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In Reply to: So, a friend asked me to go with him to look at an old home yesterday... posted by dark_dave56 on September 23, 2020 at 05:24:48:
Our current house is 83 years old, but had been newly remodeled with a new kitchen and two of the bathrooms being done well. The oak floors had also been redone. However, we remodeled the cottage once when we bought it and a second time to do the bathroom right and do new flooring after renting it for 10 years. And of course, the last old bathroom was redone a few years ago.
While it still has a few remnants of old knob and tube wiring, about 90% has been replaced and it is built well, largely with redwood, so it's in pretty good shape overall and has been well maintained with only a handful of owners.
On the bad side, we had to replace the entire sewer line and repave the driveway. That kind of maintenance is a money pit with no pride or satisfaction in the end result. It's nice to know it's been done, but it just puts you back where you were with no real visible improvement.
Of course, we did new roofs when we added solar to the main house and the cottage at different times. The last old roof for the garage and office is now being done which hadn't been planned. I'd figured that we could get away with it for several more year, but a project to close in the attached shop turned into a much larger project. Someone else mentioned this inevitability. Everything takes twice as long and costs twice as much.
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Topic - So, a friend asked me to go with him to look at an old home yesterday... - dark_dave56 05:24:48 09/23/20 ( 30)
- RE: So, a friend asked me to go with him to look at an old home yesterday... - pictureguy 16:33:34 09/24/20 ( 0)
RE: So, a friend asked me to go with him to look at an old home yesterday... - Story 08:52:34 09/24/20 ( 0)
RE: the slate roof should last 3 lifetimes... - Waxxy 19:39:38 09/23/20 ( 1)
- RE: the slate roof should last 3 lifetimes... - dark_dave56 04:18:58 09/24/20 ( 0)
RE: So, a friend asked me to go with him to look at an old home yesterday... - geoff 14:13:42 09/23/20 ( 0)
IME, fixer uppers are never discounted enough to buy... - Rod M 09/23/20 13:02:40 09/23/20 ( 2)
- RE: IME, fixer uppers are never discounted enough to buy... - dark_dave56 05:42:17 09/24/20 ( 1)
- RE: IME, fixer uppers are never discounted enough to buy... - Rod M 11:14:20 09/24/20 ( 0)
we looked at a house sort of like that when we were in grad school - mhardy6647 11:54:55 09/23/20 ( 0)
RE: So, a friend asked me to go with him to look at an old home yesterday... - fredtr 11:13:40 09/23/20 ( 0)
I've seen a lot of modern day homes that never should have been built - Green Lantern 09:02:46 09/23/20 ( 11)
- Your water feed line, apparently. - ghost of olddude55 10:52:40 09/23/20 ( 8)
- RE: CPVC for supply, hot & cold - bean 14:51:04 09/23/20 ( 1)
- The hot water tank failed... - ghost of olddude55 04:18:26 09/24/20 ( 0)
- RE: Your water feed line, apparently. - Green Lantern 12:48:40 09/23/20 ( 4)
- Both, isn't it? - ghost of olddude55 14:04:42 09/23/20 ( 3)
- As the plumber said who came to replace the terra cotta in our 75-yr old home said, - tinear 12:23:39 09/24/20 ( 2)
- The problem is that it separates. - ghost of olddude55 15:01:19 09/24/20 ( 1)
- RE: The problem is that it separates. - rivervalley817 15:25:27 09/24/20 ( 0)
RE: Your water feed line, apparently. - rivervalley817 11:08:53 09/23/20 ( 0)
What PVC? - grantv 10:45:45 09/23/20 ( 1)
- RE: What PVC? - rivervalley817 10:58:52 09/23/20 ( 0)
Every project turns into two projects! - SamA 08:55:15 09/23/20 ( 0)
We're Mid-Century Modern fans. - ghost of olddude55 08:29:51 09/23/20 ( 4)
- RE: I live just a few miles from the Farnsworth House - bean 08:51:17 09/23/20 ( 3)
- We're not far from Fallingwater. - ghost of olddude55 08:54:01 09/23/20 ( 2)
- Now playing ... Walt Harper - At Fallingwater - SamA 09:04:50 09/23/20 ( 1)
- Back in the days when the Pittsburgh Pirates were good... - ghost of olddude55 11:00:51 09/23/20 ( 0)
I wouldn't sell my place (1840) for less than $1 million... - Jim Pearce 07:01:18 09/23/20 ( 1)
- Your place sounds like mine... - dark_dave56 07:25:47 09/23/20 ( 0)