I remember my grandparents' old home in Cincinnati had these really cool push button light switches. Is that the same thing?
On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 1:20 PM, OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I remember that house - it was more impressive than the 300D 2.5T I was > there to look at/buy. I was really surprised to hear that you'd moved, > though I can understand that it was built for little people, not you. > > On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 10:51 AM, Donald Snook via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > My former house was built in 1929 and had amazing wood details and lots > of > > craftsmanship. Of course, being an old house, it had very little > > insulation, weird wiring, nothing was standard like today, and I loved > it. > > When we remodeled the kitchen we also took down a small wall that lead > to > > a breakfast nook. The contractor wore out several sawzall blades trying > to > > cut through the studs. The wood was super dense and hard. The > difficult > > things about the house were dealing with lath and plaster, wiring that > had > > been updated 3-4 times over 80 years, and small rooms. It wasn't a huge > > house. But, it was good size, but back then they built houses with small > > rooms. I did love all the character of an old house. > > > > Don Snook > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kaleb C. Striplin [mailto:ka...@striplin.net] > > Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2017 6:26 PM > > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Old house projects > > > > I love old and big, I really love the wood work and details in this > house. > > It's amazing how well built old houses are. Do you think a house built > > today will be standing in 70 years? 100 years? Hell a little wind blows > > such as a baby f0 tornado and they are toast. > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > On May 30, 2017, at 2:33 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > Old and big. Likely not well insulated. Old Windows as noted by Kaleb. > > Expensive to heat and cool which may be why it has been abandoned by its > > owners. > > > > > > RB > > > > > >> On 30/05/2017 2:29 PM, Donald Snook via Mercedes wrote: > > >> Could be a fantastic beautiful home or a moneypit. One thing I'm > > sure you know is houses of this age used REAL WOOD. Slow growth trees > that > > are as hard as iron. The bones of the house are probably still good. A > > foundation issue would scare me a little. It would definitely be a long > > term project. Would you try to restore and flip? Or turn it into a > rental? > > Or several apartments? > > >> > > >> Don Snook > > >> > > >> -----Original Message----- > > >> From: Kaleb C. Striplin [mailto:ka...@striplin.net] > > >> Sent: Monday, May 29, 2017 6:06 PM > > >> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > >> Subject: [MBZ] OT Old house projects > > >> > > >> I was scrolling thru local listings the other day out of curiosity on > > the wifes MLS login. Anyway, I saw this house in town and it looked > > interesting. I had her show it to me today. It is going to need a LOT of > > work but it has a lot of potential. It is really a neat old house with > > impressive wood work and detail you do not see anymore. Alot or most of > > the wood along the edge of the roof which attaches to the ends of the > roof > > studs (not sure what you call it) as well as sofet (sp) is rotted and > will > > require replacement. Floors are uneven in some spots as you would expect > > in an old house and that does not really concern me much. All of the > > windows in the house are the old original wood framed windows and have > > storm windows installed on the outside. These are these big old windows > > you dont see in houses anymore. Wife says they all need to be replaced > but > > I told her these unlike new windows can be repaired, or so I think. Just > > need to to have all the old paint scraped out, remove the old putty that > > holds the glass in and replace. No they are probably not as efficient as > > new windows. On one side of the house they have 2 or 3 huge concrete > > pillars/supports of some sort which butt up against the foundation, > almost > > sort of like buttresses on a cathedral. The only thing I can figure is > the > > foundation started pushing out like it does on old houses and these were > > installed to hold it in. I have seen other old houses where they have > > drilled holes in the header plate or foundation with cables stretched > > across from one side of the house to the other attached to metal plates > on > > the outside of the house which can then be tightened as needed to adjust > > the foundation. The other side of the house looks like its going to need > > attention as there is a section above the concrete/brick foundation that > is > > starting to move out. Obviously will need a lot of cosmetics as well. > > Since its a forclosure in need of a lot of work I thought about offering > no > > more than $15k, and turning it into a long term project. > > >> Crazy probably but interesting yes. > > >> > > >> https://www.zillow.com/homes/350-s-cedar-nowata-ok_rb/ > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > 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 > > > > > > > -- > OK Don > > *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of > our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain > > "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who > learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence > for themselves." > > WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > _______________________________________ > 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
