We have a very unique home.
It was built in the late 80's by two different high school carpentry and masonry classes. One school built the first floor, the second school built the second floor. It is all rough hewn wood paneling inside, pegged stair case, open beams, The schools came together and assembled the house on site with the supervision of the owner who had installed a stone foundation and crawl space under the house. Once put together, the owner installed a stone hearth inside and a decent woodstove. The downstairs was heated and airconditioned with a heat pump, the upstairs was left without ducts and only celing fans. The design was very energy efficient. To look at it from the outside it looks like an old farm house. On the inside it looks somewhat like a log cabin. The floors have an old finish patina, not the typical wood floors of today's' homes. The upstairs is carpeted, and we use room air conditioners and oil filled radiators. It is approx. 2000 square feet.
Best, Charles
There are two things about our house that have been difficult.
It has been hard to decorate as we have not had a budget for that even having been here since 1996. So the inside is eclectic.
And the heating and air conditioning has been piecemeal due to budget as well. ...»
If we had the money we would love to redo the kitchen, it is tiny and the woodwork is very plain. The appliances are pretty old.
No white walls in the house! The upstairs is pitched to the roof, no attic. There are places where you see hammer dings. But it adds character. It was very well built. Imagine having your every hammer stroke supervised for a grade!
We live on almost three acres, set back away from the road. Huge Oak Tree, in a cluster of pines and dogwood, with azaleas underneath. Old Tobacco barns on the property.
When we moved in there was a discovery at every turn. We woke up one morning and had a 50 foot row of asparagus coming up in the yard. We have lots of fruit and nut trees.
We lost a fifty foot Holly tree to Hurricane Floyd. We have had a Mule Barn removed and one of our Tobacco Barns. Tried to sell the wood, but it was not a positive experience.