My wife and I bought this house in june of '08 and we have been working on it ever since.

Some back story on the house:
The foundation was poured in '97 house finished in '99. The people that built it were an elderly couple. The man died in 04, his wife in 06. They left the house to their 4 kids who were already grown and had their own mortgages/families so they turned it into a rental property. The renters put holes in the walls, stained the carpet, did what renters do, etc... and cut the home value WAAAAAAY down. The house in 06 was appraised at over $300K, we bought it this summer for $163,000. The house is near a small airport used for crop sprayers and personal plains so the noise isn't really an issure. The skydiving place is also based out of this airport, it's surprisingly relaxing sitting on the deck after work watching skydivers all night in the summer.

The square footage of the house is 2055 sq ft upstairs, 1577 sq ft on the main level, approx 1600 sq ft in the basement, and 600 sq ft garage. The house sits on 1.25 acres just a few minutes out of town. 4 bedroom, 2 full bath, 2 half bath.

On with the pics, most of these pics were taken right after we bought the house, I will just add the updated pics in at the bottom.

Pics from my property line
Front

NE corner

NW corner

Back

SW corner

SE corner

Arial view

The deck

View from the front porch

Once photobucket speeds up I'll post pics of the interior...