Our house in Sudbury is FOR SALE -
Yup – our historic home, after extensive renovations, is now for sale.
Our home is a historic landmark in Sudbury, the “John B. Goodnow” house (hmmmm – the town library is the “Goodnow Library” – wondering if a relative – YES).
Our goal during the restoration is that this remains feeling like an old house, but it is brought up to 21st century standards.
Close to Sudbury Schools:
- Short walk through a park (with a pond) to the elementary school.
Maybe 200 yards max. - One mile (on sidewalks) to the middle school.
- Exactly one mile (on sidewalks) to the high school.
We Retained:
- Wide pine floors – some boards are 20 inches wide
- Original plaster where possible (a great look)
- Original doors with original hinges and mortised locks (but stripped of their lead paint)
- Original trim, picture rails, crown molding…
- Original antique windows – antique “wavy” glass.
As many as possible – all moved to be facing the street. Other windows kept same profile. - Original building profile – no McMansion but a real antique house.
- Kept the 6.5 acres of land (with a stream!) intact as one parcel
To bring up to 21st century standards:
- Replaced the original single bathroom, and added another full and half bath.
The new master bath has to be seen to be believed.
The tile floors are heated – really welcome in the morning… - Replaced & Enlarged the kitchen – hickory cabinets with granite counter tops.
The tile floors are heated on their own zone.
Really nice to take the chill off. - Replaced ALL the wiring – brand new service from the street using latest building code.
- Ethernet network wiring in many of the rooms – great for streaming Netflix into the family room without worrying about sharing the WiFi.
- Replaced ALL the plumbing and the boiler with an ultra-efficient “double condensing” stainless steel “Munchkin” – even computer controlled !
Oh yes, there are now 7 zones of heating.
All the tile floors are heated – each on their own zone.
Kept the historic radiators where possible. - Smoke and CO detectors – 18 of them, all wired together (well, a mixed blessing when you burn something in the kitchen…)
- “Sister’d” the main roof rafters for reinforcement to meet building code.
- Replace all the roofs – a full tear-off.
- Replaced all the cedar siding – that made the insulation, wiring, and lead-issues a lot easier to deal with. Simply replaced all the siding, and cedar is soooo nice.
- The driveway is a new asphalt installation, topped with a historic looking “chip seal”.
Basically, it LOOKS like gravel, but that gravel is not going anywhere – it is embedded into a top layer of asphalt.
The result – it looks historic, but it is still a modern construction that will be headache free for years. - The driveway is also designed to allow an easy “3-point turn”. No backing into traffic.
Give it a look:
- on Google maps
- on Coldwell Banker