Not long after we were married, we had the opportunity to buy an Andrew Carnegie library built in the 1930s in the neighborhood where the wife grew up. Beautiful place, brick exterior with columns, huge interior, etc. Here is a link to a Street view of it on the right:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.4816306,-86.0526114,3a,75y,270h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s304l4nek7OJ4GpnO5H0Gbw!2e0!7i3328!8i1664!6m1!1e1 City wanted to sell it and couldn’t find a buyer for over two years. The price in 1980 dollars was $40,000. It was in great physical shape and was a huge space inside, with the main floor being pretty much one giant open room and the lower level being separate rooms with a big kitchen in one of them. Wife wouldn’t go for it. A few months later the city sold it to a developer who made $150k condos out of it. Dan > On Apr 4, 2016, at 12:15 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Boy I would sure love to hear some Wilton stories about restoring mansions. I > have always wanted to do that. In fact many years ago we had the chance to > buy an old mansion like house that belonged to a local dr. Was an early 1900s > was not Victorian, but it slips the mind what style they called it. Colonial > maybe. We could have picked it up for something like 60k, had the loan all > lined out etc but for whatever reason we didn't do it. It's main issues were > pluming to the upstairs bathroom. > Several years before that there was and old Victorian that was for sale for a > long time that belonged to a school teacher that died. At the time is was > pretty much original, had all original hardwood floors all thru the house, > original interior walls, bathrooms and such. I think it got down to like $85k > and was finally sold. This was in the late 90s when I knew nothing about > buying real estate. Whoever bought it completely gutted the interior. I mean > completely gutted, all interior walls torn out, everything. It went back on > the market I think they got foreclosed on or something. I went and saw it > then. A few years later it was back on the market after somebody had > completely redone it. We went and looked at it and it was priced in mid to > upper 200s but the floor plan inside was completely different, it was just > like walking into a brand new cookie cutter house. They totally ruined the > charm of the house, it was very very sad. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Apr 3, 2016, at 10:53 PM, WILTON via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> wrote: >> >> While I was restoring the two 1875 mansions 30 years ago, I found that >> everybody who "came along" wanting a job swore that he was the best painter >> anywhere. Almost all of 'em were FOS, to put it bluntly. >> >> Wilton >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Ritchey via Mercedes" >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> To: "'Mitch Haley'" <mi...@mitchellhaley.com>; "'Mercedes Discussion List'" >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> Cc: "Scott Ritchey" <ritche...@nc.rr.com> >> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2016 8:59 PM >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT dishwashers >> >> >>> We’ve had more problems with painters than any other trade. One painter >>> told me (quite proudly, bragged actually) that he didn’t drink and he had a >>> drivers’ license. I think he reckoned that put him at the top of the heap. >>> >>> >>> >>> From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Mitch >>> Haley via Mercedes >>> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2016 12:30 PM >>> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >>> Cc: Mitch Haley <mi...@mitchellhaley.com> >>> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT dishwashers >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Re: Limitations: Painters aren't plasterers or even drywall finishers. Some >>> guys can use thought and reason to work outside their field of expertise, >>> your painter can't. >>> >>> >>> >>> Mitch. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On April 3, 2016 at 11:24 AM WILTON via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com >>> <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: >>> >>> Painter I talked to for bid on repairs and painting can't seem to understand >>> what I've been trying to tell ''im 'bout the repairs. He doesn't seem to >>> realize that I know what the Hell I'm talking about. >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> 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 >> > > > _______________________________________ > 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
