We are starting up another fun filled rehab project!!!
I’ve been after the Bruce St property for about 4 years. This house is a total piece of crap, so I don’t even know what possessed me to pursue this dump… but I was working with the owner for awhile and got no where, finally the bank took it back and we were able to buy it as an REO. The cool thing about this house, like our Fullerton St properties, is that it came with an extra building lot.
As always, this house is in need of some minor TLC. It’s not too bad, we just have to tear the roof off the house, fully gut the interior, tear out and rebuild two foundation walls, do all new mechanicals (plumbing, heating system, electrical), raise the whole second floor roof line a couple feet, install new siding and windows, etc…….. You know, your typical “paint and carpet” type rehab!!! Lol
So here are some pictures of this gem . Another Hampden Homebuyers special!!!
Bruce St Springfield MA
38 Bruce St
Side View Bruce St
Extra Lot
Bruce St Garage
Living Room
View into Dining Room
Dining Room
Kitchen
First Floor Bathroom
Bedroom 1
Bedroom 2
Bedroom 3
Awesome Blue Bathroom
Blue Second Floor Bathroom
Cracking Foundation Wall
The house has been empty for over 5 years and definitely needs some sprucing up and redecorating.
The sad thing is a house in this condition no longer even phases me. Most buyers would walk into this place and want to run out screaming… or they would walk through and get very depressed, thinking how could someone let a house get so damn nasty!!
Our first step was to take the roof off the house. We did this because the second floor ceilings were just a little over 6 feet high, which is not very functional. I think minimum code nowadays for ceiling height within living space is 7 ft 6 in.
Here are some cool pics from demo day… get your Hard Hats!!!!
Start of Bruce St Demolition
Tearing More Off!!
Dominic Enjoying the View
Dom Flexing his Muscles
This Can't be Safe
The Roof Collapsing Around Me
I Made it to the Top!!!
Almost Losing My Balance.... Don't Try this at Home!!!!
Fork Lift in Action
Our Contractor Jason Moving my Car
Tearing off the Garage Addition
Garage Addition going Bye Bye
Roof All Gone!!!
Job Well Done
Those of you who are friends with me on Facebook have probably already seen these photos. By the way, if you aren’t my friend on Facebook click the little f in the upper right hand corner of this webpage and make me your friend, or just click HERE….. please, I need all the friends I can get!!
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So what do you think? Looks like fun doesn’t it??
It may of been a dump to you all, but lots of love great times happen in that home. And I know because my husband a nd family owned it for over 100 yrs. Hope none of the ghosts get you. Thanks it look great.
I don’t know what owner you were working with….but that was my house at one time…it’s was build in 1922. So of course it’s not going to be up to code. However, it looked like a dump because my lovely uncle destroy it before he got kicked out. It was a beautiful house at one time…that my great grandfather built with his bare hands..anyhow…I think it looks beautiful..you fellas did a wonderful job….good catching on to the fire In the kitchen…
How much is it being sold for? I am interested in purchasing it.
Thanks for making their old house beautiful again!
I don’t know what owner you were working with….but that was my house at one time…it’s was build in 1922. So of course it’s not going to be up to code. However, it looked like a dump because my lovely uncle destroy it before he got kicked out. It was a beautiful house at one time…that my great grandfather built with his bare hands..anyhow…I think it looks beautiful..you fellas did a wonderful job….good catching on to the fire In the kitchen…
How much is it being sold for? I am interested in purchasing it.
Thanks for making their old house look beautiful again!
Giving the house the bull horns in the last pic there Matt … nice!
Matt, You guys do great work. Be careful surfing on the roof. The finished product will look Great we all know that.
What a dump! lol