Yesterday we had an appraser come to our house for refiancing. The house is a Victorian built in 1896 and I spent a good 3 years of my life remodeling.... I mean rebuilding it.
And I do not mean directing the work; I did just about everything but the plumbing.
And whenever she could, my wife was doing even the dirty work like demolition too.
Anyways my wife said when the appraser walked into our divided living room (Huge original sliding doors that split it in 2) she gasped loudly when she saw my American Flyer layout taking up 90% of one of the halves.
Since San Francisco Homes do not have basements and since land prices are the highest in the nation so a garage would cost over $1M easily, I had no place else to put it.
What gets me she turned to my wife and said , "You are a Saint" (for allowing my layout).
I don't know but after all the sweat work and blood (literally) I put into the thing and considering I let my wife sketch out the kitchen and I built it for her exactly like she wanted it.....I take a bit of offense at that comment. I even built it into a piece of furiture so as to please her and keep it nice and neat.
Something a basement would never see that's for sure.
Just needed to get that off my chest and this is the perfect place for it.
Thanks!
Grant
And I do not mean directing the work; I did just about everything but the plumbing.
And whenever she could, my wife was doing even the dirty work like demolition too.
Anyways my wife said when the appraser walked into our divided living room (Huge original sliding doors that split it in 2) she gasped loudly when she saw my American Flyer layout taking up 90% of one of the halves.
Since San Francisco Homes do not have basements and since land prices are the highest in the nation so a garage would cost over $1M easily, I had no place else to put it.
What gets me she turned to my wife and said , "You are a Saint" (for allowing my layout).
I don't know but after all the sweat work and blood (literally) I put into the thing and considering I let my wife sketch out the kitchen and I built it for her exactly like she wanted it.....I take a bit of offense at that comment. I even built it into a piece of furiture so as to please her and keep it nice and neat.
Something a basement would never see that's for sure.
Just needed to get that off my chest and this is the perfect place for it.
Thanks!
Grant