"Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis" (Dwhite95)
04/16/2015 at 19:35 • Filed to: None
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"Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis" (Dwhite95)
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Great to see the some of the Victorian mansions are finally getting some attention. Even one of them is being done by some women who has a show on HGTV.
What they look like now.
What they looked like in their hay-day.
$kaycog
> Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
04/16/2015 at 19:39 |
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Very impressive homes!
jkm7680
> Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
04/16/2015 at 19:48 |
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$2.00 a piece?
Brian, The Life of
> Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
04/16/2015 at 19:53 |
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Great news! I love old houses so much more than anything built today. You just can't find that kind of character or materials anymore. My house was built in 1935 and that's about as new as I care to go.
Also, I like Nicole!
ranwhenparked
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04/16/2015 at 19:55 |
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It's too late for the Livingstone House, but at least it looks like the tide may be turning now. These are the sorts of houses I didn't think anyone would ever be looking to save in Detroit, but it's fantastic that it's happening. I wonder if they'll go as far as rebuilding the brick and stone porch?
NunchuckWoolery
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04/16/2015 at 20:03 |
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She's from Lake Orion originally and has already done a couple of other houses here last year in Brush Park. Plus she is not bad to look at, so there is always that.
VonBelmont
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04/16/2015 at 20:37 |
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My mom's family made tons of money back in the Depression by buying up liquor old mansions like these in Saratoga, keeping them up and/or converting them into apartments, and then selling them in the '50s and '60s when the market bounced back. They still own a few in the area (not the ones pictured) that are just to die for.
It's a shame nobody's been buying those Detroit houses. Real estate's always bound to rebound, and even if the houses can't be saved, the land is/will be valuable in the future.
Birddog
> Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
04/16/2015 at 20:55 |
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Oh, I am going to have to watch this.
I love working on Old Homes. Fixing the nasty, hack job plumbing work people subjected these places to beats you up but is so rewarding when it's finished.
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Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
> Birddog
04/16/2015 at 21:01 |
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Well to be honest there wont be any plumbing jobs to be fixed. Those pipes were stolen long ago...
E. Julius
> VonBelmont
04/16/2015 at 21:04 |
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The big problem with Detroit is that the population has declined so much, so the lack of demand isn't necessarily from a faltering economy or credit shortage, but just too few people wanting to live in the homes. Combine that with the poor state of the infrastructure in so many areas, and lot of people don't want to live there. Even if it's a great deal for a sweet place, lots of people don't want to live on a street of crumbling asphalt without working street lamps that's possibly adjacent to other derelict properties.
Now that Detroit is emerging from bankruptcy though, they'll hopefully be able to tackle some of these issues and set the city on the right path. Combine that with the fact that younger people overwhelmingly prefer to live in urban areas instead of the suburbs almost all metro detroiters live in now, and I think we could definitely see a resurgence in the values of the some of these properties in the next decade or two. Not much solace to anybody who bought in them 60s, 70s, or 80s hoping to make a buck, but good for the community at least.
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E. Julius
> VonBelmont
04/16/2015 at 21:04 |
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Saratoga is a beautiful area by the way, I love the houses there.
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Birddog
> Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
04/16/2015 at 21:32 |
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That actually makes the job easier.
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Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
> Brian, The Life of
04/16/2015 at 21:34 |
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I mean hell just look at the old photos of those houses. There is more character in a few square feet than most new houses have in total. They can be a bitch to deal with, but sometimes there is something to be said for the old way of doing things.
If you like these you'll love some of the mansions in the Palmer Woods neighborhood. They are the most opulent homes I've ever seen in my life.
Most notably these two:
MonkeePuzzle
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04/17/2015 at 09:16 |
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problem is no one wants ot live there, but that can be solved, wouldn't be the first nice building moved from an undesirable place
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Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
> MonkeePuzzle
04/17/2015 at 09:20 |
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Actually these areas of Detroit have a pretty serious shortage of housing. Prices are skyrocketing since supply simply isn't there.
Most new build apartment/loft buildings are completely filled by the time construction is halfway done.