Just finished my coffee and snapped a few morning shots. House came with 2 old sheds in bad condition and had some cool stuff inside like an old...
Buy one for $20k with 10 people and everyone spend another $2k when they visit for a month and fix it up piece by piece could be a bit of fun. 90%...
You can pick up really run down houses on 1/2 acre for $20k here. You need to spend around $50k usually to get them nice and liveable. Problem is...
It’s the perfect storm for older houses to disappear. Declining population = less demand for all houses all round. Or just old homes.Young people...
They couldn’t go down the hardware store back then so if the tree was bent they worked with it I suppose. The house next door getting demolished...
Thanks you don’t notice it when you used to it.
I’m not optimistic knowing someone mentioned another Japanese member made his own. I’ll check it out but I’m not hopeful it will be worth it.
. Australian but currently living in Japan
The stoves here for anything of that nature are over $6k and the flues for them are near $3k. It’s outrageous. Shipping one to Japan from US would...
These are softwoods. I’m heavy but not that overly strong and I can bear hug and move these posts without too much hassle. The columns which I...
Only the roof tiles have been changed since it was built and someone put siding on the front and back walls probably due to rain exposure on the...
Not a single nail was used to build this house either. People don’t like them because they are cold. So take the floor boards up put some...
It’s a wierd housing economy here. You can pick up these old houses for land value and spend $50k on them and they are good for another 100 years....
Cost me a fortune to send the wife’s cats. I could have flown first class and still had change!
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That’s very sellable here so ain’t gonna happen. Builders and demolishers are much the same over they know where to save and make a buck.
99% of the timber has no stain or anything. The black is from smoke over the years as they used to burn indoor fires for warmth and cooking. Also...
I’ll keep an eye on the thread. Thanks
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