18-Baywood walkaround Gallery / 01a_ax-St-near

This is probably the best view to show the double windows that are over the sink in the kitchen. This is also a small room, not more than a hallway. It faces the neighbor's property (he wants to build a fence), and needs most of the repairs to the house. It needs a redoing of the entire sink area, possibly new cabinets, and possibly new appliances. The floor might or might not be OK. To the left of the refrigerator in the floor plan is the entrance to the bathroom. Hence kitchenette and bath will probably be worked on as one unit. The main thing is to stabilize the plumbing, get wiring up to code, and secure and sanitize the building. The needed roofwork and rodent/pest control must be done also as a primary function so that the building is dry to work in. But it looks like most of the health hazards that were a result of poor housekeeping were centered in these rooms (kitchenette & bath) with debris thrown around the rest of the house. But I can not extrapolate about this as there have been at least 3 other people that have bid on the house and might have done some initial attempts at cleaning before giving up. Also the lady might have been in the middle of a massive "look-through" for something when the relative visited unannounced and started the process that resulted in the city condemning the house and removing the owner and then taking ownership for a year or so of back taxes. The stove and refrigerator probably will need to be replaced. I am not so certain about how much I would use an oven. There might be some sense in an electric cook-top that could be plugged into a dedicated receptacles and put on the kitchen counter for such an occasional usage. If there is room and such I could use the microwave/convection oven I have and that would take care of my occasional usage of an oven to bake cookies, etc. About 99.5% of all my cooking needs are with the microwave nowadays. I would only use the hot-plate for soup or tea, or maybe frying something. That would mean that a small table (such as I already own) could be placed there. The table I have can be rolled out into the center of the room and has two fold down leaves and stores 4 folding wooden chairs in it. Hence it would be (with leaves folded) enough for normal usage, one leaf up to eat, and two leaves up for company, placing it in the middle of the kitchen area, or against the wall as the previous owners had. The point is that with the removal of the stove (or placing it down cellar) we could free up space and remove obstacles to a through passage. There are lots of possibilities. One person said the kitchen is so small, but I thought about it and the space is about the same as a kitchen/dining area in many homes, it just is that this is only the 9x7 foot area that the appliances are in. It is a u shaped functionality and I am suggesting a "L" shaped functionality by replacing the stove with a table for eating/study, etc. Then I might want to install more cupboard space.

The house at 18 Baywood, Kitchenette Floor Plan