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Was occupied in 2005-06. In 07 it went on the market for 90k, and dropped to 36k in 08 after the windows started being broken and the back door was kicked in. For sale sign went down after that. After about 8 months of open access, the windows and doors were boarded up in December of 08. Driveway is used by neighbors. Has pretty amazing details which despite the neglect are still relatively intact.
This was the house Stump mentioned in reference to nearby 42 Gilmore St.
Also Nearby:
- 139 Julian St Julian S
- 27-29 Calla Street Right ac
Despite its current state of dereliction, this one doesn’ look so bad to me. The level of detail, combined with the granite facing and steps, tell me this was a fairly expensive house in its time. There might be gold under the grime. I also notice that a lot of the bull work in repainting has been done in the recent past, this suggests that a repaint wouldn’t be as bad as it might be. The building height is such that a homeowner could exert a lot of “do it yourself” on the painting. I also notice the lot size of just over 5K provides sufficient room for hidden parking. I am not deterred by the broken windows. They already had “storm wndows”, this suggests it was past time for replacement sash. That is about 25 minutes and $120.00 per window. The window place on North Main Street offers a slight discount if they are bought in any quantity. I was always amazed that “Nu-Sash” used to get $700 per window, plus $100 apiece to take the old ones away.
I am assuming that the the price of $36,000 is some fair indicator of the current price. Oh well, back to laying around the house, popping bon-bons.
front door kicked in…lights on inside on second floor, so someone is still paying the bills…
oh and the next house over, 47 arch has also been forclosed/emptied/doors kicked in/tagged up. Trying to keep the doors closed at least, don’t need another burned out hulk, but it would make 45 Arch more attractive….
Just an FYI, 49-51 Arch is up for auction on February 17th.
45 Arch is having some work done, or at least there is a dumpster and some workers are cleaning out things. Hopefully they don’t destroy the architectural detail inside, it was still pretty intact before the windows were boarded despite the vandalism.
re: interior detail
I just used an interesting product for interior restoration. It is made by FibaTape, and is essentially self adhering joint tape. The difference is that it comes in rolls 3 feet wide by 75 feet. I ended up “special ordering” it from Sherwin-Williams.
In abused areas, such as hallways, with horse hair plaster it can be applied right over the horse hair stuff. While some filling should be done on substantial voids, it bridges right over minor scars. The next step is to give it two thin skim coats of joint compound (it comes in several weights, I prefer the ighter. But not the extremely expensive “light weight, shrink free ” compounds). With a light sanding between coats, it should be paintable after two coats, with primer/sealer and two coats of paint. Appearance is quite respectable. After the first coat, there may be obvious bubbles in the “mesh”. After drying these can be sliced right off with a razor edged wallpaper scraper. This is superior to attemptng to simply skim it with joint compound, the mesh acts as a quide for your spreading tool. this prevents the voids common at the end of a stroke. Cheap, $26.00 per roll, that works out to 27 lineal feet with an 8 ft ceiling.
This does not alter my previous advice to simply tear down the plaster where a lot of electrical and plumbing work will be done. The savings on plumbing and wiring largely offset the cost of blueboard and skim.