I forgot about the woodwork. That house I was talking about that got gutted was filled with all that beautiful wookwork. It was all torn out and filled with regular modern sheet rock and trim. It was very very sad to see.
Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 4, 2016, at 6:55 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > That would have been a very cool house. > > I restored/renovated an old Victorian (1884), was not a "high" Victorian but > still had some style. My neighbor around the corner still lives in an 1850s > Victorian that was pretty much all original inside except for a 1950s kitchen > redo and a new bathroom she put in but the old original bathroom is still > there as is all the woodwork, plaster, etc. It had some minimal electrical > installed probably in the 20s, she had a few new circuits run but that is all > mostly "original" too. It is an amazing gorgeous house. The town was full > of them as the first "commuter" railroad was built up to the town from Boston > in the 1850s so wealthy people bought lots there and built houses starting > about that time period. If you drive around the town you can see the > original farm houses from the 1600-1700s which had maybe 10 acres or so, then > the subsequent houses of different eras where the land was subdivided over > the next 300-400 years. > > Right after I finished school and got a real job, a buddy said we should go > look at this row house in Charlestown MA (across the river from Boston) that > was up near the top of Bunker Hill. The first floor had been carved up into > 3 or 4 little rathole apartments but the 2nd and 3rd floors were still pretty > much original though they each had a kitchen and bathroom installed at some > point to make them separate apartments. Guy wanted $70k for it, which was a > fair chunk of change but running the numbers it made some sense. The scheme > was to keep the 1st floor apts for some rental income while we redid the 2nd > and 3rd floors into condos we each would then have, live in one while redoing > the other, then moving into the new one, then redo the first floor and sell > it as a condo. Problem was there was no parking except on the street and it > was a bit rough area with all the Townies being ignernt so I passed. Fast > forward to present day, This Old House has redone buildings in that area, and > condos as we were going to do are going for $1M+. Sigh... > > --R > >> On 4/4/16 5:28 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: >> Not long after we were married, we had the opportunity to buy an Andrew >> Carnegie library built in the 1930s in the neighborhood where the wife grew >> up. Beautiful place, brick exterior with columns, huge interior, etc. Here >> is a link to a Street view of it on the right: >> >> https://www.google.com/maps/@39.4816306,-86.0526114,3a,75y,270h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s304l4nek7OJ4GpnO5H0Gbw!2e0!7i3328!8i1664!6m1!1e1 >> >> City wanted to sell it and couldn’t find a buyer for over two years. The >> price in 1980 dollars was $40,000. It was in great physical shape and was a >> huge space inside, with the main floor being pretty much one giant open room >> and the lower level being separate rooms with a big kitchen in one of them. >> >> Wife wouldn’t go for it. A few months later the city sold it to a developer >> who made $150k condos out of it. >> >> Dan >> >> >>> On Apr 4, 2016, at 12:15 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes >>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> Boy I would sure love to hear some Wilton stories about restoring mansions. >>> I have always wanted to do that. In fact many years ago we had the chance >>> to buy an old mansion like house that belonged to a local dr. Was an early >>> 1900s was not Victorian, but it slips the mind what style they called it. >>> Colonial maybe. We could have picked it up for something like 60k, had the >>> loan all lined out etc but for whatever reason we didn't do it. It's main >>> issues were pluming to the upstairs bathroom. >>> Several years before that there was and old Victorian that was for sale for >>> a long time that belonged to a school teacher that died. At the time is was >>> pretty much original, had all original hardwood floors all thru the house, >>> original interior walls, bathrooms and such. I think it got down to like >>> $85k and was finally sold. This was in the late 90s when I knew nothing >>> about buying real estate. Whoever bought it completely gutted the interior. >>> I mean completely gutted, all interior walls torn out, everything. It went >>> back on the market I think they got foreclosed on or something. I went and >>> saw it then. A few years later it was back on the market after somebody had >>> completely redone it. We went and looked at it and it was priced in mid to >>> upper 200s but the floor plan inside was completely different, it was just >>> like walking into a brand new cookie cutter house. They totally ruined the >>> charm of the house, it was very very sad. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Apr 3, 2016, at 10:53 PM, WILTON via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> While I was restoring the two 1875 mansions 30 years ago, I found that >>>> everybody who "came along" wanting a job swore that he was the best >>>> painter anywhere. Almost all of 'em were FOS, to put it bluntly. >>>> >>>> Wilton >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Ritchey via Mercedes" >>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >>>> To: "'Mitch Haley'" <mi...@mitchellhaley.com>; "'Mercedes Discussion >>>> List'" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >>>> Cc: "Scott Ritchey" <ritche...@nc.rr.com> >>>> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2016 8:59 PM >>>> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT dishwashers >>>> >>>> >>>>> We’ve had more problems with painters than any other trade. One painter >>>>> told me (quite proudly, bragged actually) that he didn’t drink and he had >>>>> a drivers’ license. I think he reckoned that put him at the top of the >>>>> heap. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Mitch >>>>> Haley via Mercedes >>>>> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2016 12:30 PM >>>>> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >>>>> Cc: Mitch Haley <mi...@mitchellhaley.com> >>>>> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT dishwashers >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Re: Limitations: Painters aren't plasterers or even drywall finishers. >>>>> Some guys can use thought and reason to work outside their field of >>>>> expertise, your painter can't. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Mitch. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On April 3, 2016 at 11:24 AM WILTON via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com >>>>> <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Painter I talked to for bid on repairs and painting can't seem to >>>>> understand >>>>> what I've been trying to tell ''im 'bout the repairs. He doesn't seem to >>>>> realize that I know what the Hell I'm talking about. >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________ >>>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>>> >>>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>>> >>>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
