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Cottage Renovations: When the North Wind Blows | Southern Exposure — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 17:06:44 +0000

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By: Emilie Richards

Emilie Richards — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:53:00 +0000

What a great story. And the right realtor makes all the difference, you’re right. Ours was great, but we tried several others before we found her. So glad you got your dream house. And yes, Victorian houses need a lot of work. Ours was built as a cottage, which means very different standards. But oh, the history, if we could just read between the wall boards. BTW, our NY realtor showed us houses for 14 years before we walked into the one we bought and said “Where do we sign?” What a trooper.

By: librarypat

librarypat — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 22:02:00 +0000

Good luck with the renovations. We had to retire from the AF after my husband had surgery and hadn’t yet planned on retiring. Quick decision on where to move. We chose halfway between Family in Northern NY and Orlando. We are in NE TN about 60 miles from Asheville, NC. Miss the Adirondacks, but this is a close second.
When we were looking for a house, we did not have a very good realtor. He didn’t listen to a thing we told him about what we were looking for. We made weekend trips down from DC and I finally spent a week by myself looking. After nearly the whole week being shown nothing fitting our preferences, we drove by a house I had circled in the MLS listings and given to him. I saw the house the next morning and knew it was IT the minute I stepped over the threshold into the old part of the house. It is an 1898 victorian farm house and needed LOTS of work. I put a bid on it before even talking to my husband. It has been more work (we had to gut it to the studs) and much more money than we thought, but we love the house. 20 years later we are still working on it. We have done most of the work ourselves. Saves money but takes much longer.
We would love to have a little place back in Northern NY to spend our summers in. I hope your cottage renovations go well and you enjoy your home in Florida.

By: Emilie Richards

Emilie Richards — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 15:52:35 +0000

Thanks, Nancy. I just took a photo of the furniture piled nearly to the ceiling in our one finished room. It was like putting a jigsaw puzzle together. Unbelievable. Enjoy your visit to Asheville. A bit early for color–we don’t even have much here where it’s much colder–but Asheville is gorgeous year round. I can’t wait to get there. (Particularly since there is NO heat here and now, no furniture to sit on.)

By: Nancy Badertscher

Nancy Badertscher — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 15:45:41 +0000

300″ of snow – yikes!!! Thanks for sharing your renovation plans – it’s always to fun to see other peoples plans. Have a nice visit to Asheville. We’re on our way thru there again tomorrow and Saturday when we go from our home in the ATL area to see my mom in East Tenn. I’m hoping for some changing leaves – we don’t have that much here yet.