Me and my girlfriend started looking for a house a couple of years ago. When we found this we knew it was the one. A restored old "torp" (swedish cottage) on the country but still close to most things.
This week the deal became finalised and we now have access.
The house is built in 1909, and in the 60:s it was owned by a car enthusiast. According to what we are told, he built the garage on the property. It is a simple building, with a concrete slab and brick and wood walls. The latest owner haven't used the garage much, he mostly only had it for storage. It is in quite a sad state, but not beyond repair I think.
The exterior is covered with Eternit, a asbestos based paneling that was popular at the time for its durability. So that is one of the projects, to remove (all while being safe, of course) it and have a wood panel instead. And repaint it at the same time, gray or red probably.
I have some hope that the is a nice wood panel underneath the plates.
The fact that there is a wood panel under might indicate that parts of the building is older, I'm not sure yet.
Those trees are growing way to near the house also, and will be cut down.
A quick sketch of the base floor plan:
There is a side door, and a large set of doors for getting cars in and out.
Sorry for the quality of the pictures, taken with my phone without any interior lighting.
On the inside there is only more to do.. In though the door it looks like this:
The door in to the garage area.
In the smaller room to the left some sort of paneling work has begun.
Into the large area there is a support pillar. And we can see the "art" near the big doors.
The garage "art". It is so hilariously bad I just had to include it. I censored it a bit to protect your sanity though. You don't want to see **** that messed up
Standing by the big doors and into the garage, we see the benches and the oil change pit.
The small door in and the shelves.
The big doors are locked by a big steel tube, and are a good clue that this was never a parking garage, but a restoration garage with little movement of cars.
The bench.
The oil change pit.
So, my first things to take action on (aside from the exterior):
Fixing the wiring. The electrics are a mix of original, newly added and lots of exposed, unknown and damaged wires.
What to do with the pit. Thinking about filling it in or just building a new cover. I have not inspected the bottom yet, there is a thin layer of water in it.
Giving everything a fresh layer of white paint. To brighten up the place and to cover the art.
Finishing the paneling in the small rooms.
Adding iron bars inside the windows and improving the door lock.
Looking at the included machines, if it is anything worth keeping or if just to toss it.
Fixing the upper floor as storage area.
And there is tons more needed to do, and even more ideas of what to do.
This week the deal became finalised and we now have access.
The house is built in 1909, and in the 60:s it was owned by a car enthusiast. According to what we are told, he built the garage on the property. It is a simple building, with a concrete slab and brick and wood walls. The latest owner haven't used the garage much, he mostly only had it for storage. It is in quite a sad state, but not beyond repair I think.
The exterior is covered with Eternit, a asbestos based paneling that was popular at the time for its durability. So that is one of the projects, to remove (all while being safe, of course) it and have a wood panel instead. And repaint it at the same time, gray or red probably.
I have some hope that the is a nice wood panel underneath the plates.
The fact that there is a wood panel under might indicate that parts of the building is older, I'm not sure yet.
Those trees are growing way to near the house also, and will be cut down.
A quick sketch of the base floor plan:
There is a side door, and a large set of doors for getting cars in and out.
Sorry for the quality of the pictures, taken with my phone without any interior lighting.
On the inside there is only more to do.. In though the door it looks like this:
The door in to the garage area.
In the smaller room to the left some sort of paneling work has begun.
Into the large area there is a support pillar. And we can see the "art" near the big doors.
The garage "art". It is so hilariously bad I just had to include it. I censored it a bit to protect your sanity though. You don't want to see **** that messed up
Standing by the big doors and into the garage, we see the benches and the oil change pit.
The small door in and the shelves.
The big doors are locked by a big steel tube, and are a good clue that this was never a parking garage, but a restoration garage with little movement of cars.
The bench.
The oil change pit.
So, my first things to take action on (aside from the exterior):
Fixing the wiring. The electrics are a mix of original, newly added and lots of exposed, unknown and damaged wires.
What to do with the pit. Thinking about filling it in or just building a new cover. I have not inspected the bottom yet, there is a thin layer of water in it.
Giving everything a fresh layer of white paint. To brighten up the place and to cover the art.
Finishing the paneling in the small rooms.
Adding iron bars inside the windows and improving the door lock.
Looking at the included machines, if it is anything worth keeping or if just to toss it.
Fixing the upper floor as storage area.
And there is tons more needed to do, and even more ideas of what to do.
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really horrible electrical work.
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