It seems like everything on this house is wearing out. The mortar on the brick is failing in many places, window sills in particular and the fascia and soffits are rotting. This one was particularly bad and had to be replaced. There was evidence of some leakage and some of the supporting structure needed to be replaced as evidenced by this soffit falling down. I replaced it with hardy siding boards. they are not as thick as the original boards which left some gaps between the soffit and the brick in some places.
I think the hardy plank looks pretty good. I even found an abandoned wire for a light and put in a box to install a light at a later time. The original soffit material had failed long ago and someone had covered over it with 1/4 inch plywood. I guess they didn't want to bother with the light. None of the spot lights have electrical boxes.
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