"Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis" (Dwhite95)
10/26/2015 at 10:50 • Filed to: None
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"Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis" (Dwhite95)
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What it looked like October 2014.
What it looks like now.
Not half bad for a year of work.
MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
> Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
10/26/2015 at 11:00 |
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Man, these old houses can be truly beautiful again. It’s impressive.
We sincerely considered moving to Detroit and fixing up an old house (we sold our first and bought our 2nd house about a year ago). Planned on having to do private schools, but awesome house right? Well the only drawback was the emergency services still aren’t up to par. So a combo of having higher taxes, private schools, longer commutes and bad emergency services meant we had to pass.
But DAMN the houses you can get down there are just so epic.
Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz)
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10/26/2015 at 11:02 |
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I don’t watch Rehab Addict often, but when I do I love that she keeps the vintage character of the house. She did a good job with this one.
Urambo Tauro
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10/26/2015 at 11:09 |
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Google caught part of the reconstruction. Street View
Milky
> MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
10/26/2015 at 11:10 |
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I don’t know what your kids are into but they’re schools like College for Creative Studies, Henry Ford Academy that does art. They are Detroit Public schools but not at the same time.
Taxes and emergency services will still get ya, but I’d bet on that whole brush park area becoming nicer after the new red wing’s stadium goes in. (Im assuming thats where that house is)
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MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
> Milky
10/26/2015 at 11:14 |
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My kid is more into the pre-school thing at the moment hahaha.
And I know all about CCS, went to a job-fair there once and had tons of friends that have graduated from there (and a couple that teach there now actually).
I know it’s on the rise and it’s going to be great, but right now, I needed solid public schools (on top of the other 2). We bought a house in Canton so public schools are top notch.
shop-teacher
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10/26/2015 at 11:32 |
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Man that’s a lot of work. What a beautiful house!
I haven’t watched that show in a while, but most of the work she does is pretty good.
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Milky
> MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
10/26/2015 at 11:43 |
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Ah I see, just wanted to say there are okay public schools too.
I love living in Detroit, but not sure what I’d do if kids were in the equation. Changes priorities.
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MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
> Milky
10/26/2015 at 11:51 |
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Yep, if I didn’t have an almost 3 year old, I would have bought a house in Detroit.
Stef Schrader
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10/26/2015 at 12:05 |
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YESSSSS! I love that show and the work she does. More old houses need saving. This one is truly epic. It’s so sad to me that almost a whole neighborhood just got lost like that one in Detroit, but man: the ones that get fixed up out of it are beyond amazing.
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Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
> Stef Schrader
10/26/2015 at 12:11 |
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Yeah, this is the one of the areas that gave Detroit the name the Paris of the midwest. Incredible mansions lined the entire neighborhood. Sadly this is one of the few left.
This area is poised to get major investment in the coming years though, which will hopefully give it a new lease on life.
cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
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10/26/2015 at 12:13 |
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That’s pretty amazing
Svend
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10/26/2015 at 12:23 |
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I love how they put a cover over the porch and worked it into the bay windows.
StndIbnz, Drives a MSRT8
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10/26/2015 at 13:46 |
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Thats awesome to see. There are so many nice areas still down there that just need some TLC.
BKosher84
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10/26/2015 at 15:12 |
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Absolutely love the things she does to rehab old homes built in the early 20th century.
Speaking of things like this.. Euclid Ave in Cleveland Ohio (near where I live!) had a TON of historic mansions (mainly because of Rockefeller)
Sadly, most all of the mansions have been demolished and no longer exist.. It’s crazy to think a “Millionaires Row” used to exist in Cleveland at one time...
http://ech.case.edu/cgi/article.pl…
ranwhenparked
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10/26/2015 at 19:44 |
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Nicole Curtis does fantastic work.
For comparison, this is how the house originally looked in 1876:
And how it looked at its worst point, before the city did some stabilization work:
gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
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10/27/2015 at 21:26 |
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I love those old mansions. So much character! Every one was unique unlike the cookie cutter modern ones.
There is a whole neighborhood near me that in the course of 10 years went from the most exclusive to crack-den. Sadly most like Detroit were bulldozed. A few were saved and turned into condos as the market for 5k sq ft homes is tough.
Deal Killer - Powered by Focus
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10/27/2015 at 22:56 |
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That is a beautiful old home. It’s amazing that the city came in and at least rebuilt a portion of it after it was burned. I’m down in Toledo, and we have our area of old mansions in the Old West End. Many are in fantastic condition, with more woodwork than a dozen new homes. I do real estate appraisal, so every once in a while I get to go through one of these. It’s been a while though, as this area was hit really hard by the recession. Property values just tanked, with an increase in abandoned homes. Nothing like Detroit, but pretty bad in areas. Toledo just doesn’t have the large national companies to prop up investment like Detroit has, so there is little gentrification. There has been a movement into the downtown areas, with renovated buildings turned into either apartments or condos. Young buyers just love those, and they are pretty cheap as well, less than $150,000 for a nice condo.