On the way home from the West Virginia YSA conference my phone took me off 79 and up route 19 instead which brought me past the cemetery where my grandparents are buried. I was in the wrong lane to stop there when I noticed it but when I reached my grandma's street I decided to turn in and check out her house. I knew from previous visits they had ripped out all the trees and bushes and changed the double front doors to a single black one but this time they'd done even more. They got rid of the upper balcony (which I assume means they expanded the master bedroom into that area) and changed the upper siding to brown. I really wanted to go take a closer look but an SUV was down in the driveway so I just took a picture and left.
I wish I had a before picture so you could see how much it changed from seven years ago when she died and it was sold. The price has probably gone up $100,000 by now, it was priced really low because it was out of style and could use new carpets and such. I'd really like to see what they've done to the insides, maybe someday I'll have the courage to peak in windows. I thought I might at least have a picture of the house after they ripped out the bushes and trees, but I didn't have room on my phone for as many pics back then so I deleted things once they were uploaded to Facebook. I'll have to see if I can link a pic from there next time I'm on a computer.
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