1470 Chapin St- Demo Begins

Demo is underway at 1470 Chapin St and the demo guys are working hard to get the place cleaned out. The first part of the job was to throw away all of the trash that the previous tenants left behind, which filled up almost two dumpsters. After that, we began tearing out all of the existing non-load bearing walls. Fortunately, the walls in the basement and first floor had been put up in the last 20 or so years, so they were sheetrock and not plaster. The plaster is messy, heavy and creates a ton of dust.


This is the demo on the first floor.



Lucky for us, the entire right wall is already exposed brick. We're going to keep a ton of this exposed in the hallway along the new steps.



This is the old stairway.



One of the best parts of this building is the existing courtyard on each floor. This lets in a ton of light in what will be the kitchen, middle BR and rear master bathroom. Right now, there's a huge tree which needs to be chopped down.



Another cool feature of this building is how much space there is behind the building. Right now, we have four cars parked and still room for an entire dumpster. In front of the dumpster, there's at least another 15 ft to the rear wall of the building. We're going to rebuild the decks, add grassy space, and still have room for four parking spots.