Historical Summer 2015 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
The long vacant home on the 5800 block of DeGiverville is receiving a complete overhaul. Damaged by fire in February 2006, the home at 5859 DeGiverville sat vacant and open to the elements due to an absent owner. Eric Trudo, long-time resident of the 5900 block and a firefighter with the Rescue Squad at the St. Louis Fire Department, purchased the home to rehab in the fall of 2013. Mr. Trudo has worked under other rehabbers over the years in the neighborhood.
He felt it was time to take on his own project.
He picked a tough one exercising all his experience with Skinker DeBaliviere homes.
He wanted to better the block and make sure it was correctly returned to its proper glory. Rehabbing the home has been a challenge, well beyond even the typical gut-rehab.
The home needed substantial interior and exterior tuckpointing, numerous floor joist replacements, and a complete rebuild of the stairs from basement to third floor.
The third floor bump-out required tie-backs.
His goal for the project is to create a home that is “calm, cool, and creative.” Financial challenges correlate with structural ones.
The remodel qualified for both Missouri Historic and Neighborhood Preservation Tax Credits. Without them the building may have become yet another empty lot for who knows how long.
The Skinker DeBaliviere Community Housing Corporation is the developer and provided construction financing for the project. SDCHC had worked for years to put the house in good hands. Thanks to this team effort, the biggest eyesore on the block (and the neighborhood) is becoming one of the best homes. Recent home purchasers including myself have bought on the block in spite of it, and we are excited to see it brought back to life.
The home has all new systems, 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, 2nd floor laundry, a 3rd floor landing, restored fireplaces, historic trim work, a great view of Hamilton Elementary School, and is 2600 square feet.
The probable asking price is $290,000. Mr. Trudo hopes to have it ready by the end of June.
He can be contacted at 314-660-1523. Stop by for a look!
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5859 De Giverville undergoing rehabilitation. Descriptive caption supplied.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, Summer 2015.
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