I'd recommend either a new house or a newer one that doesn't need an overhaul.

It's difficult, expensive, and sometimes impossible to make significant changes to an existing house. You should either take the time to find a house that matches your needs and be prepared to accept its short comings or build new.

Changing the electrical & plumbing is a giant undertaking. Probably doesn't have insulation.

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Bulldoze it and build a 90 unit condo complex.

Profit.

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Last edited by Lagrangian on Oct-12-2013 at 13:59

Wayy over your head. Youre going to get fucked either way. Renovations on a 1901 home sounds like a nightmare. Once you start opening up walls and start finding new problems like asbestos mould etc youre going to wish you never started lol. And by law you have to fix it.

If you go new build youre going to get ripped off because youre... Well youre you. Its hard to find honest builders. Youre going to have your deposit cheque snatched from yoy quicker than you can blink. If they dont run off with tour money wxpect outrageous mark ups on materials. I would say take cRe of the project yourself and find a reliable general contractor....but you dont have it in you

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Originally posted by citric_acid what all did you update on your home? I wasnt sure if you guys had done the renovations or if you had purchased it like that, its very cute

It was partially reno'ed already, we finished updating the plumbing and some electrical and put new windows in the second story and new doors. We left the original windows on the main floor because they looked nice and we caulked around the edges to help with heat loss. We put carpet in the livingroom and dining room because having babies on hardwood floor sucks. We put a new furnace in and some flooring in the bathroom upstairs as well as a toilet. The toilet that was up there when we bought the house was the orignal wood box tank with the porcelain bowl. It was kind of sweet but then on one of the nights it hit -40 the pipes froze and the flange broke and flooded the pantry below it. We're still building a new pantry, lol. So just a few odds and ends but i looked at putting a new back up system in the basement for the next flood but the plumber said what could start as a $2000 job can easily turn into a $10,000 job. So no dice. We've been in that house for almost 6 years.. here's a few pictures:




this was 6 years ago before we replaced the doors and had nicer stuff, lol.

I personally want to buy a few acres of land somewhere around the Northern Washington/Idaho border area. Have you considered building a "tiny house"? http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/pages/cottages/
http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/pages/house-to-go/

Old homes are nice, but do require a lot of upkeep.

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Originally posted by EarnYourKeep its always been my dream to have a house that looks old with a ton of character on the outside and once you step through the door it's modern and new with almost that meatpacking d bag feel

Fancy!




I don't know much about the pricing on the other stuff, but I do know
that fixing a roof costs a pretty penny, so get an estimate on how much it would cost to fix that first. Might blow the 140k just on that if you're unlucky.

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Originally posted by Vivid Boy Wayy over your head. Youre going to get fucked either way. Renovations on a 1901 home sounds like a nightmare. Once you start opening up walls and start finding new problems like asbestos mould etc youre going to wish you never started lol. And by law you have to fix it. If you go new build youre going to get ripped off because youre... Well youre you. Its hard to find honest builders. Youre going to have your deposit cheque snatched from yoy quicker than you can blink. If they dont run off with tour money wxpect outrageous mark ups on materials. I would say take cRe of the project yourself and find a reliable general contractor....but you dont have it in you

the whole "because you're you" doesnt work around here... quite the opposite actually... even without the family reputation we have many many friends in the construction industry builders, contractors electricians etc, ive been talking with them and picking their brains pretty heavily these last couple weeks.

im already planning on taking all the walls down doing a full gut so anything like mold or rotting studs wont be a big deal. Im basically building a new home but keeping the existing framing and its costing me half the price because there is an existing foundation, septic and well. I will be doing a lot of the work myself, it wont be the first home ive renovated, ive helped out on 3 others in the past 5 years (discovered i should have been a drywaller hahaha)


cyanghost109, tiny houses dont work for me as much as i love them, Ive got two large dogs, plus my family gets together a lot and im usually cooking for about 8 at least twice a week. my office takes up a full room, i need a studio for my photography along with the darkroom. Basically the min sq feet needed for me to live is about 1300 and 3 bed (master, guest and office/studio)

although i could do 2 of the 3bdrom (874 sq feet) and somehow find a way to connect them together, make one a complete photo studio with darkroom and the other living space... that might still be a bit cramped with family and dogs. something to think about though

Last edited by citric_acid on Oct-13-2013 at 02:42

Go for the 1901, imo. Old house are awesome.

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Just build a really small house and do most of the work yourself. You can dig right? You can hammer? Why the fuck aren't you building your house already?

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