Farmhouse

In our search for a house here in Charlotte, it was probably about a month ago that we came across this listing:


Charming Craftsman Style home on 1.88 Acres of land. Pecan trees, gental rolling landscape and charm of days gone by. This home needs TLC but has charming presence and potential. House has central air. Owner began bath renovations and has updated some systems and wiring. House part of Estate but can close fast. Bring Offers. REDUCED FOR SALE

Okay, WHAT? Are you kidding me? Let me just tell you the stuff that we were looking for that we thought we would have to compromise on in the end.

Craftsman Style: Check

Land: Check

Charm of days gone by: Check

Reduced for sale: Check

And who doesn't like pecan trees? Awwwweeesome. The story behind this house is it was built in 1922 and a single old lady schoolteacher lived here and passed away in a nursing home about 6 years ago. The house is on actually 2+ acres of land (it says 1.88) that is part of an estate and family members inherited and have just decided to sell it. So, basically the house is in need of some major TLC as it has not been lived in for a long time. The only thing different now about the pictures below is that all of the stuff in the house is GONE! The owners cleaned it up, so look past all that stuff in the pictures to get the real idea.

Mint green kitchen. Don't think I haven't already signed up for an HGTV kitchen remodel. :)Living room off of the entryway on the right.

Fireplace in living room

Downstairs bathroom

Utility Room. Look through your lenses of potential here folks....

Master Bedroom. Closet on the left.

Another closet in the master bedroom on left. Cool thing is is this closet on the left shares a door that leads into the sitting room. We also think there is a walled up (possibly double-sided) fireplace in between these closets.

Upstairs bedroom. This one, I think, will be Greta's. It's the only upstairs bedroom with a closet.

Loft in between bedrooms

2nd upstairs bedroom. This one will be Will's.

Upstairs bathroom

All of the interior doors have these glass doorknobs

Phone table in hallway. Except for the utility room, the parquet vinyl in the hallway and the lovely vinyl in the kitchen, the whole house has hardwood floors. Even the carpeted areas have hardwoods underneath.

Some of these outside pictures were taken at two different times. Some look more wintery and some springy. This is outbuilding out back. It's pretty dilapidated and unusable right now.

Inside of outbuilding on left.

Adam and I found these yearbooks in there from 1923. The one above is from Meredith Women's college (shoutout to Meghan and Kellie! :) ) and the one below is from Wake Forest University.Back of outbuilding. We think this used to be a horse stable.

Filled well behind the house.

Backyard

One of the giant pecan trees all around the house

Grape arbor

We had a big meeting the other day with a bunch of people including our realtor, contractor, septic guy, plumbing guy and the ac guy. I am so thankful for a smart husband who knows how to handle all of the logistics of this stuff.

Digging up the septic tank to check the integrity and have it pumped. Adam said it best when he said there's 100 year old crap in there. :)

Best picture of them all! We close May 29th!