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By Marie
@Tampa_girl7 (52183)
United States
March 6, 2025 4:42pm CST
It’s been forever since I’ve done more than one post in a day. I thought I’d go on and show the back of the home. It is built into the ground , so from the front the upper floor is street level. We haven’t done much in the back, but did tear down rusty shed and put a new deck up. The inside of the home was so horrid that we will finish up the yard last. We need to make under the deck look better.
I hope that you all have had a good day. We are getting ready to have dinner…Bratwurst, sauerkraut and baked beans.
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@RasmaSandra (83726)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
6 Mar
Your having a kind of dinner I always enjoyed. Glad things are going well but I don't see a picture. Best of luck to you. OK I can see the photo I love what your home looks like and nice place to sit back and relax,
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@Tampa_girl7 (52183)
• United States
6 Mar
Sorry that you don’t see it. It’s on my screen. Maybe it will show for you later.
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@RasmaSandra (83726)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
6 Mar
@Tampa_girl7 no i do see the photo and I love what the place looks like.
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@Deepizzaguy (108370)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
6 Mar
I am doing the best I can to enjoy my day working at home sharing news stories and completing surveys.
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@Deepizzaguy (108370)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
7 Mar
@Tampa_girl7 My pleasure to share them here.
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@allknowing (143426)
• India
8 Mar
@Tampa_girl7 You have put in a lot of thought into it
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@Juliaacv (52924)
• Canada
6 Mar
You have really improved the look of the back of the home.
We had a deck like that, and I planted some hostas and sedum under there, and they look after themselves, and it was good green groundcover that looked cleaner and better than the dirt alone did.
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@Tampa_girl7 (52183)
• United States
7 Mar
That’s a good idea. Not sure what we will do. Not quite sure ready yet.
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@DaddyEvil (145283)
• United States
6 Mar
I would have made under the deck storage space and never had the shed in the back yard. It looks a lot better without the shed and with the makeover you've done back there. 
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@Tampa_girl7 (52183)
• United States
7 Mar
@DaddyEvil I think it would be fine as long as we don’t go all the way back.
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@Tampa_girl7 (52183)
• United States
7 Mar
Under the deck is sloped up hill. We have thought of trying to make some kind of storage, but can’t go very far under.
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@DaddyEvil (145283)
• United States
7 Mar
@Tampa_girl7 Oh, I see... Would it make the house walls unstable if you dug our a room under there?
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@Tampa_girl7 (52183)
• United States
7 Mar
We sure are trying to make it look better. 
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@GardenGerty (162951)
• United States
7 Mar
Dinner sounds yummy. I had been explaining to Bob that my grandparents house that they built in Arkansas was along these lines. You could park and come in at ground level into the kitchen/dining areas. The front of their house and a screened in porch were elevated above ground level as it was built into a hill. They actually could park lawn equipment and such under the porch. You will have a lovely time when you are finally there.
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@Tampa_girl7 (52183)
• United States
8 Mar
I think these types of homes are more common in certain places. I like that it is cooler in the hot months in certain rooms in the ground.
@Tampa_girl7 (52183)
• United States
7 Mar
No, we will go there in about 3 weeks.
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@kareng (71982)
• United States
7 Mar
@Tampa_girl7 Got cha! I thought I missed a post where ya'll had taken off!
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@RebeccasFarm (93533)
• United States
7 Mar
I really love all the work you guys have done..it is so lovely.
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@MarieCoyle (42475)
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7 Mar
I personally know how much work it took to do what all you have done to make it better and look so nice. I love the porch.
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@Tampa_girl7 (52183)
• United States
7 Mar
Thank you. Yes, it is a lot of work. Some trips one project doesn’t even get finished and we have to wait for the next trip to finish.
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@MarieCoyle (42475)
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7 Mar
@Tampa_girl7
Oh, I know, restoring and remodeling are so time consuming. It's definitely a labor of love.
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@snowy22315 (187362)
• United States
7 Mar
I like it! Your dinner sounds good too I feel your excitement about your new home
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@Tampa_girl7 (52183)
• United States
7 Mar
Yes, part of the downstairs is in the mountain.
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@Tampa_girl7 (52183)
• United States
7 Mar
It really is and even though it is in the city we see deer.
