Got a Garvin

We have a new project to work on, it's a house...not the house we live in, but a house we'd like to eventually sell to someone else to live in.  Right now, it needs.alot.of.work.  We got the house through the Orange County foreclosure auction online.  We were kind of behind the ball to meet all of the crazy deadlines they have related to the auction so we didn't do all of our diligence in advance.  However, we haven't been totally hosed by unknowns.  The city has a lien, not too bad, and the previous owner was dead over a year so we owe 2013 property taxes.  From what I understand this could have been a lot worse, but it would have been way more wise to know all of this before we bought it...lesson learned for next time.

Garvin is the name of the street that the house is one, it's a 2/1 and about 1,000 square feet. The same person lived in it since 1985 until he passed away in 2012.  It seems like his estate just let it go.  Enjoy our 'before' pics below!

View from the street

Close up view of the front

From the front, going to the left around the house

Continuing to the left, we have a power panel, a chimney for the gas fireplace,
coming up on the lovely AC unit

AC

This 'closet' has the hot water heater in it, you can also see the screened porch

View from the side street, the garage is on the far left, screened in porch and house.
The rail you see on the right is on our neighbor's house

View of the front from the drive way, the front door is under the stoop on this corner 

Front stoop from driveway

View of the garage from the driveway on the right side of the house

Overall the outside isn't in terrible shape, we need to clean out the gutters, replace some rotten wood and do a decent amount of yard work.  Next up, the insides.