Tracking 56 Cambridge on My Brownstone
We were happy to see that the owner of 56 Cambridge decided to step it up a notch and continue the discussion of the renovation of his 1863 Neo-Tudor woodframe house. He’s put up seven photos of the house in its current state (including this one of the temporary wood beams used to shore up…
We were happy to see that the owner of 56 Cambridge decided to step it up a notch and continue the discussion of the renovation of his 1863 Neo-Tudor woodframe house. He’s put up seven photos of the house in its current state (including this one of the temporary wood beams used to shore up the ceiling) and plans to keep us current as this exciting restoration progresses. Though we haven’t figured out how to add a Comments section to My Brownstone, we’ll do periodic posts here on the front page which should provide adequate room for discussion. We encourage other people embarking on renovations to follow suit and set up an account on My Brownstone.
The Haunted House [My Brownstone] GMAP
Starting Work at 56 Cambridge [Brownstoner]
omg a rat! that’s the worse I think that’s the biggest problem. hehee yea the ceilling is being braced up and the bathroom is well… you know. not to mention all the other stuff that I was impressed with you enduring before but doing all that AND facing the rat makes you a superhero in my book 🙂
rodents is where I draw the line!
I’m disappointed that there have been no comments about the petrified rat. I need to get a renovation blog going so I can get readers’ imput about all of the disgusting things I’m coming across…
I dare ya to lick the toilet!
I’m almost done with a renovation almost that bad, and it hasn’t been so difficult. When there’s not much to save, it’s much easier. Just tear the innards out and rebuild!
Thanks for sharing with all of us. Best of luck.
I paid $1,050,000 and bought it from the person who bought it at the auction. He had been trying to demolish it to build condos. I believe the price he paid was $875,000. If I can keep the renovation costs down, it will be a fabulous house for the total cost. Clearly, there will be a lot of costs. New water main to the building, all new electric, all new plumbing, steel structural reinforcement, new floors, new walls. Hopefully LPD will allow me to build a decent size extension to replace and expand on the rotten one…
I was joking, you couldn’t possibly hope to live in this building while it is being renovated. There won’t even be anywhere to stand. We have to tear up the rotting floors and put in steel i-beams to tie the whole building together.
Shahn,
The house is absolutely incredible and I imagine it will be quite a fun and challenging renovation project. Have you ever done this before?
I’m begging you, please keep us stoners in the loop. Seriously try to work it out so you can be the reno blog.
Also just curious, was 1.05 the sale price (then you have construction costs on top of that) or was that the total amount of your loan. I seem to recall that the property sold for significantly less at auction (6-800K). Did you buy it from a flipper, or did you actually get it at the auction?
I agree that if you can keep your construction costs under control, you got a pretty good deal.
Best of luck!
I hope you realize how hard it will be to live there. We thought we could live in our house too, but after two weeks we hightailed it out of there! We did a lot of renovations, but not nearly what you’ll have to do. I hope you can live in constant dirt, dust & debris, you can’t even get dressed in the morning, everything will be really dirty. Good luck!!!
It’s true, I will live there while it’s being renovated… I also happen to be selling an equity investment in the Brooklyn Bridge to anyone who is interested… 😛