Interior...

Here's a historic mantle we were able to salvage. Its pretty beat up and missing some trim, but I think we can make it look nice.

This is currently sitting in the front 'parlor room' on the first floor as you walk into the home. This room is another historic feature we must maintain.

To the left is the wall I took the pocket door and associated hardware out of. We will be restoring it and maintaining the original configuration.

You can also see some of the original wall 'wainscoating' It's such a shame they let these homes become so dilapidated.

Interior

Here's a random shot of the interior.. They all look about the same.

The second floor roof in the rear of the home.

As you can see we have a great ventilation system for the spring and early fall =) We have two chimneys which will need repaired. No don't excited, these aren't for original wood fireplaces. If they are used at all it will be for venting things like the HVAC and water heaters.

You can also see part of our back alley who we share with folks on Eutaw St... VERY nice street of 3 and 4 story brownstones and victorians

Raise the Roof ya'll ....

We will all be getting a new roof.

We will be replacing the original 'city skylights' with the exact same type. There are some places in the city which still make these... Terribly inefficient but those historic tax credits look pretty good =) I kind of like them anyway...

Our piece of green

Its not too much, but just enough for a city row home... Fire escape is coming off, the back cantilevered rear bay will be historically rebuilt. The tree is mainly dead and will be coming out. We'll have a nice new sewer main running to the alley after stabilization.

Once again the house to the right will be rehabbed through one of our group members, and the two to the left were just completed...

More Neighbors

This view is still off the front roof of our home, but looking more south down our block. 3 Linden Tree LLC members will be living in this group of homes (Remington, Sean and Olga, and Atsoh)

Our Neighbors

This is a view off our roof, across the street

Original Staircase

We have a bit of cleaning to do... =)

We will also be restoring the original staircase

Our Porch

Another historic part of our rehab. The original tile mosaic is in decent shape.

Vestibule

Here is the original tile mosaic in the front vestibule. You can also see a bit of the wood paneling we must restore since we are doing a historic rehab.

2246 Linden Ave

Here is our home. You can see someone else just finished the rehab next to us, actually the next 2 over. The one to the left, 2244, will be rehabbed through our group. Jeff and Maria Marks will be our neighborhoods from Linden Tree LLC. As you can see the front window is a bit drafty !!

The front of 2213 Linden Ave - quite the skylight !!

2213 - Our most deteriorated building.. but not by much

Eureka !!

The LLC finally settled on our eight row homes during the morning of Dec.15th !! We are now the proud owners of 8 run down homes =)

You will see much more activity and posting now...

Can't think of a title....

Here we are almost two months since the last post... No.. we don't own the properties yet. But guess what... ?? we are getting close.. only 4 to 6 weeks!! I'm just tired of saying it...

At this point we've almost gotten out of the project 3 times this year. But for some reason we think its a good idea to stay in.

Our elusive target date for settlement is now around our wedding anniversary at the end of September... 2006 that is...

We are about to meet with the Architect that 'Healthy Neighborhoods' is offering as a free consultant. Healthy Neighborhoods will be financing our final build out of the home. We will go over our floor plan layout and talk about moving forward with MEP dwgs... (Mechanical Electrical Plumbing)

These drawings and our cost spreadsheet are the last two bigs pieces of the puzzle before we negotiate a General Contractor agreement/contract for final build out.

Now if we can just settle on these properties, and get the stabilized home from the LLC...