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Restoration I've been working on last couple of years
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My House project is getting closer to the end. hope to be finished soon.
kind of hard trying to do most of the work with just my son and myself plus working 55 hours a week. |
Looking good! What a TON of work.
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Well Done!
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That's quite the project and it's looking good!
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Great work Donnie!!:biggthumpup:
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Looks great Donnie :-)
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very nice!
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Is a portion of the new house still the old house? If so, I sure can't tell it! Looks great.
I see an empty Monster Energy drink can in the dirt under what I think is the new garage. I think I'd need about a hundred thousand of those to do all the work you and your son have done! |
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What Bruce said x 100 ! Cudos for saving the vintage structure. :worship::worship: |
Geeez Donie, I bet your ready for a break ? Nice job .
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Amazing. Looks good. Did you ever second guess on if you just should have started from scratch ?
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Beautiful job Donnie, I think I visited your project about 3 or 4 years ago maybe?
Isn't that your grandma's old house? |
Kudos Donnie....great job!
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Wow, what a huge job the two of you took on! That’s fantastic! Congratulations!:worship:
Your pretty white L78 will look just right in front of this beautiful home! :3gears: |
That looks great. Someone in our neighborhood did a similar thing with an old house and at first everyone questioned what he was doing. The final product turned out beautiful, like yours.
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That is FANTASTIC!!:worship::shocked::worship::shocked:
You gotta be very proud of that for sure. Very nice!!:headbang: Cheers Dave |
I have been watching this project from afar.
Donnie - You should be extemely proud. As I am very proud of you. I know it was a long long project....but now you can enjoy all your hard work. Well done my friend :) Dan |
As a guy who lives in a 1902 Livery converted to living space in 1994, and is working on restoration of another 1902 building (publishing museum) AND is working to convert a 1919 warehouse into my workshop/storage area, I can say: congratulations!!! Lots of challenges and road blocks. Looks great. Are you in a historic district? If so, did you have any issues with the preservation commission?
Charlie asked: "Did you ever second guess on if you just should have started from scratch ?" For me, there is no second guessing on the museum project (can't really start from scratch when the building is PART of the museum) and not often do I second guess our home. But there have been many times when I have second guessed myself on the workshop. If I had known some of the issues I would have run into, I would not have attempted this. I keep telling Sherri: "OK, this really is going to make a great workshop, right?" Building from scratch would have been much easier. But, I never would have ended up with as much square footage as I will eventually have from the warehouse. |
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the rest was crawl space. had to pick the house up and dig it out now I have a real basement. but I did keep two and a half walls of the original stone basement. we had to sawzall the second floor off. only had 5 3/4" floor joist no way to run duct work for heating. by keeping part of the original structure its only considered a remodel not new construction for tax purposes. Charley, you always second guess yourself on some part of a project. but for me it wasn't the restoration part its the interior layout that I sometimes think... should I have done it different. TimG, from what I understand lots of people thought I was nuts. but now that its almost finished there's no talk about it anymore. |
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Thanks for the replies.
My Grandparents moved to this property in 1948. my Mom would have been 2 or 3 when I was born this is the house I came to from the hospital. I bought the place from my Grandma 25 years ago. heres what it looked like before demo got started. |
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Smart idea......no place I've ever lived made any concession for something like that. |
Fantastic job Donnie! As a builder myself I know all too well the commitment required for a project such as this.
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heres a pic with the cabinets complete. need to get measured for counter tops.
been getting the rest of the trim ready for paint. and the Amish Guy comes out in two weeks to do my white oak stair case. I'm making progress |
Donnie,
Your Grandmother would be soooooo Proud! I can see all the 1969 Chevelle`s parked on your grass when Covid is over and when it`s safe. I will bring the Serbian Snacks :) Be safe my friend. Dan |
Awesome job Donnie
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Looks good Donnie!
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Wow, being a carpenter myself, great job!!
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got some work done this week Amish guy was here and built my stair case.
also built all the railings and those are now at their shop being prepped for finish. after he was finished I was able to get the trim work finished around it. |
Looks great!
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Outstanding.
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finally ready for backsplash.
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also getting the plumbing finish work done cant figure out why its sideways
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Nice work Donnie:biggthumpup:
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https://i.postimg.cc/9F4nfyPZ/IMG-2268-1.jpg
Picture was too big so I resized it and rotated it using MS Paint. Very nice work BTW. |
Looks Great Donnie :)
Dan |
House is sure coming along Donnie.
Nice craftmanship and great design with the added garage. |
Beautiful!!!
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Looks awesome!
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