" Built in 1871 this is one of the earlier houses in the elmwood historic district it's in the carpenter -- and although it was abused on the inside by many remodeling the outside isn't very good condition it has all the original detailing of that carpenter gothic style and inside there were still three beautiful fireplaces one of them sports -- and tile imported from England installed there in the 1880s but Luke and Jane driver who have owned the house for ten years have lived with a terrible floor plan and that included. Bathroom in the kitchen they're aspiration is to have a nice new modern kitchen that they can use for their growing family."

" So we don't like about our kitchen as it's too small for a family of four. And as you can see we have these older cabinets is very little storage space. And we don't have any upper cabinets when we have a pot rack here which really isn't efficient for our needs."

" And the storage space is really bad in the kitchen. Basically all we have -- this entry which is really inconvenient to go in and out of and microwave oven is in hair so it's a constant going back and forth. Just really bad storage. The appliances are all old. The stove vents that beautiful and it's really neat looking but it's really difficult to light there's no ventilation. When we do any cooking. And get under here with a match. -- to London."

" So we bought the house it was divided into four apartments and consequently. We wound up with a bathroom in our kitchen so we'd like to do is tear this all out. And we're going to. Open it up to be part of the dining room and there will be long kitchen peninsula here. And this whole space here will be reclaimed as well and that's going to be where the cooktop will be and we'll have a hood here. And then that will be open so when people are eating here at the dining room table. They can talk to people that are standing in the kitchen."

" Because of the house being divided up into four apartments wooden body at this kitchen floors are real mishmash of different materials as conceal this year there -- a lot of scenes metal plates. It's is going to be impossible just -- sand and save it."

" And we have a beautiful. Combination of mahogany and tiger oak in the dining rooms would like to do -- to preserve this floor. And install a floor in the kitchen that will complement the dining room floor. Right."

" Luke let me interrupt you OK. That's fair that's a lot of demolition you've gotten that Helen that it takes. I took me about a week of vacation time you took your vacation to do them as straight ahead that's great any surprises when you own them -- stuff while few surprises we noticed that a lot of the lumber it's -- conceit. Was utilized in and I can so right behind you on the wall there look at that green board -- look at all the other what's the that's not -- that just means that it's recycled lumber from making that anyone. It could have been used in a previous structure making that -- raking or. But it's in good shape that's right almost like Archos civil older buildings yeah. And then there's all sorts of other stuff that is still have to be taken down like the plumbing stacks and the like right but the floor here in the middle of the floor letters -- okay."