I have decided that home improvement inspectors are paid to tell you what you want to hear!

When deciding on whether or not to purchase our house the inspector told us several things about the condition of this house that was not accurate.

For instance...when inspecting the foundation, we were told that we only needed to repoint the foundation.  Just put some mortar inbetween the bricks to fill in the gaps.

Wrong...several foundation experts later...we need a whole new foundation.  Like we need to jack up the house, pour new footings and put in all new brick work.

Another example... the inspector told us our electrical system was updated and fine.

Wrong....when we blew a fuse and Todd took the blown fuse into the electrical supply company, they laughed at home.  Told us that those fuses are "widow makers" and our no longer made.

Needless to say, we put our hope in the inspector and bought this old farm house knowing that repairs would need to be made.  Now we know that the repairs are a little more extensive than we originally thought.

So as we accept reality we know that we have to do this a little at a time and trust God's providence.

So far we have replaced the roof and updated the kitchen.  This summer's project would be windows.  Of course, we can't do all the windows at once but we deemed that the windows in the kitchen and dining room were the worst and the first on our list.

After searching various Habitat For Humanity Restores and building supply companies we finally found the right place to find good windows for little cash.

On Monday, we were able to purchase the windows and today my wonderful husband installed them.  I can't tell you how excited I am to have these new windows in.  They make such a huge difference.  I am especially hopeful to see how they will impact our heating bill.

The windows in the kitchen and dining room area where old Levelor windows.  They were difficult to crank open and we could not get them shut tight.  Todd even tried screwing them closed, but there were still gaps in them.  Not good on the heating and cooling bill.

My handyman husband did a greatjob tearing everything a part and framing in the new window.

From this view you can see both windows Todd had to replace.

The house without windows.  Fortunately, it was a cool day. Overcast skies and low temps so even with a big hole in the house it wasn't uncomfortable.

Ah....such a beautiful sight.

Both windows are in. 

Todd also installed the window over the sink the day before while we were off playing at the lake.  What an improvement this has made on the house.  It is so quiet inside now.  Plus it is so nice to be able to open and close the windows.  No more plastic in the winter to mess with, at least not in these rooms. 

Next summer, we will try to replace the living room and upstairs windows. 

Until then, it is time to take a break.