Christina's mother Carol came to visit us for a few days, we toured the historic uptown area, lewis & Clark caverns, & Glacier National park.

Christina in the caverns

Carol & I at Glacier.











One of our duplexes, This one in the middle of a conciderable renovation. The lower unit is getting a compleate brand new bathroom, electrical & plumbing system. I have already removed teh rod iron fence from the front, & the red paint is primer on the sections of wood that the paint was stripped off. The Stairs need work & will include metal handrailings.


The basement access in the back yard had alot of rot & was caving in. It took 1 man nearly 3 days to dig the hole out(was still cheaper than renting a backhoe)


Our Newest property

As you can see it is a very large clean up project, But the neighbor gave us teh building for free, & government saw it fit to give us grant $ for the clean up. ChaChing!
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View from the roof.





Here is what remains of the third floor, We'll have to take this section down by hand. The west side wall will be trimed up & remain freestanding. The roof will replaced over the colapsed section, & the 2nd floor replaced. The first floor (4,000 sf.) will be used as retail space. The basement is a parking garage for the Imperial Block, & tentants of this building. The 2nd floor will be made into 4 1,000 sq foot high end luxury appartments with a community roof access, deck, BBQ, spa & garden area.


The demolition of both the 2nd & 3rd floors is now pretty much compleate. (Each of teh upper floor windows is just under 7 feet in height)

Small temporary art gallery, in one of the store fronts.