Pictures!

Here are some shots from the ground at the property. You can click on any of the still shots if you want to see them bigger. Click on the "play" button to view video clips.

Here are shots of the burned out house that gives the project its name.


Below, you can see the old garage behind the house that has a dirt pit under it and a totally caved-in roof. (I envision a carriage house with an arts center in its place someday.) In the foreground of the first of these two shots is the parking area would be located.




The first video below is a panorama while standing on the front porch of the property. It shows the street and a peek of the view of Middletown Valley that would be stunning from the second/third floors of a house we'd build, and still nice enough in winter from the veranda.



Next is a video that shows a 360 degree pan of the front yard and neighbors. The firehouse is the long low yellowish brick building to the left of the house as you face the property that's the first shot of this video, then the Phoenix house, then, on its right is the Montessouri School building (which we think has gone bankrupt). Then you'll see the nice Victorian homes that face us across the street.



Here's a video of the back 8 acres. The houses you see first are existing neighbors. The green space is the start of the acreage, that goes WAY back. (What's not readily apparent is that from the main house, you'll be looking over these trees to Sugarloaf and associated hills in the background.) It's a lovely view.




And here's lastly, here's another video, this time a glimpse of the long "hidden valley" that's part of the back acreage (a southeastern exposure sloped rather steeply) that runs the length of the east side of the lot.



Stills of the back acreage:

Below are the building sites for the two lots behind the house. Confusingly, the fire house (already built) sits on Lot 1 (subdivided off the then 10-acre farm). The burned-out house is on Lot 2.

This is the site where one would build a house on Lot 3, if we ever subdivided (currently not the plan):


And this is the site for Lot 4, again, only if we ever subdivided:



Both of these face a nice steep slope down into the valley.