I recently purchased this home for my mother to live in. I have been issued a “stop work order” because I am fixing the stucco. This means I will have to spend thousands of dollars and months to prepare documentation for a group of people to tell me that it is ok to cover the crumbling unoriginal spray-on stucco. This is why my mother will have to live in a house that looks abandoned.
Below are side by side photos of when I purchased the home and its current state. Lets analyze:
Lets analyze what I’ve done. At the end of the day the community should be the judge.
I have removed the un-original boards on the windows. (Maybe they thought I was deterring from the home by doing that).
Peeled away insecure, and crumbling portions of the horrendous spray-on stucco. (This is to get a consistent non-cracking finish coat in the end)
Taken great care to restore the original windows. (Most people remove these for efficiency reasons, however they are too special).
Exposed a beautiful brick header at the top of parapets, base coarse, and window sills. The intention here is to create contrast and highlight the original construction that has since been covered with spray-on stucco.
Began removing paint from stone stem walls. (Both to create contrast and highlight original construction).
Removed original rain downspouts to have them measured and re-built in the same exact way without spray-on stucco.