Day ONE in our 120 year old house (a.k.a. paying for “sight unseen”)
Day ONE in our 120 year old house (a.k.a. paying for “sight unseen”)
DAY ONE in our new-to-us, 120 year old Victorian mansion in Nova Scotia. An absolutely insane number of things happened to us one day one – there was water in basement, there was water pouring from the ceiling, we didn’t have power in half of the house, or hot water in any of the house… it was a rough start! So we had to get our hands on a…
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I need so much more of this content.
I don't know how you find records in Canada, but you might find the original plans for the house. Maybe even a picture. I've always wanted to do what you're doing, but id be too squicked out by the messđ lead paint, asbestos, varmints…yeesh! Good luck, and I look forward to living vicariously through you!
If you were going to ask us, I was going to vote duplex because of your (both of yours?) jobs. It seems best to have renters as security when you are both gone. Since the doors seem to exist at the top and bottom, it could be used as an overall family home with little issues (even though you'd have a second kitchen taking up space, but just, unplug that fridge).
Although I would look at walls in areas you would consider opening it, and look behind those now before you redo things. That way if in 20 years you swap from duplex to a single home, you know x wall is fairly easy to expand from a door to a full opening.
Just insure the home as a rental BEFORE TENANTS ARRIVE, my grandma let tenants move in the 30th and they burnt the place up when insurance changed over to duplex on the 1st. Pay for the extra month of insurance.
Love this thanks so much Shannon! â€from vancouver
"Please stop breaking into our house" đ I love that response. It's so interesting that this happened several months back because in the "current" clips, I can see you look healthy and still in the house so wooo! Though I do regret the squishy wet trash clip while eating my lunch because I vividly know how that smelled đ
I find you very rude people are just trying to help you with suggestions this is why I wonât subscribe
You are always amazing and ambitious!!
You must watch the movie "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House" with Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Melvin Douglas, and more! Also, the book is hilarious. It inspired "The Money Pit" with Tom Hanks.
You got a new subscriber, very interested to see more!
New subscriber and so excited to see the progress!
Back when I worked a job where I was allowed to dream of mortgage debt (we're talking pre 2008 crash) the duplex house was my dream set-up for a home. Here in Centretown Ottawa the duplexes are usually chopped into 4 separate units. That house design is absolutely brilliant. Leave it to the Maritimers to come up with something this good – a house with space for extended family and rent revenue. You two are doing brilliantly. Well. Done. You two are brave. Good for you for being brave.
Small suggestion – the plan is to 'age in place' as the kids say these days, correct? Put in the handrails and accessible bathroom options in now as you renovate. If you wait until you need them you will be charged an arm and a leg. But let the downstairs bathroom be the most accessible you can make it.
– Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi
Renting the other half of the house to contract nurses (who stay in a place for several months but not forever) would absolutely be an option in the country below yours; don't know if that's a thing in Canada, too, but maybe? They would LOVE having a fully furnished space like that!
Ha. I drove by you guys a few times the last couple of days as you worked on the front foundation. Figured you were YouTubers when I saw the phone on the tripod. Looked around and found you. Good luck with the channel and the renovation.
I was wondering, what was the source of the stinky "dirt" in the basement? Also, I 'am having anxiety issues watching the part about the foundation. Will be tuning in…….
We have a 1950s refrigerator in our basement and I use it as a fire safe for old tax records. Itâs so heavy that it would be really hard to take up the rickety stairs and itâs really pretty and itâs over insulated so itâs great for protecting against fire.
Please just keep in mind airBNB is destroying the rental market for everyday people. Iâm so excited to see the renovation!đ
That's too bad about the radiators, from not being used and the extreme cold no doubt caused them to crack, when houses are vacant they deteriorate, the clay drain pipes can crack too. Hopefully the hot water heater works for you.
I'd definitely look into doing a french drain around the house to pullground water away from seeping into the basement.
It is going to be years before you could consider tenants, you don't have the funds to do a massive all at once rebuild and it isn't worth it, the massive all at once rebuild I mean.
Almost everyone needs a hobby, I absolutely love yours.
Wow. That's a lot of people going off the rails. It's a duplex. It's income to pay the mortgage. Seems pretty simple to me.
The people who say that "this wasn't how houses were built" referring to the shared wall….. I question the quality of their research, and seriously believe that they did any.
I live in a fourplex from the 1920s.
Y'all are bonkers, but I'm here for it and rooting for you. â€