undoing vandalism to one's cottage can be fun (without it I would never have started this journal) though it can be souring on one's attitudes to the place's previous owners.
I have come to the conclusion the the [names withheld] who bought my cottage in the late 1970's just didn't like old houses; they seem to have tried very hard to turn it into something 'up-to-date' and 'modern'.
it has made many of the choices quite simple: find their works and undo them.
the term I use is unremuddling which should make immediate sense t anybody who's ever seen a copy of Old House Journal.
oddly enough it's unique in LJ interest space.
your late neighbour's point on cable is well taken.
the time to deal with any sort of electrical/plumbing/data infrastructure is while the walls are open.
one cottage in the Grove was extensively renovated; by the time the workers were done with it the place was a real showpiece.
but within a year the owner decided to bring in cable TV and the installers did, well, what you would expect from the cable guy.
the first time I saw it I nearly [you can imagine] but oddly enough I have come to terms with it.
of all that cottage's quirks it's just the most recent, so it really does have a context.
an ugly anachronistic one, to be sure, but a context nevertheless.
I even included it in LJ image posting, though to a community not directly related to old houses.
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undoing vandalism to one's cottage can be fun (without it I would never have started this journal) though it can be souring on one's attitudes to the place's previous owners. I have come to the conclusion the the [names withheld] who bought my cottage in the late 1970's just didn't like old houses; they seem to have tried very hard to turn it into something 'up-to-date' and 'modern'. it has made many of the choices quite simple: find their works and undo them.
the term I use is unremuddling which should make immediate sense t anybody who's ever seen a copy of Old House Journal. oddly enough it's unique in LJ interest space.
your late neighbour's point on cable is well taken. the time to deal with any sort of electrical/plumbing/data infrastructure is while the walls are open. one cottage in the Grove was extensively renovated; by the time the workers were done with it the place was a real showpiece. but within a year the owner decided to bring in cable TV and the installers did, well, what you would expect from the cable guy. the first time I saw it I nearly [you can imagine] but oddly enough I have come to terms with it. of all that cottage's quirks it's just the most recent, so it really does have a context. an ugly anachronistic one, to be sure, but a context nevertheless. I even included it in LJ image posting, though to a community not directly related to old houses.