We're not going to take care of the garden ourselves. The previous owner
had a team of two gardeners who come once a week and we kept them on.
Yes, there are many large, mature trees. Also an incredibly prolific
Meyer lemon tree. A lot of rose bushes but all white. It's more like a
landscaped park than a flower garden. It even has an outdoor lighting
system for night use.
The previous owner didn't obey any water restrictions and the Sacramento
water department asked us to cut down, so we cut down 50%. Things are a
little droopy now, but would be better if the arrangement of the
sprinkler system were more effective. We're going to get some
landscaping people to look at the garden once we move in, move the
sprinklers or install a drip system, prune some trees, and maybe we'll
change gardeners. But that's not our first priority. I want to plant a
mandarin orange tree, which should flourish considering how well the
lemon tree is doing.
I will look into the Sacramento heritage housing for information. 1940s
is old for northern California, after all. Thanks for the suggestion.
Currently what information we have on remodels is from long-time neighbors.
Fran
Lavolta Press
www.lavoltapress.com
On 8/30/2015 2:16 PM, Patricia Dunham wrote:
Sounds MARVELOUS! We've been following American Bungalow magazine and the other
major Arts-n-Crafts-houses one (which I can never remember the name of!) for
quite a while now.
Since it's only the 40's, that's probably too recent for any Sacramento
heritage-housing organization to be interested in??? Such a group MIGHT have
info about the early days of your house. The Rehab Addict gal (HGTV) often
finds wonderful pictures of early days of her houses that way.
Hope you have some medium or bigger, drought-resistant trees to help with
microclimates and passive cooling! We have several maples and hazelnut trees
that help our (VERY) little 50s rancher a LOT that way. Also, 2-acre garden,
oy!
Best wishes!
chimene the envious, 8-)
On Aug 30, 2015, at 12:30 PM, Lavolta Press <[email protected]> wrote:
The seller did a lot of work to prepare for the sale, including a new roof,
and we now have estimates for all the indoor work we want to do. So I don't
think there will be any more expensive surprises.
The other surprises are kind of fun. The house is almost 5,000 square feet
(plus garage) and was built in the 40s as a Colonial Revival style. I grew up
in an area where there were plenty of real Colonial houses and see little
resemblance, unless you count wide hallways, and wide doorways to all the
public rooms. It could as easily be Mission, which is more the look we're
aiming at. Anyway, there have been a number of owners and each one has
remodeled the property in some significant way. We're not even sure how much
of the house is original and what was added on or when. We keep discovering
things. The other day a painting contractor who came to give an estimate
examined the drywall on the living room ceiling. He pointed out there were long
patches indicating that the ceiling once had ornamental Mission style beams
across it. I'd rather like to put beams in there now, but my husband refuses.
There is a family room next to it with an entirely wooden ceiling, massive (pr!
o!
bably) nonsupportive beams and all, so I suppose that will have to do.
We hadn't even really examined the grounds closely till recently. There are a
number of benches and things we may have to do something about at some point.
Fran
Lavolta Press
www.lavoltapress.com
On 8/30/2015 12:02 PM, WorkroomButtons.com wrote:
... BTW, for the few who are left in h-costume, I just wanted to say my
husband and I are cashing in our SF house, which we've owned for over 30
years, to take advantage of the local real estate boom. And we already
bought our dream house in the Sacramento area! We don't expect to move
in till sometime in the fall. We're having the house painted in Arts &
Crafts colors, oak flooring put into the few rooms that don't already
have it, and remodeling the kitchen with custom "mission" cabinets. And
some fixups here and there. There is a gorgeous garden (almost 2 acres),
but we recently discovered the sprinkler system needs to be moved and
part of the fence needs to be replaced . . . My sewing room is a huge
master bedroom with a separate large room (formerly an indoor swimming
pool, according to the neighbors), for use as a closet. There are two
other bedrooms plus a guest suite, so we don't need to sleep in it,
anyway for a bedroom it's absurdly large. So we are really excited.
We also need to buy more furniture, preferably antique, late 19th/early
20th century. Especially more bookcases. So if anyone knows of any
great antique stores in that area, email me!
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