Basement

The basement is wide open with good light from the windows.  There are some steel columns down the middle, but otherwise very useable space.

Third Floor

There is one finished room on the third floor at the front.

It is under the slope of the roof, but still rather spacious and useful.

The rest of the third floor is raw.  There is a furnace and ducts that make it unuseable.  The ducts could be moved which would make it useable.

The roof is so big that there is a 4th floor loft up even higher.  It's not very useful, but great for storage or a child's play room.

A ladder from the rear stair to the third floor.

Second Floor

Stairs from the second to third floor are OLD.

The master bedroom is the darkest, ugliest color.  The oak trim at the ceiling is awful.  The floor throughout the second floor is Pergo brand, the cheapest veneer floor that does not last.  The ceiling drywall joints have popped.  This could be because the building was not heated during the winter.

Master bedroom.

Master bedroom.

Master bedroom.  Walk-in closet at the end of the room.

The second bedroom in orange and magenta.

The second bedroom.

The third bedroom.

Second floor family room.

This was once a second floor flat.  Here is where the kitchen was.

There is one bathroom on the second floor.  It is a miserable layout.  Sorry about the bad photo.

First Floor

The only evidence of the old building is the fireplace in the middle.  It's not well located and inconvenient.

A makeshift toilet room is enclosed by the plywood.

There is a column at the rear stair.

The first floor is totally open.  Anything could go anywhere.  There are metal columns that run right down the middle.  The hole in the floor is structurally great and ready for stairs to go in.

The temporary construction door on the north side of the building is adjacent to stairs up to the second floor.

The glamorous toilet room.

Since there is no ceiling or dry wall, no demolition is needed to finish the space.

The rear doors.

A temporary water heater and utility sink for construction.

Greg is not promoting this property much.

The garage backs up to a cul de sac.  Unfortunately, a fire hydrant is right there, or otherwise the garage could face the cul de sac leaving the yard for grass and garden.  No such luck.

The cul de sac is well maintained.  It is adjacent to the expressway, but there's really not much traffic noise.

Exterior

The front (east side) of the building is incomplete.  Obviously, a stair is needed to the front door.  There is a steel I beam extending from the brick.  It was probably designed to carry a porch.  There is also a low foundation wall in front of the house that was meant to support a porch.

This is an extremely large single family home.

The windows are new, the vinyl siding is new, and even the foundation walls appear new.  The MLS listing says that the building was built in 1888.  The only evidence of this at the basement and first floor is a fireplace. 

There is a temporary door and stairs for construction on the north side of the building.

These are Trussjoist brand manufactured wood beams meant to support an exterior porch.  These joists are not meant to be outside, especially not protected from the rain.  They have been damage and need to be replaced with a different material.

The electric service is new.

A rear deck was meant to be built. The concrete driveway is not wide enough.  More conrete needs to be poured.

The garage is probably 50 years old.  Its roof looks new.  There is a workshop built off the north side of the garage; it is not built to code and needs to be torn down.

There is a building permit posted in the window.  The bank who owns the property has the drawings.  I'm making arrangements to view them.