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Renovating
301 W. Oliver Street Brief History - This fixer home in Show Low, Arizona was bought in December 2015 for $37,000. The former owner was an elderly woman who had paid for all new electrical service and installed all new plumbing. County records showed that the house had an enclosed mobile home, which means that there was a mobile home trapped inside a 900 sq. foot structure. Sure enough, it's there (see Dec. 8 below). It appears to be a 1950 Silver Streak mobile. |
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Dec
8
2015 |
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We
gutted the inside living room wall to get our first view of the trapped
mobile home. This home was, for many years, a condo for squirrels. Their
poor housekeeping resulted in a mountain of droppings
above the mobile's roof.
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Dec
31
2015 |
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We're going to need a bathroom and shower while working on the house.
There is a small building in the back yard with a full bathroom, but
it needs work. The "After" picture
dates from Feb. 26, 2016, showing it's now an empty space.
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Jan
20
2016 |
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We
were able to take some beds to the Show Low house to save motel costs.
For this visit, because the water was turned off and the house winterized,
we stayed in a motel anyway. But the next trip, we'll be living in the
house.
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Feb
12
2016 |
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On
this trip, we rebuilt the 10' x 13' metal shed that was in the backyard.
This will come in handy for storage during the renovation effort. The
inside photo before the work
started shows the collapsed floor and other foundation issues.
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Feb
26
2016 |
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We
started the repair of our temporary bathroom building (see Dec. 31).
Eventually, this will be a small studio building for Kathy. We first
gutted the building, fixed
the walls, and then added siding. Paint, windows and roof are next.
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Mar
4
2016 |
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With
rain in the forecast, we returned to fix the roof of the Studio Building
but it couldn't be saved, so we put on a flat roof (with an eye towards
a rooftop deck). At the same time, we put in a used window. Next, paint
and a deck and a new door.
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Apr
4
2016 |
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The
studio outbuilding is done now with the promised paint, deck, and door.
This will be a handy little building when the main house is being torn
apart. When we built this deck, we decided to save the tree that was
right in front.
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Apr
13
2016 |
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At
last, we start working on the house. The first step was removing the
mobile outside wall and the ceiling, leaving only the inside wall and
just a bit of the ceiling curve. We did 1/2 of the length of the mobile
this trip with more to come.
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July
28
2016 |
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For
this trip we started the process of moving the kitchen
and bathroom from the mobile home side, over to the stick-built side.
The kitchen was first with some used upper cabinets and some cheapo
lower cabinets and countertop. Then Dave
installed drain lines, water lines and added lighting and kitchen
power outlets. Next, the bath/shower.
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