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Page: 4Restoration of the front door. Carpeting in the front bedroom. Walk-in closet in the primary bedroom, going in and going out. Stairs to the third floor, looking up and looking down. Work on the oriel window, front gable. Work on the west gable.
At least on the east end of the building. The COVID warning signs about social distancing and limiting passengers to two at a time are gone from the elevator, but only at the east end of the building. The signs in the elevator in the west end of the building remain in place.
A peek, inside and out, at 287-289 Sargeant.
Came into the office today to discover that the landlord has given us a suite number! This was unexpected, but hopefully it will help with mail delivery down the line.
Ken Johnson, executive director of NINA, on the left, and Krish Naraine, principal of Vintage Home Restoration, on the right. Krish is the lead contractor on this project, doing most of the exterior and interior rehabilitation. NINA will do some of the historic finish work, such as the decorative wood work in the porch gable, seen here directly above Ken and Krish. This partnership was brought together by the Hartford Land Bank, which transferred the property to NINA as the locally eligible community development corporation. NINA then partnered with Vintage Home Restoration to do the work on the house, while NINA focuses on 847 Asylum Avenue. This is Vintage Home Restoration’s first foray into historic rehabilitation.
Work on the front of the house; detail of front deck, 287; living room, 287; bedroom, 287; kitchen, 287; rear of house with new back deck; kitchen, 289 (second floor); dining room, 289 (second floor); view from bedroom into bathroom, 289 (second floor); living room, 289 (second floor); parlor, 289 (second floor); front room looking in, 289 (third floor); front room looking out, 289 (third floor); bedroom, 289 (third floor); laundry room, 289 (third floor).
Dining room looking northwest; foyer looking northwest; porch stairs and railing; back yard; rear of house with new back porch.
Plus a shot of the exterior painting.
The van turning left onto Asylum Avenue (westbound) has a green arrow, but it can only squeak through.
Mostly interiors, with a couple of shots of and in the garage out back.
