A buddy of mine had a scheme to move this old church from Sullivans
Island to Mt. Plastic (where Max lives), had the structure movers and a
huge barge all lined up, then for some reasons not entirely clear
(various Town Fathers got upset maybe) he decided not to do it and built
onto it instead, turning the church into Castle Mugdock. He spared no
expense on the work, it is amazing craftsmanship throughout. I think
him to be mildly insane but in his mind it made perfect sense, and was
quite intriguing from an engineering standpoint.
it is quite a place, you can rent it for a week or a month or buy it if
you want, he would entertain offers. It is an awesome party venue, he
hosts plays and debates and various other things there in the "great
room." Another friend did the stone carving for the fireplace (it will
run you out of the place when it is cranked up).
http://www.castlemugdock.com/
==FT
On 5/30/17 4:24 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:
Fix it up, then jack it up and move it to McLean, VA. Flip for $2 mm.
On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 4:22 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote:
That is a gorgeous old house. Reminds me of my second
fixer-upper, an old Victorian. I have no idea what a "fixed-up"
value would be on it but it looks like 2 bathrooms and a kitchen
would need to be upgraded. The rest looks mostly cosmetic,
stripping, paint, etc. and sand the floors and refinish. I'm sure
the wiring is ancient, the plumbing too, so that would need to be
upgraded. These are all spendy things. How's the roof and paint?
I'm presuming no insulation anywhere you can do blow-in for that.
If windows are also original you would probably want at least new
sashes with double ("bulletproof") glass, those can go into the
existing frames and work very nicely. And whatever the foundation
issues are, those can likely be addressed fairly easily with some
footers and jacks as long as there is not a lot of rot in the
sills and joists, we have foundation services all over the place
here that do that sort of thing.
If I was doing it I'd probably be looking at $25k in materials
easy for the bathrooms/kitchen, wiring and plumbing might add up.
It would be easy to dump $100k into it if you wanted a nice place,
but the market probably suggests cheaping out and basically
abandoning a beautiful old house to turn it into a cheap rental or
something. Kinda like a cheap Mercedes...
Not knowing Mao's skills and tenacity, it might be beyond a
weekender kind of project, which is a shame. If Mao is capable of
doing some serious work on it (like the electrical and plumbing)
then maybe you could work something out, buy materials and pay him
some rate to work on it.
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small, large or petty,
never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.
Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming
might of the enemy.”
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