My house, too.
But, as one of the fixer shoes liked to say: “It had good bones.”
And, it was out in the country where the nearest neighbor was not likely to influence the value of my place much.
This is the exact same reason why we bought our current home.
It is right on the edge of the suburbs in south central NH.
It is a 2700 sq ft salt box style house built in 1972 on 12 acres of land. We are surrounded by existing homes of similar or larger properties.
We are the third owners.
It was totally forested. With large White Pines, Oaks and Maples with in 15’ of the house. Roughly 1/3 of the roof was covered with moss. I hired a logging company that cut for a week with a feller buncher. They took about 8 trucks of logs off the property and several trailers of chips.
They installed a secondary driveway and cleared the stumps around the house.
This left me with a big mess. I then brought in an excavator who graded the lot. Diverted a intermittent stream and spread topsoil. I also installed a dry well to take the output of the washing machine and kitchen sink. Therefore, extending the life of the septic.
Since then I have brought in about another 100 yards of top soil. Planted Blueberries, fruit trees and various landscaping plantings.
I rebuilt a 10x12 garden shed.
Had to have the well pump replaced.
Brought in more gravel for the additional driveway.
Replaced all the window trim on the first floor with PVC.
Built a pavilion. Including a concrete patio and a small deck to access a hot tub. Hired a contractor to pour the concrete. Hired my electrician friend to hook up the tub.
I also bought a 38HP turbo diesel 4WD Massey Ferguson tractor. This was the most expensive vehicle I have ever bought. More expensive than my Toyota Tacoma.
I did almost all the work myself, with the exception of excavation, electrical and concrete contractors.
After almost 13 years I am starting to look at repainting the ceiling in the MBR and bath because they are peeling in a couple spots. This was the very first room we redid 12 years ago. Something we found out about actual plaster ceilings. You have to prime them with OIL BASED PRIMER ONLY.
Latex primer will eventually peel.