Posted on 08/06/2020 10:21:03 AM PDT by Red Badger
We should pass a law requiring all engaged couples to work a year on renovating a house together - if they survive, they can get married.
We have lived in this home for over 40 years,and it was about 10 years old then.
The first year we added a new master bedroom suite. I and the architect decided on the shape and size as per the lot and city zoning.
That was when/where we decided she got to rule/decide on carpet/drapes, wall finishings and how to decorate. I made the decisions on structure with the architect.
About 3 years, later we re did the family room. Again, I dealt with structure and she made the decisions on everything else. We spend most of our waking hours here, and her interior is basically the same as original. She decided on a new love seats and divans and curtains. We are now on the 3rd set of couches etc.
About 12 years ago we redid the kitchen. One adult son was a chef and showed her how a small well organized kitchen was best/better for a senior head cook, her. People are amazed at how much great food can come from such a small kitchen. She and our former chef son do a fancy dance with 2 ovens, a 6 burner gas stove top and a heavy duty microwave. Our 20 year old Grandson has become very good at that waltz. I stay in the family room or out on our deck. Ready to empty garbage cans, to wash pots and pans and whatever non cooking is require unless I grill.
The DIL’s prepare desserts or salads and spend a lot of time with me in the family room or on our deck. Never get in the way nor make suggestions to chef’s with sharp knives when they are working.
About 4 years ago we had a new roof put on with new insulation, and 4 new skylights that open when the outside is nice. Our oldest son is a master in figuring out how to make a place comfortable and not give PG&E all of your money. He and our contractor put in two new furnaces/ac and only one is used unless we have company. Our PG&E bills are about 1/3 what they used to be as we live in like an attached apartment.
This summer, we had a our deck and front entry re decked by the DeckMaster in our area. Spent about as much on that as all the previous redos.
We have seen many divorces over the years during remodels and replacing a destroyed home from fires or floods.
I have an office, and we close the office doors when guests come. It hasn’t changed in over 40 years.
So your suggestion might eliminate a lot of divorces.
Yarrgh!!
Plenty
"Two more weeks"
If they are willing to invest the cash and sweat equity into fixing them up, this could be a good thing.
Any damn fool can start a house remodel, but it takes considerable skill to end one.
It will be fun watching these arrogant, “brilliant” little snowflakes try and navigate a restoration.
Exactly.
It will be fun watching these arrogant, “brilliant” little snowflakes try and navigate electrical, plumbing and zoning codes...............
She got ripped off and is too young and naive to know it. It appears many people are watching too much of Flip the House shows, thinking it’ll be easy peasy to renovate an old piece of crap like that. Good luck dum dum.
Yep, the primary way to get people to grow up is their own success in doing things for themselves. Its not impossible, it just takes getting off the couch to fix things and then you realize just how much people lie to you about you being a victim.
Its my bet neither has ever used a power tool in his life.
The Brits had a show “The 1900 House” that was brought up to current safety standards for a family to live in as it was done in 1900...
Any way, good wall paper at that time was maybe 30% arsenic. That was just one of the things that had to changed, not to mention any lead paint, lead pipes, asbestos, etc.
Lead is only a problem if you ingest it or breathe the oxidized dust.......
LOL - Yeah, I could see that ... LOL !!!
They are going to learn that lesson the hard way
Wife and I did that for a Saturday outing in our first year of marriage...we both said at the end of the trip, if we made it through that, we’ll make it through anything...36 years later still together :)
I have the oldies in different states of assembly.
One day at least one will be roadworthy.
I don’t want any more new vehicles. Prefer the ones I can fix most of myself.
A problem (of so many) I have is being picky about getting as much right as I can.
Any of these Cheap Old Houses located in RED states?
Just curious :-)
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