Good Bye Chestnut Street

Located in Illinois, the Chestnut Street house had 3 bedrooms and 1 bath, and was built in the 1930's. I purchased the house in 2004 for $280,000 and sold it in 2007 for $341,000. I learned a lot from working on this house, some things I did right and some things I'll try not to repeat!

When I bought the house it was painted a hideous brown and it had a tree that was way too close to the house that had never been trimmed so when you looked out the front window you only saw the trunk of the tree. So, I had the exterior painted yellow which immediately brightened it up and got permission from the city to remove the tree.