Photo 35-MFR-10

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The barn here is gone and the rest of the outbuildings are in decay. The house remains.

Yes the barn is gone it was in horrible shape when we purchased the property we had no choice to tear it down. As for the other buildings we are trying to save what we can or rebuild like we did on the garage. The house is beautiful inside and in the near future will have siding and fresh paint. In the end we WILL have this place beautiful again.

Hello,
Is your family also farming on the property? We're glad you're family is taking on the task of bring this beautiful farm back to its old glory.

No our farm ground is down in Polk County. It is a slow process on getting the buildings back in order since some are in bad shape. Hopefully we will be done in a year or so. It’s sad we could not save the barn. The roof was already caved in by the time we purchased the property. Most of the wood inside was rotted as well. Was not safe at all.

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