Having running hot water is true civilization.
The house is an old one. Great bones but the last "remuddling" crew to come through really did a hack job. The bathroom has the stud wall and cedar siding on the inside — there were sawmills on the island at that time and it was cheap. Whomever first plumbed the bathroom put down some 1/8" thick asphalt impregnated board on top of the cedar and that was perfectly fine for the shower stall. I am assuming that there was a metal stall for the actual shower.
The bozo who "upgraded" the bathroom nailed down drywall on top of the asphalt board (not even waterproof drywall) and then put some kind of formica on top. Fiberglass tub with a plastic laminate for the walls. Needless to say, I was able to pull the drywall out by hand chunks at a time. Whomever did the work cashed their check years ago and they are long gone. Grrrrrr...
Putting this place on the market in a few months - definitely a fixer-upper but gorgeous lot and you can not fault the view from the porch:
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