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I don't need the chair in Brinsea yellow as I will no longer have my sunroom. We are moving.
Didn't want to share the news until I knew for sure and today we got the final approval for a loan we will take out against the new house until we sell this one. I don't want to put it on the market until we are out and until we move the emus! Talk about a liability if someone decides to check out the pastures.
Anyway, we are buying this farmhouse built in 1894 or thereabouts on five acres just a few miles away from where we live now. It is dry and dead right now but this is how it looked last spring!
I am super excited. It is a two story with a full basement but on the main level I will have a bedroom and a full bath. I don't have that here and every room downstairs is on a different level. The steps are killing my hips and knees.
Just look at this foyer with the original wood floors and trim.
I am having five new coops built. Four are small 5x6, and one is 6x10 for my Icelandics and layers. They look like this except I am having solid wood sides, floors, and 1/2 x 1 inch wire on the fronts. Should be well ventilated.
Michael didn't want my brooders and incubators in the garage (just a 2 car) or finished basement (dust) so he told me to buy a shed to put just outside my service porch door. I found this adorable playhouse on Craigslist and snagged it. It is 8x8 and should be plenty big for my stuff. It will be delivered when we close escrow.
I have order 2 three sided shelters for the emus and donkeys. They will have pipe panels across the fronts with a gate if I need to lock them in. Our emus are out for the night for the first time tonight. I am a nervous wreck! They are fighting too much being cooped up in a 10x6 dog run all night. The girls are tearing the boys necks up.
The house sits directly in front of a Christian school. There is a little shack I plan to fix up for the goat girls. The kids have come down while the property has been vacant and painted peace signs and stuff inside including a pink prayer wall. I think Laverne and Shirley will approve.
The chicken coops will be placed in this area with the runs going up the hill. My playhouse will be right by that side door. The school is behind the pines which are on our property and there is a chain link fence. We heard kids voices when we were out there today but other than that, not a peep. The man who owns the school grew up in the farmhouse when his parents bought it in 1955. He has shared lots of history with me and will be a great resource.
In this spot in the driveway I am having a small red Tuff-Shed barn installed to store hay and feed. Every morning I will load my scooter up with crimped oats, goat chow, emu food, Flockraiser and scratch in big pails and go feed the animals!
Oh, and it has been totally remodeled inside with new kitchen and baths.
The chicken hill in Spring.
View from the front porch. There is a wrap around deck all the way around the house.
Here is the deck at the front door. I love the scallop trim under the window, The window themselves were just swapped out for dual pane! I can't wait to decorate the porch with pumpkins and gourds.
The service porch! OMG I love it but the mauve has to go!
The livestock plan. The white rectangles are where the shelters will be. The one farthest out is really nice but it does not have enclosed sides. Jack and Diana are going to love all the room they will have to roam. They can drink from the pond or the irrigation spring which runs across the front of the property.
I am beyond excited about this. It has been a complete nightmare buying an historic property with curve balls thrown in at every turn. We have been on an emotional roller coaster for weeks. Imagine thinking you are set to close on a 1800's era farmhouse when they tell you that you can't get homeowner's insurance unless you retrofit it for earthquake safety! Or how about the title report comes and it seems there are CC&R's dating back forty years saying the only animals you can have on the property are horses! These are only a couple examples of the things that we have faced in our struggle to buy the farmhouse. If all goes as planned we will close escrow on Friday next week. This is a dream come true for me. I have loved it here but it is time to leave life in the fishbowl. I won't miss angry mean-spirited litigation-loving neighbors, dogs at large, barking 24/7, cars speeding on the dirt road, dust everywhere, steps and stairs all day long, and HUGHESNET!
Yes folks, prepare yourself. The new house has CABLE AND HIGH SPEED INTERNET!
Anyway, we are buying this farmhouse built in 1894 or thereabouts on five acres just a few miles away from where we live now. It is dry and dead right now but this is how it looked last spring!
I am super excited. It is a two story with a full basement but on the main level I will have a bedroom and a full bath. I don't have that here and every room downstairs is on a different level. The steps are killing my hips and knees.
Just look at this foyer with the original wood floors and trim.
I am having five new coops built. Four are small 5x6, and one is 6x10 for my Icelandics and layers. They look like this except I am having solid wood sides, floors, and 1/2 x 1 inch wire on the fronts. Should be well ventilated.
Michael didn't want my brooders and incubators in the garage (just a 2 car) or finished basement (dust) so he told me to buy a shed to put just outside my service porch door. I found this adorable playhouse on Craigslist and snagged it. It is 8x8 and should be plenty big for my stuff. It will be delivered when we close escrow.
I have order 2 three sided shelters for the emus and donkeys. They will have pipe panels across the fronts with a gate if I need to lock them in. Our emus are out for the night for the first time tonight. I am a nervous wreck! They are fighting too much being cooped up in a 10x6 dog run all night. The girls are tearing the boys necks up.
The house sits directly in front of a Christian school. There is a little shack I plan to fix up for the goat girls. The kids have come down while the property has been vacant and painted peace signs and stuff inside including a pink prayer wall. I think Laverne and Shirley will approve.
The chicken coops will be placed in this area with the runs going up the hill. My playhouse will be right by that side door. The school is behind the pines which are on our property and there is a chain link fence. We heard kids voices when we were out there today but other than that, not a peep. The man who owns the school grew up in the farmhouse when his parents bought it in 1955. He has shared lots of history with me and will be a great resource.
In this spot in the driveway I am having a small red Tuff-Shed barn installed to store hay and feed. Every morning I will load my scooter up with crimped oats, goat chow, emu food, Flockraiser and scratch in big pails and go feed the animals!
Oh, and it has been totally remodeled inside with new kitchen and baths.
The chicken hill in Spring.
View from the front porch. There is a wrap around deck all the way around the house.
Here is the deck at the front door. I love the scallop trim under the window, The window themselves were just swapped out for dual pane! I can't wait to decorate the porch with pumpkins and gourds.
The service porch! OMG I love it but the mauve has to go!
The livestock plan. The white rectangles are where the shelters will be. The one farthest out is really nice but it does not have enclosed sides. Jack and Diana are going to love all the room they will have to roam. They can drink from the pond or the irrigation spring which runs across the front of the property.
I am beyond excited about this. It has been a complete nightmare buying an historic property with curve balls thrown in at every turn. We have been on an emotional roller coaster for weeks. Imagine thinking you are set to close on a 1800's era farmhouse when they tell you that you can't get homeowner's insurance unless you retrofit it for earthquake safety! Or how about the title report comes and it seems there are CC&R's dating back forty years saying the only animals you can have on the property are horses! These are only a couple examples of the things that we have faced in our struggle to buy the farmhouse. If all goes as planned we will close escrow on Friday next week. This is a dream come true for me. I have loved it here but it is time to leave life in the fishbowl. I won't miss angry mean-spirited litigation-loving neighbors, dogs at large, barking 24/7, cars speeding on the dirt road, dust everywhere, steps and stairs all day long, and HUGHESNET!
Yes folks, prepare yourself. The new house has CABLE AND HIGH SPEED INTERNET!
Molly
