Sounds like such a fun project, Russell. I too have a dream of buying and renovating an old stone Spanish house. I'm moving to Valencia soon, will start with an apartment downtown, and go from there!
Good for you that you figured out how you really feel about your place deep down. Clarity can lend amazing perspective to a project!! I look forward to reading more from you.
We started renovating an old Soviet hand-built home here. (I say it was Soviet, but it was probably built in 1998 or so by a grandfather with that old mentality. In Russia, it's quite normal to sketch out your home designs and just build a house from scratch. You don't even have to get permits first, you can pay the penalties later.)
It's been both a good and bad experience. When we were nearing completion of the first phrase, the realtor came to us and said that when we were finished, we could sell the property for what we paid for it plus about 4 million rubles ($400,000), which will more than break even.
I proposed we enjoy it for a little while and then sell it. But the closer we get to finishing the renovation, the more we are falling in love with it.
Sounds like such a fun project, Russell. I too have a dream of buying and renovating an old stone Spanish house. I'm moving to Valencia soon, will start with an apartment downtown, and go from there!
Good for you that you figured out how you really feel about your place deep down. Clarity can lend amazing perspective to a project!! I look forward to reading more from you.
We started renovating an old Soviet hand-built home here. (I say it was Soviet, but it was probably built in 1998 or so by a grandfather with that old mentality. In Russia, it's quite normal to sketch out your home designs and just build a house from scratch. You don't even have to get permits first, you can pay the penalties later.)
It's been both a good and bad experience. When we were nearing completion of the first phrase, the realtor came to us and said that when we were finished, we could sell the property for what we paid for it plus about 4 million rubles ($400,000), which will more than break even.
I proposed we enjoy it for a little while and then sell it. But the closer we get to finishing the renovation, the more we are falling in love with it.
I was so sure that after "I'll explain it all to you dear readers… for a certain price" that there was a "become a paying subscriber" pitch coming :D
Lol. No that was just your standard literary device.