Kevin Rose making new friends in Portland, Oregon(oregonlive.com)
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Kevin Rose making new friends in Portland, Oregon
http://www.oregonlive.com/front-porch/index.ssf/2014/06/google_executive_kevin_rose_pl.html
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Been there, late 1800's farmhouse. Patching or replacing plaster walls is messy and inconvenient, but the concept is pretty similar. We've not changed room layout though, so not sure how that goes. Shouldn't be much different unless you have a load bearing wall to move.
Well it comes down to the maintenance and repair, and brick is gonna be easier by far (if you do it right). My friends just completely stripped and rebuilt a century-old brick home in Baltimore, which if you use reclaimed materials isn't too expensive.
But who knows what kind of gigantic mess a million-plus century-old wooden house consists of? It's bad enough maintaining one that's 50 years old... If you're not doing it yourself, i'm sure it's exorbitantly pricey, and you don't gain anything by paying double for an old house when you could pay the same and get modern construction to boot.
But who knows what kind of gigantic mess a million-plus century-old wooden house consists of? It's bad enough maintaining one that's 50 years old... If you're not doing it yourself, i'm sure it's exorbitantly pricey, and you don't gain anything by paying double for an old house when you could pay the same and get modern construction to boot.
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Can you begin to imagine how much Kevin Rose hates that article "How this kid made $60 million in 18 months."?
Which of course was utter bullshit and based on Digg's valuation being $300m+
The Oregon Live's thesis seems to be that this guy is so rich that he just doesn't give a damn.
But the reality appears to be they bought a $1.3m home, had maybe planned on a $300 - 400k remodel.
But instead likely got a $1m+ price tag to completely refurbish, and stabilize, a landmark building.
When price-per-square foot for new construction for something very nice might be $200 x 3,500 sq feet = $700,000
Not defending him, but I get it.
Which of course was utter bullshit and based on Digg's valuation being $300m+
The Oregon Live's thesis seems to be that this guy is so rich that he just doesn't give a damn.
But the reality appears to be they bought a $1.3m home, had maybe planned on a $300 - 400k remodel.
But instead likely got a $1m+ price tag to completely refurbish, and stabilize, a landmark building.
When price-per-square foot for new construction for something very nice might be $200 x 3,500 sq feet = $700,000
Not defending him, but I get it.
Looks like he agreed to sell after all: http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/steve_duin/index.ss...
Kevin Rose has every right to do this, but the events leading up to it left a bad taste in the mouths of his future neighbors. I don't know why anyone would want to create and move into a hostile environment.
Or why you'd want to tear down such a nice house? Aren't there open lots in Portland?
Do you actually think it's an attractive house? I find the exterior shockingly ugly, and woodwork like that is impossible to repair if there's any decay...
These houses weren't built to last 100 years, I don't see why people insist on forcing owners to keep them up.
These houses weren't built to last 100 years, I don't see why people insist on forcing owners to keep them up.
That said, I know jack about what's actually involved technically, and I bet old wood houses (as are common in Oregon) are a lot harder to do that with than old brick homes.