I'm happy to announce that the 218 Union Street renovations are nearly complete. We purchased the former Hans Andersen estate in December '05, almost two years ago. Since then, we've completed a gut rehab of the house, with 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, a back porch, and a finished basement.
It's safe to say the house is almost unrecognizable on the inside. It was in very tough condition when we bought it, having been shut down by the board of health. Today, only the living room and master bedroom are same as they were before. Plus, we've installed all new systems including plumbing and central air.
Today we had a sandblasting crew at the property to restore the brick and granite foundations. The work was done by General Sandblasting of West Bridgewater. They did an excellent job and I would highly recommend them. Someone applied a red cementitious watersealer to the exposed brick some years ago. We felt it looked artificial, so we had the sandblasters expose the original brick.
In addition, we had them sandblast the new brick steps in the front and back of the house to give them an 'antique' finish. If you look at the closeup photo above, you can see that the new brick steps look close to the original foundation. Once we have someone out to repoint the bricks, they should look pretty good.
Heading into late fall, we hope to have the house on the market very soon. Everything on the inside is done, and we have appointments with the Assessors and Fire Department for inspections this week. We hope to have the final CO next week if all goes well.
The plan is to have an open house once the property goes on the market. I will post some additional photos of the house, and I will certainly post to let people know when the open house will be.
MM
It's safe to say the house is almost unrecognizable on the inside. It was in very tough condition when we bought it, having been shut down by the board of health. Today, only the living room and master bedroom are same as they were before. Plus, we've installed all new systems including plumbing and central air.
Today we had a sandblasting crew at the property to restore the brick and granite foundations. The work was done by General Sandblasting of West Bridgewater. They did an excellent job and I would highly recommend them. Someone applied a red cementitious watersealer to the exposed brick some years ago. We felt it looked artificial, so we had the sandblasters expose the original brick.
In addition, we had them sandblast the new brick steps in the front and back of the house to give them an 'antique' finish. If you look at the closeup photo above, you can see that the new brick steps look close to the original foundation. Once we have someone out to repoint the bricks, they should look pretty good.
Heading into late fall, we hope to have the house on the market very soon. Everything on the inside is done, and we have appointments with the Assessors and Fire Department for inspections this week. We hope to have the final CO next week if all goes well.
The plan is to have an open house once the property goes on the market. I will post some additional photos of the house, and I will certainly post to let people know when the open house will be.
MM
2 comments:
This is so fascinating, I'd love to visit one of your sites sometime!
hi mike you deserve a big thank you for rehabing mr andersons house. it is the start of revitalizing this neighborhood. i am glad you didn't tear it down. keep up the good work
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