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- Water damage in every room
- Entire roof needs to be replaced
- Water well pump is broken
- Heating & Air Conditioning unit is shot
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- Septic tank was brimming (about 4 years past due on expunging)
- Septic tank and leach field are under the driveway which is a serious violation
- Most lighting fixtures are either broken or just gone, ripped out of wall
- Stove, microwave and refrigerator are fossils and do not work
- Balconies in front and back have rotted through
And there is just weeds, weeds, weeds and dirt .... in 30 years, the landscaping had never been done. .jpg)
Still, despite this bad news and regardless of the sad neglect, the house has a certain charm. The layout of the house is actually wonderfully spacious with oversized bedrooms by today's standards. The acre of land is rare and enviable in this area of Vegas and don't forget the second story has fantastic views of the neon Vegas Strip.
We've forgiven this old house of all it's pitfalls and drawbacks and look forward to restoring it to it's former swinging-self.
It looks like your house has been finished for many years now, and I hope that you are very happy with it. But I have to ask: why not simply buy a house of a style and era that you actually like instead of ripping apart such a perfectly intact example of an era? I would have loved to keep it exactly as-is and spend that hefty renovation budget on beautiful retro furniture from Jonathan Adler and the like. I can guess the condition wasn't good, but I would've tried to preserve wherever possible. Sadly, I can't afford to buy a home of my own - I can only watch in sadness as the homes I love are snapped up and "remuddled."
ReplyDeleteJust as "Mad Men" inspired a revival of 50's and 60's style, the 70's and 80's will surely return someday as well. Let's preserve its best examples. Remember, the most endangered past is the most recent past.