When we closed on our house in Rincon, the owner gave us an envelope with some pictures of the wood house during its construction and when it was just finished. We think it was built around 1990 based on what we’ve heard and a diary we found left in the house written by the previous owner. These pictures are pretty cool, so I thought I would share them with you so you can get an idea of what it looked like fresh and new.

Unpainted and no windows but pretty much the same otherwise

The house during construction from the road

Look how fresh the deck was! (And the cute puppy!)

Upstairs bedroom during construction

Living room area during construction

Looking toward the kitchen and back bedroom

The house shortly after it first went for sale (2001)

What’s really surprising is how well it has lasted over 20+ years! It does need a new roof and a new deck for sure, but otherwise, everything that was protected from the rain has stayed remarkably well-preserved. It definitely could look at least this good again, and I think Britton and I have pretty good “vision” for properties, so we could make it even cooler. It’s kind of fun looking at old pictures like this and thinking about what we were doing in elementary school at that time. And how our life paths merged to this point. Kind of neat.