We haven't had to do much large-scale renovation work to the Round Pond house. We purchased it furnished and added a few small pieces of furniture, but basically the interior was right in line with our "style." There were some outdoor DIY projects that we enlisted a hearty crew of helpers for like painting the deck, clearing some small trees, spackling this, drilling that and wrenching some other stuff (clearly, I am tres handy). We hired some local NH help to add a new roof to one side of the house and redo some insulation but other than that, things were pretty decent at closing.
The outstanding challenge by mid-October was the fireplace. When we first looked at the house, I was so incredibly pumped to see a gorgeous stone fireplace as a central feature of the main room. At the inspection, it became clear that it was pretty decrepit...no damper, crumbling masonry, etc. If we were going to legitimately use the house in winter, we'd have to do something to prevent all the warm air from doing a backward Santa up the chimney. So we went the wood stove route. Much to my delight, you can remove the door on this model and use it as a fireplace. I didn't get to experience the installation (that is the wood stove man, Ken, in the after photo below...little NH flavah for you) but I can't wait to get up there and roast my toes!
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Love the flavah!
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