My Intro
 

I recently (2 weeks ago) moved into my 1886 1600sq/ft two story farm house. Since I haven't been there long, I have no idea what kind of energy useage I'm looking at yet. However, I already have a slew of ideas that I'm trying to figure out and prioritize so I can start doing stuff. The previous owners had a year round average of a $280 utility bill, but they had 6-8 people living in the house. Right now its just me and my wife. But, in a few months though, I will be having my cousin and his family move in (wife and three small kids) so there will be 7 of us there.

Pictures to come soon. I get internet at home today, yay!

Yay internet, and pictures.

http://www.tercelreference.com/downloads/House028.jpg

http://www.tercelreference.com/downloads/House034.jpg

http://www.tercelreference.com/downloads/House038.jpg

http://www.tercelreference.com/downloads/House043.jpg

Glad to see you here!

Very nice.

What part of the world are you from again?

Damn wisconsin has such nice farm houses, :)

I'm from Germantown, Wisconsin. Its just a bit north of Milwaukee.

The house looks great and the garage looks awesome. Plenty of room for a shop.

Beautiful place, Daox

Nice house !!!

Congtats

gotta love the old farmhouses - they look so.... relaxed..

steve

More pictures
 

Here are some more pics I took recently. I'll try to explain what is what. I also drew up a floor plan so you can know what the layout is like.

http://ecorenovator.org/wp-content/u.../floorplan.jpg


The main entrance off the porch by the garage.
http://www.tercelreference.com/downloads/house051.jpg


Straight into the downstairs bathroom.
http://www.tercelreference.com/downloads/house052.jpg


Take a left at the entrance into the kitchen (by the oven is the entrance).
http://www.tercelreference.com/downloads/house053.jpg
http://www.tercelreference.com/downloads/house054.jpg


The living room.
http://www.tercelreference.com/downloads/house055.jpg


The sunroom.
http://www.tercelreference.com/downloads/house056.jpg


Immediately to the right are the stairs.
http://www.tercelreference.com/downloads/house072.jpg


Master bedroom (all the bedrooms are on the small side).
http://www.tercelreference.com/downloads/house057.jpg


Across from that is another bedroom.
http://www.tercelreference.com/downloads/house059.jpg


Next to that is another bedroom.
http://www.tercelreference.com/downloads/house060.jpg


And across another bedroom.
http://www.tercelreference.com/downloads/house062.jpg


Ok, ran out of bedrooms, now here is the upstairs bath.
http://www.tercelreference.com/downloads/house069.jpg
http://www.tercelreference.com/downloads/house070.jpg


Here are some pics of the yard. I'm kinda standing behind the house and rotate counter-clockwise.
http://www.tercelreference.com/downloads/House045.jpg

They left us the huge trampoline.
http://www.tercelreference.com/downloads/House047.jpg
http://www.tercelreference.com/downloads/House044.jpg


And finally aerial shots courtesy of maps.live.com. This shot is looking westward.
http://ecorenovator.org/pictures/house_aerial_1.jpg

This shot is looking eastward.
http://ecorenovator.org/pictures/house_aerial_3.jpg

Looks like a great piece of property you have there Daox. The inside of the house looks like it's had a lot of renovating recently, did the previous owners update everything, or did you? How much acreage do you have out there? I love the look of the house as well. Defiantly looks very relaxed. The patio looks like the perfect place to hang out on a summer evening and enjoy a cup of iced tea while the kids are playing in the yard :)