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Post by Allyn on Oct 17, 2010 18:10:08 GMT -5
I thought I would start out this new thread by sharing with you what I am currently doing with some of my free time.
Many of you may know already that I am a residential home remodeler and renovator. I have been in the business for right at 20 years. Its a carree I specifically chose for myself based on my talents, education and experience. I have come to the point in my life that my wife and I do not have the same kind of expenses and demands upon us as we did when raising 3 children. Therefore since I enjoy doing what I do so much my wife and I decided back in March to purchase a 110 year old house for the joy of restoring it to the period of time it was first built.
The house is a two story with a basement with a 2 car detached garage with a studio in the second floor of the garage. We bought the house from the bank for a cost of 29,000 dollars. We have already started working on it and hope to be even busier this winter with it.
I have taken some before pictures and I would like to show the progress we are making with new photos. Since I am still very much active in my own business my time spent at the house will be limited to mostly weekends but I do have my daughter and one of my employees scheduled to help me during regular working hours as time is available.
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Post by Once4all on Oct 17, 2010 20:32:00 GMT -5
...Therefore since I enjoy doing what I do so much my wife and I decided back in March to purchase a 110 year old house for the joy of restoring it to the period of time it was first built. The house is a two story with a basement with a 2 car detached garage with a studio in the second floor of the garage. We bought the house from the bank for a cost of 29,000 dollars. We have already started working on it and hope to be even busier this winter with it. I have taken some before pictures and I would like to show the progress we are making with new photos. ... Allyn, that's awesome! Do you have a website with the photos posted so that we can see the progress? |
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Post by Allyn on Oct 17, 2010 20:57:11 GMT -5
...Therefore since I enjoy doing what I do so much my wife and I decided back in March to purchase a 110 year old house for the joy of restoring it to the period of time it was first built. The house is a two story with a basement with a 2 car detached garage with a studio in the second floor of the garage. We bought the house from the bank for a cost of 29,000 dollars. We have already started working on it and hope to be even busier this winter with it. I have taken some before pictures and I would like to show the progress we are making with new photos. ... Allyn, that's awesome! Do you have a website with the photos posted so that we can see the progress? Thanks for the interest, Bev. I do have a business website and when I get the pictures online I will let you know. |
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Post by Once4all on Oct 17, 2010 23:59:53 GMT -5
Allyn, that's awesome! Do you have a website with the photos posted so that we can see the progress? Thanks for the interest, Bev. I do have a business website and when I get the pictures online I will let you know. Thanks! |
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Post by didymus on Oct 18, 2010 2:35:29 GMT -5
Allyn, if you have money you don't know what to do with, I know where it can go. You said, "Its a career I specifically chose for myself based on my talents, education and experience." That seems to be a sensible way of determining a career. If I were to apply that to me. Most of my experience is in radio broadcasting. My talents? I do have a good voice for radio and a face to match. >chuckle< I am fairly good at production. In fact I served as production manager at one radio station I worked at. A number of advertisers wanted the guy with the golden voice to do their commercial. That was me. I have a High School education. And now I know the computer a lot better than I did. And since many radio radio stations have computers running them, that might be helpful. And when you add that all up, what I should be doing is producing programs on the computer and sending them out to radio stations that use those services. Unfortunately, I don't have a computer that can do that. To do that, I would need a sound proof room, a new computer that has head phones, and a lot more Traditional Country music discs than I have, and an uplink machine, whatever they're called. And, I certainly don't have the money to pull it off. But, I wouldn't mind doing that. Internet communications is the future. There will be a time when radio and TV will be a thing of the past. Putting up an internet radio station is far less expensive than putting up a regular radio station. And you don't need a license from the FCC either. You do need to pay BMI and ASCAP for the right to play music. By the way, did you take notice that Sony is coming out with internet TV. Okay, I guess that's enough. After all, Allyn, this is your thread.  - for rambling |
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Post by Allyn on Oct 18, 2010 7:57:53 GMT -5
Didy,
I didn't know that about you. What a great talent that is.
I named this thread the way I did so all members could use it like I have so you are doing fine in responding about your time.
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Post by Morris on Oct 18, 2010 9:36:56 GMT -5
I bet that a 110 year-old house restored by a professional is going to be absolutely beautiful! And I'd also wager that it'll be worth a tad more than $29,000.
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Post by Allyn on Oct 18, 2010 9:54:15 GMT -5
I bet that a 110 year-old house restored by a professional is going to be absolutely beautiful! And I'd also wager that it'll be worth a tad more than $29,000. Thanks Morris, One of the problems I have when I have completed the work such as this project is that I would like to keep it. But since that is not what I am in the business of doing I then put my heart into it and enjoy the fact that it will be just the right home for a family to have years and years of memories in. |
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Post by Allyn on Oct 23, 2010 8:51:38 GMT -5
Wow, I can't believe it but we were able to spend almost 8 straight days in a row working on the old house. We have almost completely made the house ready for the new electrical and my daughter has been working hard at removing the old rubber backed carpets from the four bedrooms upstairs.
Thursday and Friday I spent removing and rebuilding the staircase. Its not done but the stairs are up and can be walked on.
Hope to have pictures soon. My daughter needs to email them to me.
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Post by wandashort on Oct 23, 2010 9:58:43 GMT -5
Wow! Thats a lot of progress Allyn! I am glad that you are enjoying this restoration.
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Post by Once4all on Oct 23, 2010 11:38:46 GMT -5
Allyn, may I ask you a question? If carpeting was installed over a decorative concrete floor, would the decorative concrete be ruined when the carpeting was removed (after several years)? Is there an easy and discrete way to pull back a section of carpeting to see what is underneath it?
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Post by Allyn on Oct 23, 2010 12:05:04 GMT -5
Allyn, may I ask you a question? If carpeting was installed over a decorative concrete floor, would the decorative concrete be ruined when the carpeting was removed (after several years)? Is there an easy and discrete way to pull back a section of carpeting to see what is underneath it? Usually carpet on concrete is glued down. It may or may not come up well but kanga backed carpeting is the most apt to come up with some scraping. Rubber backed sticks the worst. If there is some scaping to be done you will just need to be careful so as not to hurt the original finish. Locate a spot behind a piece of furniture and in a corner of the room and use a pair of pliers to grip the corner of the carpet and pull steadily. |
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Post by Once4all on Oct 24, 2010 16:22:41 GMT -5
Thanks, Allyn!
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Post by Allyn on Nov 5, 2010 8:05:57 GMT -5
On Wednesday my wife and I traveled to Menards and picked out our lighting fixtures and our cabinets. We have not ordered yet but that will be done just after Thanksgiving.
On Thursday I met with the electrician and I have him scheduled to begin the rough-in work next week.
Today I will be measuring for replacement windows with the top sash having a divided light look (the original are this way).
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