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My Home Construction Projects Over The Years

1951 - 6 years Old

"Over the Years one of my Hobbies since Childhood has
Been Building various structures...for Fun, not as a job!"

My earliest was a little Playhouse built against the back fence
in my parents backyard that bordered Parkers property.

It was built with materials scavenged from new houses still
being built in our development in the early 1950's.

It was a about 3 ft wide by 8 ft long by 4 ft high,
complete with a Swinging wood door, Sliding Wood windows.
I had a nice waterproof roof with tarpaper and Shingles.

When Friends of mine saw my little Playhouse, they asked
their fathers if they would help built ones for them.

Well it turned out to be an all out competition between
those two families, building larger and larger till one
was 12ft by 12ft and Two stories high in their backyard!

Well with all the noise those Fathers and Sons made building
these monster size Playhouses Using Power saws and such.....
3 old ladies that lived down on the other side of the Biggest
one called the Building Department !!!

So that was the End of the Playhouses including Mine !

They made us tear Them down !

During the Same period of time, about a dozen of us boys in
the neighborhood had been busy building a massive Tree house in
a very old and large Mango tree, in an heavily wooded and
undeveloped part of the housing development. I mean LARGE..
there again being built with materials being scavenged from new
houses still being built in our development. We found Tables, chairs,
rugs and other household items that our families let us have.

Ours Looked a lot like this one

It was a great fun place!

All was fine for about 7 months till the contractors came with
bulldozers to level the area for new houses ! They stopped and
looked at this massive Tree house and thought that someone was
indeed living there. They suspected we had built it after a while
and when they caught a couple of us in it one day. They were nice
about it and let us remove the household items and other stuff
before they finished clearing the area....

Those were the Good Old Days.

1955 - 10 Years Old

Well it was a few more years before I got to work on a new
Building project. This time it was with a neighbor on our street
who was building a 12 by 20 Workshop, with a City permit, in his
Backyard. I could not get out of school fast enough to get home
to work with him. It turned out to be fine little workshop.

After 50 years that Workshop Building is still there !

1961 - 16 Years Old

During my 10th Grade High School years, A man starting
building a complete House on a vacant lot about a block away
from my house. Well, myself and good friend Pete, spent many
hours, days, helping him complete the house. We learned alot!

Fast Forward to 1975 - 30 Years Old

I am now Married, with one Son and one on the way.
RCA shuts it's doors and I get a nice large severance check
and we can afford to buy our first house.

5538 Forest Hill Blvd, West Palm Beach, Florida
$25,000 for a 900sqft - 2 Bedroom & 1 Bath

"Well let the Hammer and Saws loose again !"

The Wife starting a small garden

Getting My first lawn mover put together

Well the Son wants a sandbox to play in !

And the Wife wants a small Gazebo and a Swing !

The Wife relaxing.. but where's the swing ?

Well now that I have a Lawn Mover and Yard tools where do I
store them.. And also I need a fence around the yard to help
keep my boy out of the traffic...

Bud Time !

Well, the Store Room and Fence Finished.... and things put away
It was a good thing I put Air vents in the store room, because
a week later on the weekend, I go into the store room to get
something, And out flies the neighbors Cat...
He never went in there again !

1976

Well, with a new Daughter born in May, Its time to start
building a 3rd bedroom onto this small house.

Now, with Building Plans and a Building Permit.. Let the Fun Begin !

There had been a small Block Store Room build by the
pervious owner... It had to go for the new Bedroom.

Out come the Windows and Block them Up

Foundation Poured and Finished

Putting the Walls up

Walls up, Tie Beam Poured and Roof Dried in

Roof Ready to be Tarred and Rocked

Our 1 year old Daughter Janice in the Finished Bedroom
See the Fan... No A/C in this House !

Access to the Kitchen is through the Door on the Left and Access
through the Laundry room to rest of the House is on the Right

After 4 more Owners.. the House on October 31, 2009
New Windows, Carport Enclosed and My Storeroom still there!

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