Home Renovation Adventures

Newburgh’s newest homeowners Jon and Nadéne at 45 Henry have been super busy fixing up their new home. They have been doing renovations all over the home. One project that is coming together full swing is their bathroom.

They refinished this claw foot tub that took 4 guys to get up the stairs.

Jon is completing this custom vanity of reclaimed fir that will eventually have a white marble top.

Here is the most recent update. It looks amazing, doesn’t it?

All photos © Jonathan Beer

Are you fixing up your house in Newburgh? If so, I want to feature you!

Newburgh Restoration is looking for submissions for Home Renovation Adventures and Before and After façade projects of homes in the City of Newburgh. These types of posts serve as a catalyst for those contemplating restoring their own home and it also brings revitalization efforts to the forefront. If you would like to inspire others to make change, email me.

More details of what I am looking for:

Home Renovation Adventures:
If you are fixing up your home and would like to share your progress with others please contact me. Just email me photos and a brief the work that is being done. You can email me new photos as your work progresses. This is a series, so please take us along for the ride.

Before and After:
This a little bit trickier. I need a picture of your home before work was done and after. Please email me photos and a brief description of the work that was done.

You never know who you might inspire!

There are some new home renovators and a new blog in Newburgh. It’s called 45 Henry. You might remember that the home was featured here on NR in May on real estate Fridays. Jon and Nadene are wasting no time fixing up their 7,000 sq ft Queen Anne Victorian brick home in the Heights. The couple hails from Brooklyn. They are both painters and had decided they were over city life after living there over 8 years. Why did they choose Newburgh anyway? Jon says:

“To be honest, it started because of Detroit. It was sometime during 2013 that Detroit was getting a lot of press as a city for artists – one where they could afford to live and work in spaces that needed a miracle. The idea of being able to purchase a house or a warehouse for tens of thousands of dollars was very inciting. After weeks of talking non-stop about moving there Nadene had enough. “We aren’t moving to Detroit.”

Those words were what did it. In a dusty corner of my mind, I remembered hearing about Newburgh from a gallerist. We did a little research on a gray January day and soon after that we were coming up every weekend to look at houses. We fell in love right away.”

45 Henry was not the first home they saw. They also were considering the Arno. But that property deemed to be too great a task needing way more work than they could handle. The thousands of dead bees and 40 missing radiators was a huge deterrent.

Eventually the couple fell in love with 45 Henry. It was overwhelming for them to go from a 400 sq ft apartment to 7,000 sq ft house but we are so glad to see they are transitioning well into their new homeowner role. Their magnificent Hudson River views from the top floor probably make it all worth it. Having a new Newburgh home renovation blog will surely inspire others who want to do the same. Make sure to follow their website and Instagram account.

All photos (c) Jon Beer via Instagram and 45 Henry

Frank recently just bought his first home in the City of Newburgh on 1st Street. As he began his house search he had no idea that he would have a connection with one of the homes on his list. In his words:

In 2014 I found myself in a position to purchase my first home. With all of the areas I considered, I decided to look in Newburgh for a number of reasons with location and cost being the more important factors. Finding my home was a bit of an accident. I ended up purchasing it from a family friend while having my car serviced at their shop. Conversation began with a dog she rescued while living there. I told her I was looking for a home and that’s when she mentioned hers was for sale. As fate would have it, it was the 3rd house on my list and exactly what I was looking for… There was something about it that really grabbed me. Such a great energy and history… As soon as I walked in I knew it was the one.

Now 3 months into homeownership Frank has been busy renovating his first home, painting walls and doing landscaping. He plans on doing modest renovations to the bathroom and kitchen, and would also like to finish the basement, add a garage, pave the driveway and paint the exterior of the home. Frank says that “fortunately, it was a loved home by the previous owners, so it doesn’t need anything extreme. My goal is to make it fit my personality a bit more while preserving the 100 year old charm as well starting by business in the city of Newburgh.”

We are super excited for you Frank and can’t wait to see more on your Home Renovation Adventures!

Have your own home renovation adventures in the City of Newburgh that you would like to share? Your own before and after? Email me!