Are you sure that's my old one? Hmmm. Well Kaleb, how much? What happened to the paint?
Don Snook -----Original Message----- From: OK Don [mailto:okd...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2017 2:57 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Old house projects Yup, that's the one. Snook needs to buy it back . . . On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 1:12 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > You mean this car that is currently for sale? > > http://okiebenz.com/sale/1990%20300D/ > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On May 31, 2017, at 12:20 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 > > -- 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
