This week’s episode of This American Life, “The Giant Pool of Money” is “a special program about the housing crisis”. The intro piece is all about NINA loans (No Income, No Assets), which is how we initially bought our house while working as a substitute teacher and part-time at Starbucks, respectively. …
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Restoration of a turn-of-the-last-century Folk Victorian in Church Hill, Richmond, Virginia.
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in the media: no income, no assets, no debt
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apparently we’re slumlords
http://www.lestercat.net/house/2008/05/04/apparently-were-slumlords/The city sent us a letter last week informing us that the condition of our house does not meet code and that we have 30 days to fix the problems or face fines (we are not alone in this). The city dinged us on a collapsing section of privacy fence out back, the peeling paint on the front of the house, our crumbly cement steps, and the lack of a handrail on these steps. …
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making the porch more beautiful
http://www.lestercat.net/house/2008/05/04/making-the-porch-more-beautiful/A simple idea that we’ve talked about for a long time and finally put together: getting some kind of curtains on the upstairs back porch. Our view definitely benefits from a soft gauzy overlay… …
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Future Bellevue homeowner ISO experienced home inspector
http://northrichmondnews.com/news/2008/05/06/future-bellevue...A local weblog focused on one Church Hill couple’s efforts to renovate their home recently received a request from a soon-to-be North Richmond resident http://www.lestercat.net/house/2008/04/25/in-which-we-score-a-very-tall-mantle/#comment-2816: Hi! I’ve been reading your site for about a year now– thanks for putting it
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things magazine
http://www.thingsmagazine.netPhotoshop disasters / Jonny Greenpeace's Worm Buffet, music mixes / a beautiful baby portrait / the Russian Utopia Depository, a 'museum of paper architecture' / Before and After in Church Hill, Virginia, via towards Spring, a local renovation blog / On Bunker Hill, 'a lost neighbourhood found' in Los Angeles. * Abandoned Library in Russia, via Coudal. See also the Detroit Public Schools Book Depository image set, and the famous images of the
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http://www.rvablogs.comThe trashcan obsessional The View From the Top The Ward View The Women's Post The Wood Mechanic The Write Side of My Brain The Yarn Lounge: it's hip to knit The804.com--Richmond VA Real Estate Blog Theatre IV This Decrepit Victorian Tobacco Avenue triathlonmom tripp Urban Richmond~ VA Family Law Blog Veronica's Test Kitchen View From The Knob Web site effectiveness blog Welcome to the Nut House West of Shockoe Where's Eric Cantor?
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Welcome, Victorian Home Readers (And sorry for the lack of posts!)
http://www.ourfixerupper.com/welcome-victorian-home-readers-...to see some pretty impressive transformations. Some of our other favorite bloggers are mentioned in the article too, so be sure the check them out: The Devil Queen, 1902 Victorian, The Petch House, This Old Crack House, Casa Decrepit, This Decrepit Victorian, and Victorian Restoration And once you’re hooked on our madness, head over to Houseblogs.net - an invaluable (and time-sucking) site with all sorts of community features for house bloggers and readers alike!
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The Harrisburg House
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richmond virginia church hill
http://demo.coretraffic.com/2007/11/20/richmond-virginia-chu...porch demo w/ mummified opossum
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richmond virginia church hill
http://demo.coretraffic.com/2007/11/20/richmond-virginia-chu...I almost grabbed the tail of this before I saw what it was. The next step is to dig for the footings for the piers and get the truck emptied. Posted at 3:21PM under Richmond, outside, renovation
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richmond virginia church hill
http://demo.coretraffic.com/2007/11/20/richmond-virginia-chu...Wow, thats pretty wild. Kinda scary looking! posted by porch progress - To Restore a House in Church Hill, Richmond, Virginia at September 30, 2007 7:43 am :
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richmond virginia church hill
http://demo.coretraffic.com/2007/11/19/richmond-virginia-chu...Wow, thats pretty wild. Kinda scary looking! posted by porch progress - To Restore a House in Church Hill, Richmond, Virginia at September 30, 2007 7:43 am :
