Home as purchased
We purchased a 1.5 storey wartime home, built during 1943 in Edmonton's beautiful Ritchie neighborhood, with the goal of creating a beautiful, energy efficient, and cost effective home in a mature community. We wanted to prove first-hand that retrofitting can be a viable option, as compared to knock-down & building new.
Our plan was to do most of the work ourselves, which would allow us to learn as much as possible and to also improve the project economics. The general plan was to first retrofit the interior, then move in, and then retrofit the exterior, following Harold Orr’s chainsaw style process. We targeted an 80% reduction in energy consumption, before & after.
Here are some photos of the home as we purchased it, and took possession May 15, 2013:
