Second Empire Rehab in Gravois Park
Passers by this “home” on Compton near Cherokee can see the sky — literally!
But this is a good thing. This home, which has seen better days, is getting a new interior as well as a roof. The old rotten (and burned?) wood was hauled away as part of the rehab process.
I have no brilliant commentary to make about the project, I’m just glad to see it happening. Gravois Park has very few vacant lots and I hope that remains the case. Affordable rehab projects as well as habitable homes can be found in the neighborhood.
Compton is a regular north-south route for me when I am riding my scooter so I’ve been enjoying watching the progress on this well-proportioned home.
I walk by this home every day. I’ve always admired it and hoped it would get the attention it deserves. I’ll be happy to see it improve. It looks like someone has been doing some work on a house a few doors down as well.
I would be far more excited about this rehab (since my house shares the alley) if the construction company hadn’t been illegally burning their waste, and if they had a permit posted. The old wood has not been completely hauled away, but rather is sitting in the lot behind the house. I’m sure that this is something that they’ll deal with, but it’s really dismaying to see how little regard some of these companies have for the residents.
Amber, remember the Operation Brightside alley cleanup? This is one of the two rehabs that completely filled the alley with construction waste!