And those are just a few of the reasons why I’m interested in rehabilitating a house. You see, I’m an urban planner, and I’ve been instructed that all the old, decaying parts of cities need are people like me. We’ll move in, add a few coats of paint and a new counter-top and voila! That old dingy neighborhood is now attractive and desirable.
On a more serious note: this is something that I do want to do.
I love the details of construction. The nitty-gritty assembly of wood framing, siding, roofing, and windows. Cities in the “rust belt” contain many beautiful homes that are falling apart because of disuse or neglect. In a housing market that is not friendly to sellers, the only time-tested way to improve value is to actually build it into the structure.
