Magnolia tree in bloom behind the driveway

Flowers in Sue's window boxes

Bulbs popping out all over

Front wall with our building in the background

Pool repair

A big expensive project

Building in a box

Footings

Need a big machine for big rocks

3/4 crushed stone under concrete pad

Frame going up

Completed structure, Siding going on

Putting on the siding

Almost finished building

Hanging out at the pool

Fred on his backhoe, before the paint job

How we cut all that grass

New fences

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Magnolia tree in bloom behind the driveway

To watch a 36 minute movie of the construction of Fred's garage,

place your mouse over "magic

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We will renovate the bathrooms and change some windows.  And the plate glass has got to go.  However, the home has lots of charm, especially all of the exposed stone.

Lebanon is a somewhat more rural community, with larger lot sizes.  Our 3 acres in North Caldwell makes us one of the largest lots in town.  Average lot size is well under an acre.  The 5.7 acres we purchased is just average for lot size in Lebanon.  So trading our unused acre in North Caldwell for five acres and a house in Lebanon--- seemed like a good idea at the time.  But lots of additional work too!

Plenty of room to store the RV, and park the Deuce, plus a nice pool, and lots of grass to mow.  House is presently a small 3 bedroom ranch house with a great room made out of the formerly detached 2 car garage.  It has a nice pool.  And flat ground, almost all cleared and grassed. 

   And it has a giant radio tower from a former owner's amateur radio setup, with a big beam and rotor on the top to play with.  Guess Fred has a new ready -made hobby.