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Show JAN 1 4 1980 Avanues. JMO wonder everthing looked so ancient. efforts underway. I was intrigued. I was told of the renovation Then I was shown the house we I don't know how other people pick their houses, but Sue and I the ones that communicate with us, I was shown inside. jiow live in. always look for It is a very old house j but I could envision us living in that very old house, I saw several more that day, some with magnifcent views of the great Salt Lake and the mountains but none that " spoke " to me, I called home that night to ask Sue to fly out with our children to see how we all feet in the Second Ave. home, We almost did not buy the house. was delayed six hours. To- start out with Sue's and the childrens flight After several phone calls we decided to persevere. finally arrived, half a day later than we had planned '. the Second Ave. address in the early evening dim. outline ofl the house. I remember arriving We went around the corner Over a late spagetti dinner with our agent, we decided to make a bid on the house. Portland, we learned that we would be at We could hardly make out the Everyone felt the same way I did. and loved the closness of Wasathh School, They Next day, before our flight back to the new owner of the did Second Ave. home. There is never a dull moment living in an old home. We have had some discouraging moments but at the end it is turning out to be a home we love. The greatest shock came the day we moved in. door didn't have a door knob or lock. the entire kitchen. The front door didn't close. We turned on the dish washer and it flooded Since then we have survived ceiling and leaking roof. The back a flooded basement, a collapsed After two new doors that lock, three new ceilings, new electrical wirering, lots of plumbing work, elbow grease and painting, we finally feel comfortable. We still have a swimming pool in our at tic j the plastic blow up kind to catch the rain where the roof leaks. other roofs and are still convalescing, Two roofers who gave us bids fell off |
