{"id":449174,"date":"2022-01-26T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/?p=449174"},"modified":"2022-01-26T14:00:11","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T19:00:11","slug":"bed-stuy-brooklyn-wood-frame-renovation-rebuild-extension-match-brick-broken-roof-beams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/interiors-renovation\/bed-stuy-brooklyn-wood-frame-renovation-rebuild-extension-match-brick-broken-roof-beams\/","title":{"rendered":"This Ugly House: We Rebuild Crumbling Extension, Spruce Up Rear to Let in More Light"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editor\u2019s note: Welcome to the third installment of This Ugly House, a reader renovation diary. We\u2019re excited to publish this tale of a hands-on renovation of a wood-frame house in Bed Stuy. The author also blogs at www.thisuglyhousenyc.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

One of the selling points for my family and me when we bought this house was the existing rear extension. It takes our row house beyond the 35-foot depth another 18 feet. The extension is 12 feet wide and two stories tall. That extra 432 square feet was a bonus, plus it added so much depth and possibilities for how we could reconfigure the space. <\/p>\n

But something about it was a little off. The rear door to the backyard had a boxed-over header at 70 inches high. I had to duck my head every time I went through it. There were also wide cracks in the exterior stucco and a bulge protruding out from the first-floor rear wall. The roof was caving in so bad it looked like a potato chip. Of course, there was so much sheetrock built up throughout the interior, we couldn’t tell how far gone the structure already was.<\/p>\n %<\/span><\/span> | %<\/span><\/a> | %<\/span><\/a> | %<\/span><\/a> | %<\/span><\/a> | %<\/span><\/a> | %<\/span><\/a> Single Page<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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