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Charlie is busier than ever and the house has become a home!

11/4/2012

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Wow--I have seriously neglected this website so let me catch you up:  Although Charlie found even more damage in the kitchen beams and associated studs, he succeeded in jacking up the walls and replacing all beams in the foundation of the kitchen.  The kitchen door now opens/closes perfectly due to leveling the beam and floor beneath the door.  After replacing one of the windows in the kitchen and installing another window the State allowed us to add, Charlie used Advantech plywood for the subfloor in the kitchen and is almost ready to install the hardwood flooring over it.  

Charlie replaced the mudroom door with a door and frame he received from Delphia McCarty.  She is the very generous lady who allowed us to remove anything we wanted from an old house of hers in the Chancellor area before she has the house levelled.  Her house was built around 1930 so while it is not quite as old as our house, we are grateful to her for the flooring, doors, windows, and frames she donated.  Charlie is using a total of three of Delphia's doors.  One for the pantry he will build in the mudroom, one for the mudroom door that leads to the yard on the side of the house, and one for the half bath he is installing in the mudroom so there is a bathroom on both sides of the house.  

Charlie has also run electric and plumbing to the mudroom and kitchen and after the next inspection from the County, he will get moving on the installation of the flooring.   .I am pushing him a little harder than usual so that I can cook Thanksgiving dinner in our new kitchen!  

We have had to have the compressor associated with the downstairs heat pump replaced and a fan motor replaced on the unit in the crawl space but aside from those repairs, the heat is working well and the house is very comfortable.   Charlie and I are amazed that we have actually filled this house with furniture---I don't know how it all fit in the old house! 

The next plan of action is for me to get back to painting the rooms that still need paint, have the one fireplace that isn't bricked in inspected so we may use it if we lose power over the winter; install the flooring in the kitchen, and plug any more holes in this old house with insulation to block the drafts.  Chas is happy in his attic but he is BEGGING Charlie to insulate the attic NOW so it can be heated and cooled.  I tell Chas to wait his turn----we need our kitchen first!!!  More later....
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Jo Anne Owens
12/3/2012 07:06:59 am

Hello Charlie and Renee! You have no idea how glad I am that you have purchased Cleydale! I was an acquaintance of Kathryn, and have been to Your home many times in the past. I have had Kathryn on my mind for weeks now, and had wondered what ever became of Cleydale, so I googled it and the first article I found was the one where you purchased it! So, I really wanted to say how glad I am that the home is loved again. Kathryn was very attached to it too, even though her life style was a bit odd and damaged the place, she was still a good person and would give you "the shirt off her back" if you had need.

I do also want you to know that there are odd things that go on in the home. In the room to the right as you come up the stairs to the second floor, I and several other ladies had experiences where we felt that we were being watched over, felt the bed covers pulled tightly up around us. I also had the bed shake on me as if someone bumped against it.

Anyway, thought that you might want to know that, even though right now you might think I am a kook! LoL

Once again, I am so glad that you now own the home and love its place in history! I hope you have a loVely Holiday season and a wonderful New Year!

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