My wife recently bought our "new" home in The Village, from an uncle. I need some advice on how to handle the under-roof/top floor ceiling area.
The house was hit by a small tornado around 2002 and never fully repaired. You can see by the images that two sides of the upper structure need their windows reset. I figure I'll do this to match the other windows (traditional windows with screen insets) and then paint the upper story wood so that it all looks the same color.
But, I don't know enough about construction to figure out what to do with the area below the roof, that gap between the roof and upper story ceiling. It does not appear to be built right, originally. I do not plan to air-condition it, so completely enclosing the ceiling won't be required.
I want to do the repairs as cheaply as possible. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated, along with your estimate of the cost.