petegossett wrote:OHSCrifle wrote:I've not done a good job documenting it, but there are some remodel pics here. If we weren't such slobs I'd take a pic or 2 of the interior now.petegossett wrote: ......the 8800 sq-ft buildings we remodeled and live above - for that price.I want to see some photos of THAT. I always thought it'd be cool to live above a store like the ones downtown in my hometown in NE Ohio.
I'd really enjoy seeing the finished pics as well. Hard to get an idea of the space.
petegossett wrote:OHSCrifle wrote:I've not done a good job documenting it, but there are some remodel pics here. If we weren't such slobs I'd take a pic or 2 of the interior now.petegossett wrote: ......the 8800 sq-ft buildings we remodeled and live above - for that price.I want to see some photos of THAT. I always thought it'd be cool to live above a store like the ones downtown in my hometown in NE Ohio.We're really happy with how the east 1/2 of the upstairs turned out. I just cleaned the original wood floors with a floor scrubber, then went straight over the top with polyurethane. It had been a workshop up here originally, and I exposed a couple places that were completely embedded with tiny tacks. I put extra poly over the ones I couldn't get out.
. The other 1/2 of the upstairs turned out ok, but that's the kid's & cat's side, so we knew I would get trashed and didn't do anything special decor-wise with it.
That looks exactly like what I was visualizing. Awesome.
Photos, plus the cost of the house for sale, also remind me of this one guy...
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=126048
Rufledt wrote:Brett_Murphy wrote: I am amazed at how inexpensive this is.agreed, i kept waiting for the catch, like "also it's currently on fire" tucked in at the end or something.
No fire...no fire ants either. it's a good solid home in one of the cheapest parts of the country to live.
JohnRW1621 wrote: I think the catch is, "you had better bring some personal wealth with you because amassing wealth from the local economy will otherwise be your greatest challenge."
Well, there are professional positions available within a 1/2-hour commute, and even more within an hour. There's a fair amount of tech & skilled labor too, but the wages are also lower.
In reply to PHeller:
I'll try to get a few next week. 
Bump. For the GRM crew I'll even include my Dixie Chopper pictured above. Low hours, I bought it brand new & only used it to mow our property.
If not for the location, my wife and I would be on it.
petegossett wrote: Bump. For the GRM crew I'll even include my Dixie Chopper pictured above. Low hours, I bought it brand new & only used it to mow our property.
that's a nice bonus right there
In reply to OHSCrifle:
It cut mowing time from about an hour & 15-minutes with an MTD hydrostat to 40-minutes.
PHeller wrote:petegossett wrote:I'd really enjoy seeing the finished pics as well. Hard to get an idea of the space.OHSCrifle wrote:I've not done a good job documenting it, but there are some remodel pics here. If we weren't such slobs I'd take a pic or 2 of the interior now.petegossett wrote: ......the 8800 sq-ft buildings we remodeled and live above - for that price.I want to see some photos of THAT. I always thought it'd be cool to live above a store like the ones downtown in my hometown in NE Ohio.
Finally had a chance to snap a few interior pics of the 2nd floor living space. Might be putting this one up for sale eventually, or even consider a package deal with it and the house...
An interesting bit of history: Half of the building was originally a farm implement store, tack shop, etc. and the 2nd floor was a workshop/repair area where they would hoist the buggies up through a (former) opening in the floor, where the bathroom above is now located. The other 1/2 of the building was a shoe factory(they were completely separate buildings at that time). A couple years later the shoe factory expanded and interconnected both buildings.
In the area that is now the living room(just behind the corner of the couch above) was their workspace - I've confirmed it by the holes in the floor for the knob & tube wiring, and by the large quantity of tiny tacks embedded into the floor just in front of the center window. I figured that was probably the best place to be, as there would have been the most ventilation during summer. I left all the tacks that were embedded, and put a couple extra coats of urethane over the top to keep them in place.
Last winter I happened to come across these two documents for sale online. Although they don't list the local address here in Rossville, I know our building was the only shoe factory in town.
If you can't read them, the first document was sent to someone in Newton, Iowa on 9/10/1900 regarding payment for shoes sold to J. W. Hunter. The second document is from 12/10/1900 addressed to a different person in Newton, IA also regarding J. W. Hunter's bill. If/when we do sell this place, the documents will go to the new owner. They belong with the building.
Cool. What's downstairs now?
In reply to OHSCrifle:
We rent 1/4 of it to the town barber. I had an antique/junk store in the rest of it, but that market has really died the last year, so I'm having an auctioneer take the inventory & sell it off. I still do computer repair, but don't really keep regular hours.
Ok, bumping this back up. I'm ready to be done with the house, it's vacant now & we've started to do some basic cleaning and maintenance, but I'm done being a landlord.
Someone make me an offer on this place. Seriously.
JohnRW1621 wrote: I think the catch is, "you had better bring some personal wealth with you because amassing wealth from the local economy will otherwise be your greatest challenge."
Don't forget the single biggest catch of "You'll be living in Illinois"
In reply to WOW Really Paul?:
True, but we don't have free-range king cobras, hurricanes, or much of anything/anyone else out to get you. Well, except for a rogue twister from time to time, but we're nothing like Kansas/Oklahoma/etc.
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