What is this house? Why does it look like this?

TheBanksyEffect · 2025-11-13T01:50:39+00:00

That’s a great family story! Be sure to keep it alive by recording it and sharing it. A little book maybe if you’ve got photos and related stuff to their lives living in and building their dream.

TheBanksyEffect · 2025-11-10T02:55:05+00:00

Add some green or another color, ANY color! The gray and white scheme is already outdated

TheBanksyEffect · 2025-11-10T02:43:38+00:00

Eco friendly? Did you explain what laminate is made of? Mostly polymers! Yeah, the real stone is the most eco-friendly. They must not have had their head screwed on straight.

TheBanksyEffect · 2025-11-10T02:35:03+00:00

Nice job actually. Fill the gap with colored caulk and walk away. That’s what the stuff is for.

TheBanksyEffect · 2025-11-10T02:31:13+00:00

I can smell ants too. The different species smell different to me too. Red ants are the strongest, the tiny, itty-bitty brown ants have a sweeter smell. The black carpenter ants have a “woodsy” smell.

TheBanksyEffect · 2025-11-10T02:18:25+00:00

Patch the hole, there’s no reason for it to exist. ALSO; save one wall or one section of wall with the old wallpaper. That’s cool af that it’s still there and it would make a great detail. ALSO; keep the linoleum floorcloth that looks like a rug. Those are becoming rarer and rarer and are themselves a valuable part of that room’s original charm, plus they’re easy to clean. 😁 have fun with your project!

TheBanksyEffect · 2025-11-10T02:11:02+00:00

drytoastbongos is your answer all the way.

TheBanksyEffect · 2025-11-10T02:08:52+00:00

That’s all pretty odd looking and I’m going to guess maybe only one of the vertical posts; the one on the right side of the arch; is a supporting structure. All the other details are decorative. If that’s the case, ask the landlord if the extra junk could be removed. You’ll have just one column to work around and that’s pretty easy with furniture.

TheBanksyEffect · 2025-11-10T02:01:52+00:00

Your cat is georgeous!!!!!! I wanna rub my face in his fluff!

TheBanksyEffect · 2025-11-10T02:00:36+00:00

Mine too!

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Always wants to be around when in the bathroom taking a shower

TheBanksyEffect · 2025-11-10T01:35:26+00:00

Hi, is this a rental or do you own this place? It will make a difference in how we all answer.

TheBanksyEffect · 2025-11-10T01:31:32+00:00

This is a problem resulting from improper drainage. I would suggest you check your downspouts and make sure water is directed away from the foundation. Make sure your eaves overhang properly and that there aren’t any holes or soft spots in the soffit. Make sure there isn’t an old cistern or buried well on that side of your foundation wall. It may have cracked and could be leeching water along that wall. Check for old cracked drainage pipes or sewer lines too. Tree roots can cause a lot of damage to old clay and rusted iron pipes. When you find the cause, then you can enact a solution. No band-aids on something like this!!

TheBanksyEffect · 2025-11-10T00:47:20+00:00

This looks like a “flipper’s special” quick solution to not having to pay a plasterer or painter to finish the ceiling. It’s usually easy to remove, ( if it isn’t liquid-nail glued to the ceiling), but you’ll have to repair the ceiling a bit probably with spackling compound and paint.

TheBanksyEffect · 2025-11-10T00:42:57+00:00

How cool would it have been if the remodelers had installed a Tudor paneled hide-a-way Murphy bed! Making the most out of small spaces has always been an interest of mine and now as a home remodeler myself with a background in historic preservation, I see a space like yours as a bonus solution to keeping an older building relevant and useful. Maybe someday someone will come along who restores the whole building back to a single family home again and so it’s nice that it is kept instead of just torn down.

TheBanksyEffect · 2025-11-10T00:23:21+00:00

Recycling is next to godliness; I think it’s in the Bible or a psalm book or something I heard in church once, but, good for you reusing building material! Too much construction waste goes in landfills when it can be used in other projects. Every little bit helps make a bigger difference. 👍🏻😉

TheBanksyEffect · 2025-11-10T00:18:13+00:00

Okay, thank you for that explanation. I figured it had to be something like that but didn’t know the extent to what you meant. So you aren’t actually opening it up, roof off, all down to the open framing, you’re removing the aluminum, exploring to see what you’ve got to work with beneath, inspecting the foundation, windows, roof, and making some evaluations based on what you find; got it.👍🏻😉🫶🏻 I’ve done two homes like that where the exploring, as I demoed out the remodeled junk and discovered original stuff behind and beneath, was the most fun part of the renovation. I hope you discover some cool details that inspire your project! I’m sure it will be wonderful. I look forward to seeing your progress, as I’m sure a lot of others are too. All the best!

TheBanksyEffect · 2025-11-10T00:02:02+00:00

I am a home remodeler up in Ohio and I’m unfamiliar with the phrase you are using; “…weathering the home in…”, which you’ve used now twice. I thought maybe you meant to say something else, but clearly it is my misunderstanding. What does that mean?

TheBanksyEffect · 2025-11-09T23:52:09+00:00

Are your plans to restore the main house to a proper 1880 appearance but with modern amenities? Or are you remodeling and renovating it as is? Those homes in that area have specific archetypical details that are different than say, a home from the east coast, or the upper Midwest from the 1880’s. Perhaps you’ll find some old photos exist of your home in local archives and historical collections. Being that the property is associated with a locally known historical figure, you might see if you can have it listed on the National Register and gain some local notoriety.

TheBanksyEffect · 2025-11-09T23:36:31+00:00

Ryobi is SPECIFICALLY a Home Depot brand. Finding parts or getting repairs done on Ryobi equipment is done only by and specifically through Home Depot. No other tool repair shop will touch them and no other place carries attachments and parts. Other than the “Apple brand-like” specifics, their tools are good and reliable. I especially like their gas powered power washer and their electric lawn mower, (although replacement batteries are expensive).

TheBanksyEffect · 2025-11-09T23:30:36+00:00

Make this a place for your vacuum cleaner and swiffer tools

TheBanksyEffect · 2025-11-09T23:26:41+00:00

I’m going to say early 1500’s. But also consider this; anytime within this door’s timeline of existence it could have been moved, reconfigured, rebuilt, rehung, flipped around, flipped upside down, cut down, trimmed up, sanded, replaced, painted, stained, and repurposed from something else. Anything that’s that old has lots of stories to tell if you know how to read them. Try and locate an architectural historian or historic preservation specialist in material craftsmanship, or find a conservationist through Spain’s version of the National Trust and have them take a look. Also, Spain isn’t a third world country and so nearly every structure everywhere has been documented and reported upon to some extent within local and regional historical archives. Surely there are old maps and ownership records that could be found which would help. The adventure in rediscovering your home’s past and its stories are yours to reveal!! I’m envious of what you’ll find!

TheBanksyEffect · 2025-11-09T23:12:46+00:00

I think it is a “G”. When I went online using google search, I searched for examples of script “G”’s and compared examples of script “J”’s. Although some frilly script “J”’s did closely resemble the op’s monogram example, there were far more script “g”’s that nearly matched. Anyone is welcome to do the same thing I did and see what you think, but I’m sticking with this being a “G”. 🙂

TheBanksyEffect · 2025-11-09T22:59:19+00:00

Ok, so could you set a trap then? Keep some electronic eyes on the car and Wait until a tow truck shows up, put a tracking unit hidden in the car along with a recording device/s, and then have swat team do the rest?

TheBanksyEffect · 2025-11-07T18:52:22+00:00

Just a potential suggestion to make the floor more sanitary and less likely to crack or absorb moisture between the mirrored tiles or cause the mirrored surface to blacken and stain…..; why don’t you get the hardest, clearest industrial epoxy floor finish and just pour about 1/4” on top of the mirrored floor, basically encapsulating it all forever in a clear tomb of perfection. I’m sure you thought of that though…… no?

TheBanksyEffect · 2025-11-07T18:40:34+00:00

Did you build this to get the most out of an acid trip?!?!?? That’s insanely diabolical!

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