EXTERIOR BEFORE + AFTER

The house needed a lot of work. Immediately. We began by renovating the exterior of the house, including the removal of trees, new clapboard siding, a new cedar single roof, new drainage and foundation work. The existing foundation consisted of dry-laid stone walls - i.e. large stones stacked on top of each other without any mortar (!).  The contractors poured a concrete dead-wall around the foundation, which sealed the joints between the stone and prevents water from flowing into the basement. Before the foundation was back-filled with soil, we had a deep moat around the house and entry inside was via a wood 'gang plank' (it was fantastic!). The final coat of white paint is currently being applied and will, fingers crossed, be finished by Labor Day. The photos below offer a chronological snapshot of this work, which took place over the past 11 months.