Well, this is what the house looked like one year for Christmas. The front porch was open and lots of cold air from the lake would blow through the walls.
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So we decided to get the porch enclosed to cut off most of that North wind off the lake.
What mainly started off as a $2000 paint job on all trip and windows, turned out to be almost a $14,000 job that include a whole new roof.
The contractor pointed out all this rotten wood in the trim that had to be replaced before he could paint it.
The slate plates used as part of the siding was so old and crumbly, that it was falling off as they were replacing the trim on the side of the house. So we had the contractor tear that off to to replace and add on to the bill.
The same thing was happening on the east side of the house, rotten wood and slate falling off.
Who ever put the roof on before cut some corners in cost.
As you can see, the roofing material was done right onto the wood. The is clearly no roofing paper nor felt down before the laid the shingles down. Talk about cutting corner big time. This is on the south side of the house, which gets the most sun. We were surprised that it didn't do much damage with it not being done correctly.
Now the house is starting to look good with the new roof on in the back.
And you can see the trim and windows are done in the back.
Not too bad on the back side.
The enclosed porch got painted and so did the new trim they put up on the side.
What used to have slate for siding now has a nice new siding on to give it a better look.
Even up new siding up in the front part of the house. That has slate plates too that was used for siding.
The final new look. It cost a lot of money and ruined the summer time get aways; however, glad to spend the money now then years down the road when it might cost twice as much or have more damage done to the house.
Well, this is what the house looked like one year for Christmas. The front porch was open and lots of cold air from the lake would blow through the walls..jpg)
So we decided to get the porch enclosed to cut off most of that North wind off the lake.
.jpg)
What mainly started off as a $2000 paint job on all trip and windows, turned out to be almost a $14,000 job that include a whole new roof. 
The contractor pointed out all this rotten wood in the trim that had to be replaced before he could paint it.
The slate plates used as part of the siding was so old and crumbly, that it was falling off as they were replacing the trim on the side of the house. So we had the contractor tear that off to to replace and add on to the bill.
The same thing was happening on the east side of the house, rotten wood and slate falling off.
Who ever put the roof on before cut some corners in cost. 
As you can see, the roofing material was done right onto the wood. The is clearly no roofing paper nor felt down before the laid the shingles down. Talk about cutting corner big time. This is on the south side of the house, which gets the most sun. We were surprised that it didn't do much damage with it not being done correctly.
Now the house is starting to look good with the new roof on in the back.
And you can see the trim and windows are done in the back.
Not too bad on the back side.
The enclosed porch got painted and so did the new trim they put up on the side.
What used to have slate for siding now has a nice new siding on to give it a better look.
Even up new siding up in the front part of the house. That has slate plates too that was used for siding.
The final new look. It cost a lot of money and ruined the summer time get aways; however, glad to spend the money now then years down the road when it might cost twice as much or have more damage done to the house.
