Our backside

Now that weather is getting nicer, I was able to get some pretty 

good pics of the backside of our house!

We haven't done anything to the yard since we bought the place, except

rake up the leaves that were all over

the lawn.  

 

Notice there are 3 chimneys on our home!

That is because the home used to be heated with coal.  

See the little box at ground level below the chimney on the first  picture?....

That is the original coal chute.  

They had several chimneys/fireplaces around the home so the WHOLE house could stay warm.

2/3 Coal burners have been removed by previous owners.

I really glad that there is minimal landscaping done so far...that makes it easier 

to just landscape as we wish, without having to rip a bunch of stuff out first!

So excited to have some bbq's in this little patio area come Summer time!

ps-we got an awesome BBQ grill that someone had sitting

on the side of the road with a "FREE" sign on it.

 

Side of home

Backside..love the Ivy!

Patio area

Patio Area

The steps to the house...since it was a Foreclosure, the bank put in some "really nice" railings for safety measure.  Those will be leaving us hopefully sooner than later!

The backyard, see the tall old shed on the right?  That is the homes old carriage house

backdoor, the brick has paint on it, that needs to be removed