2015 Interior Rehabilitation Award winner
The Interior Rehabilitation Award is presented for the most impressive interior restoration project in Old town Noblesville.
The work the Landresses have undertaken on their 122-year-old Queen Anne style Victorian is phenomenal. It proves them to be true caretakers who are seeking to preserve this grande dame for future generations. Great job, and good luck with your continued efforts!
More on the rehab, in Anita’s words:
“We pretty much gutted the home, taking down many walls that had been added over the years, removing the drop ceilings, which were hiding amazing tin ceilings, completely rewiring, re-plumbing and correcting many structural & safety issues, while trying to preserve as many of the original features as possible. We were able to save quite a bit of money by incorporating many items that we found at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore. My husband drew up the original plans, and I have been acting as contractor on our project, pulling my own permits and hiring local tradesmen to do most of the work which we were not able to do ourselves or did not have the time to do. I was very flattered
when my subcontractors told me that I know more about building than most any other home owner that they have
ever dealt with.
Even though it needs much more work to put our Humpty Dumpty back together again, and after almost a year, we were finally able to move into our home November 2014. It is discouraging that it is not completely finished, but at the same time very satisfying and exciting to see the progress that we have made to restore this beauty to some of her
former glory.”
