A little back ground

Here's the background on our building. It was built in 1940 to be a country store downstairs and an apartment upstairs. It ran as a store for about fifteen years then was closed never again to be reopened. We met the man, Mr. Church, who bought it first from the original guys who built it. He and his family lived in the up stairs and didn't do anything with the downstairs. According to Mr. Church, he owned the building until about three or four years ago when he sold it some guy. I don't know who he was, but he is the one who started the renovations down stairs. Up till then it was just an empty store. We have been told that he was an artist and he had six kids. Anyway, some way or another this family got foreclosed on. Sorry artist family man! This guy did some cool stuff and a lot of nasty work. When we first saw the place, walls had been built, the kitchen was in, bathroom mostly finished. The upstairs had been gutted for the most part. It wasn't too hard for us to see the potential.
We had a structural engineer check out the foundation, septic man check out the septic, and a couple of other specialist come out and check out big deal stuff. Every thing checked out so we bought it. I won't say exactly how much, but it was a steal. Especially since our place is on an acre of land. Sweet!

The back side of our lot. Big garden potential!

After the paper got signed, we started working. And we still haven't stopped. The next couple of posts will show what we have done so far.