The Hill Street House “Before”
In June of last year we acquired a house in Joplin in the area referred to as East Town near Broadway and St. Louis Streets. This house had been vacant for a long time and was really needing a face-lift! The foundation and basic structure were sound, so we began work in late July after finishing the project on Vandalia Street.
The house had been spray-painted without masking the windows and foundation, etc., so to the casual passerby I’m guessing the sea foam green color didn’t inspire admiration for this little two bedroom on a corner lot. We repaired the rotted sections of fascia and soffit, tore off the little lean-to back porch awning, repaired the rotted decking along the roof edges, put on new roof shingles, installed new aluminum fascia and vinyl soffit, and hung new vinyl siding. Oh yes, we replaced all of the old windows with new vinyl insulated windows. You can see from the pics that this exterior makeover was quite a transformation.
Inside we updated the plumbing and electrical, installed new gas lines, removed the old circulator heater and floor furnace and installed central heat and air, added a second bath and two new closets, tore out the old ceilings that had been lowered so we could have the original nine foot ceilings again, updated the original bathroom, installed new Sheetrock almost everywhere, updated the laundry room, drywalled the back porch, and installed new kitchen cabinets and new flooring.
Here are a few pictures of the “before” look.
Be sure to check out the “after” pictures. This little house received our version of an extreme makeover!