Would you buy a house with an ugly kitchen?
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Comments (12)A brief repeat of the basics: The hood should overhang the cooking zone such that a 45-degree expanding cone from each pot, wok, or pan is intercepted by the hood. The flow rate (corrected for pressure losses) should be at least the aperture area (square feet) of the hood times 3 feet per second times some guess factor ( less than 1.0 ) that accounts for baffle effectiveness in increasing air velocity in the baffles close vicinity and for interior hood shape. Conservatism in performance would assume the factor is one, while conservatism in price and visual obtrusiveness would hope for 0.5, perhaps. Actual flow rate for typical installations may be only 2/3 that for which the blower is rated at zero static pressure, even with an active make-up air system. Duct size at full power should allow the air velocity to be 500 to 1500 feet per minute depending on, respectively, whether the ducting is in a warm environment or cold environment. Make-up air always equals what gets out through the hood. The goal is to supply this without drawing it from wall switch covers, window seal leakage, and backdrafting of furnaces, hot water heaters, and fireplaces. For high flows this requires a system that is at a minimum passive, and at a maximum uses PID control to keep the house pressure constant at a very small negative pressure independent of fan speed or use of other fans, appliances, and fireplaces. Although my hood is a Wolf, made by Independent, there have been several kudosi given to ModernAire on this forum, who will be happy to build a tailor-made configuration. An external blower and intermediate silencer will minimize kitchen noise. kas...See MoreWhen buying an old house would you keep...
Comments (42)Gad I knew there was something about you I liked les lol. To be clear on the drapes....I certainly wouldn't keep drapes I didn't love or drapes in bad condition. Even the gorgeous chenille porteriers that came with this house were under debate for sime time. I told the PO that I planned on having them professionally cleaned by a conservator and then storing them as we have cats, a dog and had planned on having our five year old and a pack of toddlers around so I didn't want to see them damaged. We still have the herd but didn't add the toddlers and yet when I restored this rooms I removed them thinking I was going to reproduce them in modern fabric to protect the antiques. Turns out that's danged hard modern fabric to find (it's very very thick...like a carpet almost) and so they sat in their bid...I finished restoring the rooms and something was "off". I hung them again...that was what was missing...the buffers to the hall (which flank six foot entries to each room) so there they hang. They are a faded version of what they once were and are missing a tassel or two at the base but their heavy faded gold presence just seems to go with the house. So I guess they get to stay. I'd approach any textile left in a home the same way. Shredding silk or heavy florals would be difficult for me to keep but historically accurate, quality pieces? I'd keep those if I could. By the way...church windows can have significant value pal (as I'm sure you know) so if you do get the place be sure to research them for insurance purposes. Leah, a seller is under no obligation to sell until they sign a contract with a buyer. The agency contract does not require it. I do agree with Mr Ph up there quite often, and in a modern home still agree...let go of the thing! But when it comes to historical properties I feel quite differently. I would not require that the drapes be maintained because that's something easy to fix, but if I had an inkling they would go and they were antique textiles I'd be sure to get them to a museum verses seeing them in the trash. If I had any knowledge they were going to tear out an original fireplace or the ceiling medallions, etc...the historical value in our home...I'd send any offer packing. We have a responsability to this house that we assumed when we purchased it and as with the sellers before us, we take that seriously. So seriously that we agreed with the city when the put stringent regulations on what can ibe done to the place (which one day may haunt me lol) but at least the original owner won't because he sees how much we love the history in his home. Pal...cut and paste that fir a letter lol. That's exactly the kind of sentimental goober old home lovers like to see. Heh heh...See MoreUg Buys Ugly Houses? Any advice?
Comments (29)jenswrens, A "deed in lieu of foreclosure" is pretty much just as it sounds. You give the lender a deed & they agree not to foreclose. Usually the lender agrees not to pursue a deficiency judgment; but not always...sometimes, part of the deed in lieu negotiations include provisions for the borrower to repay any deficiet that may occur when the property is ultimately sold. You'll have to show hardship, inability to meet debt service, & not have assets to draw from to augment income. As a lender, I always reported deeds in lieu to the credit agencies. How did last weekend's showings go? Have you lowered the price down below the comps? If you've had another 8 showings & that property's not under contract...well, the market couldn't speak any clearer. It's priced too high. Apparently, enough too high that a potential buyer won't even submit an offer. You seem aware of the property's short-falls. The only tool you have to combate those short-falls is price. /tricia...See MoreWould you buy a house with a new kitchen that
Comments (27)We almost did not buy our first house because the kitchen was too nice to rip out, yet the washed oak was one of my least fave cab choices. The rest of the house and the price worked, so we bought it. I repainted the kitchen (walls only) and enjoyed its size and nice layout (and decent floor). I always thought someday I'd reface it or somehow transform it because it was young and in good condition. We moved at the 7 year mark because we wanted things that could not be done to our house and some that would cost too much. The kitchen did not factor in either way. Our current house had a small and ugly kitchen with even uglier washed oak cabs. We knew it needed to go, so we bought with full intentions of gutting it with no guilt and knowing we could afford to do so relatively soon (as well as several other big changes overall). It took 4 years and approx $60k more for the work to get done (an extension plus renovation involving more than the kitchen) and that was after scaling back our plans. We are happy with the outcome, or should I say we are happy with how we hope it all comes out because we are stuck at approx 80% done for over a month now.... If you have to have a TKO/GW type kitchen, you will be ripping out to get one. If you can be happy with "good enough" then keep looking. I would worry less at this point if a kitchen were new or old that I was ripping out, as long as I could repurpose or sell most of it. In our first house, we had less income and could not justify changing out the kitchen. This time, we can indulge ourselves more due to a better financial footing. It is just too bad I had not realized how I could have painted the young kitchen in our first house. I had thought I might try staining them at one point, but it gave dh a heart attack to even think of trusting how it would come out. I am more handy now and he would trust me if we were ever in the same place. I wish I knew about GW about 10 years ago!...See Moresummersrhythm_z6a
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