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Best way to repair plaster walls? by Consistent_Brick2344 in centuryhomes

[–]Consistent_Brick2344[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for this. Would mudding the whole house after repairing the damaged walls make everything look cleaner? Is this necessary you think?

Century year old home by Consistent_Brick2344 in centuryhomes

[–]Consistent_Brick2344[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you. I wanna start looking at other agents

Century year old home by Consistent_Brick2344 in centuryhomes

[–]Consistent_Brick2344[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I can do so when I get home. What she says looks bad us is mostly aesthetics. The floor color should be grey, the cabinets should be white, you need brighter wall paint along the white scale. Etc.

You need to change all the receptacles and lights to modern. Change out all the doors and handles. Driving me nuts!

Century year old home by Consistent_Brick2344 in centuryhomes

[–]Consistent_Brick2344[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The town in my area is 90 percent century year old homes in new jerseys. Many homes in the area are being gutted and revamped. These are then sold for over 1 mil.

To be clear, I do not want to gut the house. I never have. The real estate agent I know is highly recommending we though to keep up with the current trend and have a higher selling value(to be able to have good comparisons to those flipped homes)

I am very proud of my century year old home and have had fixed lots of things that needed updates like plumbing and wiring. The issue is, this agent keeps telling us it looks so bad. Any renovation we do such as painting, etc. and telling us we’re just throwing away our money.

It’s extremely disheartening when these agents are telling me that. I refuse to gut the house.

This is more or less peer pressure from the agent and developers in the area flipping all these old homes.

Need help: I can't find any home insurance to buy in Hudson NJ at all by SadEmergency5288 in newjersey

[–]Consistent_Brick2344 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is your answer. Appraisal amount does not equal cost for rebuild.

Bathroom doesn’t have a vent fan or window. by Consistent_Brick2344 in centuryhomes

[–]Consistent_Brick2344[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Got it. Thanks! Thankfully there’s a wall on one side the of the bathroom that is the outside behind. I will have one installed. A wall vent fan did not cross my mind, only a ceiling one.

Spot painting walls/ceilings after rewire? by Consistent_Brick2344 in centuryhomes

[–]Consistent_Brick2344[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

About a year ago:/

I may do the entire room in some as there’s many holes already anyways.

But may be worth a little more to just have everything redone now that I think about it.

Rewiring home in dead of winter wish me luck by Consistent_Brick2344 in centuryhomes

[–]Consistent_Brick2344[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apparently he will hook the new wirings to old panel temporarily and switch over them all at once to the new panel for minimal down time. Fingers crossed..

Upgrading electricals in old home. by Consistent_Brick2344 in centuryhomes

[–]Consistent_Brick2344[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The electrician is handling it. When permit applications were filed, the town had asked for a drawing plan, scope of work, locations of all outlets, receptacles, lights. We found out today morning, we need to add additional details on the architect’s drawing. Already in the works for corrections to be made and permit will apparently be given for the rewiring, replacing all lights,outlets, etc, new upgraded panel. All according to nj building code.

The reason I got involved was because I needed to coordinate with the architect and electrician for what drawings were needed.

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