Wednesday…. Just a little more room

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So for today:

Sorry about that.  I left a subject hanging about the unopened room In a house I built. It really isn’t all that mysterious. 

I learned early in building, Building Inspectors can be your friend, or they can make your life miserable.  Since no one likes to be miserable, I always tried to dot all the i’s and cross the t’s. House plans I used to sell that house had wasted space under a double staircase inside. As the house went up, I kept seeing ‘wasted space’. 30-40sqft useable footage. So I added what I considered a large storage or closet area, with a door from the garage.

The buyer never came by during that phase, so he never saw the door.  Mr inspector did not like the door I used, the one he wanted was a solid core I had a good hollow core already installed.  So I told him no problem I will sheetrock over the entrance and forget the saved space. (replacing the door would have cost about$150 while sealing it was $25. neither effected the selling price or contract)

We removed the  door and carefully reassembled it and put it inside the room. Just for fun I turned on the light and we hung and finished the sheetrock then repainted the wall.

 

There was never a complaint about the house and I had no call-backs during the insured period, however, the buyer had a terrible personality, and I just never mentioned the little room.

I guess we all have wanted just a little more storage area.  One day the house may have it.

I built a couple big homes, but I always preferred the affordable, medium size house. 800 to 1800 sqft.  I liked a 3BR 2 bath design.

We are watching a remodel of one of those homes I sold for around $75,000 (A lady just paid $335,000 for the little house. Non investing hundreds of thousands in remodel)  I noticed they were throwing a door away that I could use in this basement apartment. I went over and offered the head carpenter $50 for it. I mentioned that I had built this house, “You done a D--- good job of it, we can hardly tear it apart!  But take the door it was going to the dump anyway!”

Irony, I paid about $115 for that door years ago, today it sells for $250. I like that kind of gift. Right now the door looks brand new!

Anyway that is the silly story.

 

Nite Shipslog

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