the feel of country living due to a large cemetary property to the west, a $1.2 million mansion to the north, a church compound to the east and south.
There's a lot of work to be done. The siding is old asbestos siding which we're gonna cover with vinyl siding and the porch is in bad shape. The porch roof needs completely torn off and replaced while the actual porch is in better shape. It's sagging due to the brick support posts collapsing and sinking and the stairs are rotted out. Gonna jack the porch back into place and pour concrete pads to base new supports on. then rebuild the stairs.
Kitchen needs new everything.....though I was seriously considering salvaging that badass brown tile countertop. Plan is to go with a farmhouse style on flooring, cabinets, etc. We'll see how that goes.
The house has most of the original woodwork intact and it is beautiful. Doors, casing, baseboard, banister. Just needs cleaned up and it is gorgeous.
The bathrooms both need completely gutted and there's lots and lots of wallpaper to be stripped, walls to be patched and painted, ceilings to paint, flooring to install. All of which has to wait until we have power and heat. Next week the electricians replace the breaker box from the 1950's and soon after that the furnace, also from the 1950's will be replaced. At which time I can get to work. Winter is a bad time to work on a house with no heat or power.
