That linoleum in the closet is original from the 20s or 30s. Bathroom fixtures from early to mid 50s. Kitchen glass cabinets with latches from 30s. Neat place!
my dad built our home in very early 50s - bathroom very much like this one but blue instead of pink. mom LOVED blue blue blue! very familiar bathroom! interesting video!
Same here , the apartment found the perfect contractor and tenants as its preserved for the moment. It's just a tiny part of history, but it is history none the less.
@manchesterexplorer8519 I am a musician/photographer living in Manchester and I'm always looking for little things like this. I think I'm going to enjoy your channel!
@@stevenmitchell4702 The right side of Bremer Street, "The Rock Rimmon Side" is still a nice area all the way down to Coolidge Ave. As soon as you cross over Kelley Street, it starts to get bad and run down as most of the West Side is now lost.
Were enjoying our time here , the apartment has a warm vibe. The 2nd and 3rd floor tenants are great, as we all get along and the neighborhood has a tight sense of community.
I am disgusted by the homeowners choice of destroying the beautiful bathroom. A great clean up and minor repairs would restore it perfectly. But he chooses to keep the medicine cabinet? SMH.
That “hall” part of the kitchen looks like a mock butlers pantry-esque space. Also, you need to fix the edge of the counter closest to the window. Please get rid of plastic tiles in the kitchen and do it right.
Born and raised in Manchester!! Apartments had many rooms, very small closets! Enjoyed this. I am 74 and this brought back memories. I lived on the east side
I know, I hate that the homeowners wanted the sink & toilet to go. They are in good shape & match the bathtub they are keeping?? I get that a vanity offers storage, but they had the built in cabinet in there with the laundry chute.
@joanneclose7041 It was by chance as I do my best to preserve history , even if it's something minor such as this apartment. Most contractors would've advised the owner to rip it all out to then modernize it.
It’s refreshing to see buyers respect the craft and workmanship of almost every detail. They took great care, attention and pride in their work which a big part of why so much of it remains decades later. Major props to this buyer for recognizing the hidden gems in these structures and caring enough to preserve them for many decades to come.
Nothing like radiator heat. My mother and father would lay our blankets across the top on very cold nights. Too bad about the pink bathroom - I love it.
I don’t really understand keeping a medicine chest while trashing the beautiful coloured fixtures. Restoring doesn’t require “modern” fixtures. The homeowner doesn’t seem very bright.
@@lululacanuck3824 Ouch, this isnt a very nice comment. There could be any number of reasons why he wants nicer, newer fixtures, beginning with city codes. You dont sound very bright! LOL
I live in my Grandparents house that was built in 1915. My grandfather made a built in kitchen in the late 40’s with the same style cabinets and the chrome Amerock push handles too! Sadly I had a kitchen fire 2 years ago… the contractors thought I was ridiculous to have them refinish the cabinets. But they do agree, now that it is complete, that it looks great and far more unique than if I had just done new flat pack cabinets. Thank you for the tour, glad that the new owner is keeping the well crafted built ins.
That was awesome. Reminded me of lots of homes i visited while growing up. The home i grew up in was built in the 20's and had radiators, i loved them and wish the home i have now had them. We had doors with latches like some of those, as did my grandmothers house and other relatives homes, they were pretty cool. And those bathroom fixtures were all like the ones i grew up with, even the pink color lol
I'm glad that we saved it from being " updated" and yes, the old radiator heaters are like having a woodstove in every room . Nothing heats better than them , not the most efficient as far as burning oil, but they are not that bad, to be honest.
It’s nice to see an home built in the 20’s that has been that well cared for. Many people today have the use it up and then move on attitude which is why so many older places have to be gutted. This one is a beauty
It’s very possible that kitchen and bathroom are actually 1920s. I have 1920s Better Homes & Gardens magazines and the bathroom and kitchen advertisements look just like this apartment. Good luck with the restoration!
I would love to live in that house - with as few things changed as possible. Takes my mind back to what feels like a simpler time. And definitely a time where the majority of people were decent and respected one another.
@shavinmccrotch9435 It's still around as far as I know. Although you may not find the vintage patterns . Not my cup of tea , but I'm sure it looked cool when it was new.
Thank you for your thoughtful tour of a beautiful apartment. It is heartwarming to see the care the owners took maintaining their home and your appreciation of the workmanship of buildings past.
My mother-in-law used to care for this elderly woman. The woman's husband died a long time ago. My mother-in-law needed help moving some things from the woman's apartment. When I walked in the apartment it was like going back in time to the 1930's. The floor coverings, wallpaper, lamps furniture and even the appliances were all very old but in excellent shape. It was a real treat to see that apartment.
That apartment is a gem! Since the owner is keeping the pink bathtub, why not keep the matching sink and toilet? The paint on the varnished woodwork is peeling, so perhaps it could be easy to remove and to restore the original finish. BTW, that peeling pint could contain lead. I'm glad that he's restoring many of the old features of the place!
I used to live diagonally across from this house , you can see my old apartment. When you look out the front window to the left (the gray apartment) I always wondered who lived in here ! Such a time capsule! I never saw anyone go into the first floor and now I know why!
Interesting layout & I can honestly say I've never seen a tiled ceiling before, both bathroom & kitchen, wow! I'd peal that paint off the wood trim around the doors, windows & basemoldings. The crosses in the drawer was an interesting find. Thanks for posting this :)
Hi, I was born in 1948 and grew up in the 1950s and 60s and have studied interior design. The color pink and turquoise were big in the 1950s, turquoise even in the 1930s! We had a hot pink kitchen counter in our home in the 1960s and our neighbors had an all pink bathroom in the 1950s so that bathroom looks more like bathroom fixtures from the 1950s if not the 1960s. Another friend of mine had an all pale pink kitchen in her home in the 1960s. Good luck with your new home, looks like a lot of work ahead, but it will be well worth it. "Home is where the heart is"!♥
WOW!! What an awesome apartment!! Im absolutely so surprised that this apartment wasn't destroyed/graffitied up or the copper pipes werent torn out throughout the years of no one living there!! That DEFINITELY means its a good area to live in and the neighbors watch out for one another!! So with the bathroom If they were going to keep that pink tub they should have kept the toilet and the sink as well (well at least the sink) SUCH a perfect match!!! BUT I LOVE THAT KITCHEN....and that pole light was so awesome!!! In the beginning of the video you stated that you guys have moved into it.... So I wish you ALL the happiness and that you guys make MANY cherished memories there together!!💜🙏🩷
@helenawarsinnak Thank you , and yes , The Rimmon Heights district , located on the West Side of Manchester is still holding on as its a nice area to live.
So many details in the apartment remind me of my house when we bought it 30 years ago. The front doors, the windows, radiators, medicine cabinet, the kitchen cabinets, stove vent, and hutch are all a flashback to before our renovation. It took a lot of work to renovate, but it was worth the effort!
Everything here was saved except the pink sink and toilet . All we did was rip up the old carpet , laid down some plank flooring and repainted the place . It's a neat apartment for sure and I'm glad we not only saved it , but moved into it. Otherwise all that old tile would've been removed as well as the cabinets , which would've been disgusting to do.
It is like going back in time, that flooring is in one of my parents photos from the 1950’s, I just checked them out! Don’t change them, it’s vintage!! Nice!! 😊
Reminds me a lot of my first studio apt on the West side in Manchester back in the '90's. I paid $285 per/mos and I had a garage. The tile on the ceiling is crazy!
I remember those days of very affordable rent , people have evolved into self-centered narcissists that only care about money so they can buy more STUFF to feed their insecurities .
@@manchesterexplorer8519 I remember my landlords were great and actually cared about their tenants. If you had a problem they would try and help you out. They let me rent the garage spot for $10 per mos because my car kept getting broken into and I was a broke college kid. Very kind. Seems a lifetime ago now.
I know this is an older video but just have to comment. I hope that the pink fixtures went to a salvage place- those are treasures for vintage restoration. The flooring in the kitchen and cedar closet are beautiful and all the tiled walls and ceilings are amazing-glad they are being preserved! That deep red must have been very stylish for the time- our family home was built in 1922 and had that exact color inside all the kitchen cabinets. That radiator is the coolest ever!!
I like this apartment. I really do! That pole lamp in the living room was pretty cool. That bathroom too. That block glass is really awesome stuff! Excelent lighting and zero see through. That medicine cabinet was so old, it came from a time when people used to dispose of their razor blades behind the wall via a slit at the bottom, and on the right hand side of this one. I love that color combination of those tiles in there. Little things that you don't think about too often really make a home, like those archways, and those bathroom and kitchen light fixtures. I think there was another one a little further back in the video too.
Dynamite video. I had the same pink tub and sink. You probably know this, but there will be the year that the toilet was installed, if you lift the tank lid. That gives a general idea of the fixtures, etc. I like what you are saying about lead paint and how it looks. As a special education teacher, I am here to tell everyone that lead in the blood system settles in the brain and stays forever. It doesn’t get better…. Lead remains everywhere and the dust is brutal. Painters do not care so much but please talk about this huge problem. People need to know.
@DorothyKiley Yes , never sand lead paint 👍 . Although the trim paint here happened to be oil paint upon testing it. The exteriors of the window sills contained lead though. The 2nd and 3rd floor apartments had a lot of lead paint. These 2 apartments were heavily lived in and trashed as well . They weren't worth making a video .
🌺 I had a blast just seeing this beautiful apartment in New Hampshire & it brought me back to the early days of how we had lived; thank you for sharing the video to us all & Looking to see more places like this one & can't wait to see more again😉...
Very nice I also liked the stand alone light I have one in the kitchen since the main light in the ceiling no longer works and requires a motor that you can't fix. I have the old faucets in my home. My plumber told me that my sink would have to be replaced as he can't get the tap anymore. I also have the old paint. My house is about 80 years old and my uncle inherited it from an older couple that he looked after back in the 50s and 60s. It's an old home needs a lot of work but I still like it and it's a lot cheaper than paying rent these days. I'm so glad that they are salvaging what they can of this property and bringing it back to life.
Your video reminded me of the house I grew up in in San Francisco & a couple of apartments I lived in on the west coast. Put a smile on my face. That apartment is a treasure. Thank you for sharing. 👍 ☮️💖🌻
I love this place ! It blew my mind when you were in the bathroom, the toothbrush brush holder brought back so many memories. We had one when I was a little girl back in the 50’S
I agree; this was my first time seeing it as to why I had to add captions as I was in a rush. But 3 days later I decided to move in, as I loved the place as well. It took a bit of effort to talk the owner into keeping as much original as possible, as he wanted to tear it all apart. For the moment, its about 90% preserved from what you see in this video; other than the flooring, its been painted, and the bathroom toilet and sink were swapped. I tried my best to keep the bathroom original, but I don't own the place. Unfortunately, once we decide to move out, it'll likley change, as the owner will likley change much of it or the next tenant will trash it.
Loved this walk-thru. I lived on the 3rd floor of a triple decker on Reed St. Old gas stove, and refrigerator in the dining room with a side pantry and porcelin sink with really tall cabinets. Parlor with parlor stove and french doors. It was a very cool apartment. The front of it looked out over St. Peters Orphanage.
I lived in a vintage 1924 apartment with original deep sink and wood/coal cook stove and linoleum flooring. There was a dumb waiter shaft to the basement, but no dumb waiter, plus non functioning gas light jet in the living room. There was asbestos in the linoleum and lead in the pressed tin ceiling tiles. Most likely the paint contained lead, but it wasn’t chipped or peeling. The bedrooms were wallpapered with what may have been paper from the 1950’s. There was another wood stove for heat in the living room with shafts and vents into the bedrooms. The bathroom had a top tank toilet with pull chain and a somewhat rust stained iron tub with the claw feet! I lived there for two years for the grand price of $90 month. Electric was extra as was having wood chopped and carried up the stairs for another $15 month. So I paid $115 mo. plus the phone was only $8 month on a five party line. Dirt cheap, but long distance calls were expensive. Just about everywhere out of the immediate township was long distance. To call local, you dialed four digits. To call out of the township but within the county, you dialed seven digits. Outside of the county required going through the live operator who would connect you to the area code, first three of nine digits, and calls outside the area code, the operator dialed or rather, patched you through the entire number, 10 digits, a “person to person” call. On these calls you’d have to specify who would pay the fee, the caller or the receiver. It was known as “calling collect” if the receiver was being charged. This was in 1976-1979.
The medicine cabinet has a narrow slit in the back panel for used razor blades. They would fall down into the wall and stay there. If you looked into the the wall space it will be full of old rusty razor blades. I remember using this feature in my childhood home.
Wow this brings back memories from when I rented a room in a old 1900's building that was in my previous landlords family. His parents lived in the unit above him and his wife (where me and my untrustworthy roommates were). Tin ceiling throughout the unit even above the drop ceiling tiles, old 1950's gas range with a built in heater and boy was my room the hottest in the winter! The unit across from us could not be rented due to a pipe burst caused by the last tenants that didn't have the heat on low during their 3 week vacation. (It was like walking into a fun house). I temporarily used that unit to store my stuff as I had to move out for many reasons that my roommates has caused (which includes not paying the landlord and the utilities.) Anyways the unit across the hall had a very nice gas range that can also be used as a wood burning range (yes I asked the landlord) the bathroom also had a claw foot bathtub in great condition. My grandparents house (god bless their souls 😢) had a claw foot bathtub as well. They also had a butler's pantry and a metal sink. (our kitchen sink unit was all metal including the drawers). My grandparents were the third owners of the property. Before it was a residential house it used to be a bar.
Oh, you’re breaking my heart by replacing the fixtures in the bathroom. Those are incredible. I have a bathroom like that and it’s the best ever. I’m jealous. I want to have the pink in the black is great.
@Pammy-y7h I agree , but it wasn't my decision to do so. Unfortunately, this is an apartment, after we eventually move out this place will slowly get destroyed y tenants that won't care about it.
The rental I live in has a bathroom with plastic tile like the kitchen in your video. Our tiles say Homart on the back and are a like green. The tub is a darker green for contrast. I really enjoyed the video, it’s so cool to see everything that’s being saved.
The glass squares in the bathroom are called glass block. They let light in without outsiders seeing in. They were from the 20's and 30's. They were popular in art-deco style construction.
Wonderful seeing this apartment. I grew up nearby ,went to school at St Jean the Baptist parish, and knew the family who lived here….brings back some terrific memories, but chuckling over the descriptions…the condition of this apartment is very typical of most of the west side where people actually washed their front steps and sidewalks and had a lot of pride in their homes whether or not it was a rented apartment or their own home. Sad to see the west side now….
The door and window facings appear to be Eastlake, so the house itself may be late 19th century rather than early 20th. I'd love ro see if the exterior or any original doors had bric-a-brac, gingerbread-y details. Or stained glass. I once lived in an old Victorian that had deep cabinets like those. I wish I had photos of it; it's long-gone. But the remodel is definitely 60s. I lived with those light fixtures and door pulls. I wouldn't change a thing about the bathroom except to trade plastic tiles in favor of ceramic. And I LOVE the walk-through pantry.
@MelissaThompson432 it was built in 1920 , hardly any buildings in the immediate area were from the 1800's as this area was basically a clear cut field back then.
I would love a place like this! In the home I lived in before now, we had a bathroom from the 1950's, I loved it! There is something about the style of the 50's and early 1960's.
Yup , it's rather sad as most of these apartments are now trashed or heavily modified as the days of the landlord residing on the first floor are long gone. They're now just investment properties that get run to the ground. This apartment will get trashed after we move out in a few years from now ,as its very likely that the next tenants won't respect it.
The glass in the bathroom window looks like glass brick (aka glass block). It looks like it is about 3 or 4 inches thick and hollow with vertical ribbing in one inside wall and horizontal ribbing on the other inside wall. If it looks stained, that may actually be the glass has started to turn grayish/purplish from sun exposure. Some old glass does that from exposure to sunlight. It may be possible to get a traditional toilet and sink though maybe not in pink. The bathroom in my 1939 house was remodeled sometime in the 1960s or 1970s and a bargain toilet and vanity sink installed. I bought a more traditional Kohler toilet and matching pedestal sink when they were on half price at Home Depot ($500 for both rather than $500 each). They were installed when the house was completely replumbed. Overall, a very nice apartment with well preserved features. A video with good advice.
The linoleum with the feathers is from before the 1940s. Pink bathrooms were popular in the 1950s, the bathroom tile on the ceiling is cool. The light in the entry hall is much older than the 1960s. Brown carpet is probably the 1980s. I love the butler pantry. If I owned that place I would probably tear the closet out that has the window in it to allow more light in the bedroom and make a little reading knook with a comfy window seat.
@jeanineadele yes. It was remodeled during the 1960's . The archway that enters the living room once had two French doors. The living room also had a door to the left that entered a stairway and another door to the right that connected to the small bedroom. The master bedroom was also modified as it used to be split into 2 bedrooms , that's why it has that weird closet with the window in it. The most original area is the bathroom and kitchen . Originally, the room with the ironing board was a utility/wash room as it wouldn't have had the fridge or stove within it.
My uncle owned Tilemaster Corp plastic pearlized tiles. His first home after marriage was a two story, brick bungalow. He and his family lived downstairs, my grandparents live up. Both of the apartments had that same treatment, even the ceilings were tiled in plastic. Dates pre-1960. When the Japanese introduced affordable ceramic tile in the early 60's it put Tilemaster out of business. The apartments also had a hidden laundry chute in the front closets.
@@manchesterexplorer8519 Our kitchen didn't have the tiled ceiling, and only the pearlized pink with the chocolate on the bottom half of the walls.. My dad was colorblind ... except for turquoise, lol! The painted blue upper walls badly clashed with the pink and chocolate. Uncle and grandparents also had the fully tiled baths.. Thanks for the memories.
That would've been cool for sure , just not my decision to lay down vinyl plank flooring. Due to deciding to move into the apartment , we preserved as much as we could for the moment . Once we move out , the landlord will likely change things and the apartment will enter what I refer to as rental hell, as it'll get trashed.
We had an ironing board like that but it was in the place a dishwasher would go. So we converted the top half into a spice rack and kept the original door, just sealed the bottom half shut ! (The ironing board was broken and a hazard anyways)
the paint is peeling because it’s been left on for many, many years. When they get regularly repainted, they don’t. I have owned 3 historic homes, & they have been repainted, many times by me, & this has been the case. I love the stained woodwork, but it is a hell lot of work to strip it. When you work multiple jobs & have rentals, it ain’t happening. Wow, this place takes me back. I’m 70, & wow. I grew up sitting on linoleumed floors watching Saturday morning cartoons because the couch is taken up already with my quicker siblings.when we’d get up from it, we’d yell, “my seat is saved!” Haha. Everybody adhered to it too. It wasn’t no joke. That floor was hard & cold. & then in the 70’s, mom got a better job, & we got that carpet right there, same color & everything. Cable tv was new. Then the fight for the cable box commenced. The good old teenage days.no ceiling tiles. Thank goodness. We had floor vent heaters in the 50’s-60’s. No tiled bathrooms. Wow, that bath hardware is in pristine condition, wow. I hope he doesn’t touch it, we have nothing to match its quality without spending $1000.00, for the set. No lie. I have a laundry shoot in my current home. It’s a single family fixer upper mansion. I have many plans, & many projects to tackle. I’m thinking that kitchen was twice the size it is. Every old house we had, had humongous kitchens. With the old wall sinks, no counters, the old Frigidaire, pantry, ceiling light with the string. Big gas stove. I’d love, love to find a house like that, I would buy it in heartbeat. Yes, my last house had 1960’s cabinets & drawer pulls, they were beautiful but painted over. I lived there 20 years, & was able to find a video showing how to clean them easily. They were chrome like yours, but swirly. Omg. I should’ve brought them with me because these are new & falling off. Grrr. I love that all the hardware matches. They did a fabulous job, from beginning up till today. I hope they hang onto everything they remove for the next owner. Put it in the attic. I bet there are many homes with the original laundry shoots, they’re just closed off. Mine is in the basement, but they left the two doors in the bathrooms. I had those builtins in my pantries too. That radiator is stunning, I’ve never seen one. So cool. Formica counter. Those cupboards are so roomy, I love them. Interesting layout. Great place! Thanks for sharing.
I hate to break it to you, most of the apartments in Manchester in 2024 look like this. Landlords don't bother to update since housing is tight and people take what they can get. Do you know how many pink, blue, and green bathrooms we still have here?
Most apartments that still happen to be vintage are beat; this one was in excellent condition, which is what you're not understanding . Nobody has lived in this apartment since the mid 1980's as it was the original owners/family that lived here since it was new in 1920 and they took care of it.. Also, as a contractor of 20+ years and knowing many other contractors , most apartments don't look like this as they've been torn apart and renovated poorly 3x over by now and also covered in 20 coats of bad paint jobs. Are there other apartments in Manchester that are time capsules in excellent shape? Yes, but they're very few as most of these old tenant buildings are now owned by slumlords and investment companies that like to modernize everything or to poorly maintain them. For example: The 2nd and 3rd floor of this very building also had the original cabinets , but they were all in horrible condition being painted at least 5-10 times as they had to get ripped out and replaced. All the original cabinet hardware was painted over or 50% of it was gone or broken. All the trim , again painted at least 10 times with caked on horrible runny paint jobs . The bathrooms were likely renovated " very poorly" during the 1980's. The walls and ceilings, also riddled with bad repairs/patches , runny and rough looking paint etc..
@@manchesterexplorer8519 These old apartments would be really nice if they were kept up but the slum lords are only in it for the money and the same goes for investors. They'll rent it to those on section 8 and the renovated apartments in the same building will be market rent. There's a 3 family house on the West side, Two units were remodeled but left some of what was original. The section 8 unit was horrible. A couple of the wooden floors weren't sanded and varnished. The stove was old and the handle to open the oven door looked more like a towel bar.
@@FirstLast-yw2wu I agree , most tennant buildings have been remodeled by now , many of them horribly . It's somewhat rare to find one like this due to nobody residing here for decades.
Well made cabinets - lot of modern homes don't have, nor can get the very much free standing furniture in the homes. Sash windows too. Real treasure this place.
Would the stove/oven gone in that back room below that fan? I didn't actually see one. It's funny how the kitchen is split into a sort of working kitchen/appliances/table, and a sort of butler's pantry area that goes through to the dining room. There is more room in that apartment than there is in my dinky expensive one.
@jenniferfraser1854 The room with the fridge was originally a laundry room. And yes, some of these old buildings hold some really neat apartments, especially in the Rimmon Heights area.
Our family home was built to my great grandmother’s specs in 1920. All the bedrooms had walk in closets. Huge linen and coat closets and a sewing room. Closets were all the rage. My house 1880 had no closets. A chunk of my bedroom was used to create a closet in the 1940s. (Homosote walls). The original four rooms had no closets…no indoor plumbing.
Sign me up! I would kill for that apartment! This is the kind of place I love; it reminds me of my second-ever apartment. That apartment still had the original cast iron porcelain kitchen sink with drain board, the original bathroom sink, a massive tub, gorgeous tile and hardwood floors, and massive windows that looked out on massive trees. I still miss it💕. Landlords: Stop ripping out the good stuff and replacing it with from crap from Home Depot! PS And radiators. I love radiator heat.
The shocker to me was the tiled ceiling. How did they get it to stay till the grout dried? Never seen chromed radiators either. Have only seen painted radiators.
That linoleum in the closet is original from the 20s or 30s. Bathroom fixtures from early to mid 50s. Kitchen glass cabinets with latches from 30s. Neat place!
Thanks for the info!
That linoleum is actually asbestos
Grandmothers house had same cabinet and latches on the upper cabinets we had ironing board cabinet as well
my dad built our home in very early 50s - bathroom very much like this one but blue instead of pink. mom LOVED blue blue blue! very familiar bathroom! interesting video!
I think it might be linoleum in the dining/entry as well.
As a lover of vintage things I think this apartment is AMAZING!
Same here , the apartment found the perfect contractor and tenants as its preserved for the moment. It's just a tiny part of history, but it is history none the less.
@manchesterexplorer8519 I am a musician/photographer living in Manchester and I'm always looking for little things like this. I think I'm going to enjoy your channel!
That all-pink bathroom with the Circline fixture is glorious!
I grew up on the west side - it was a fun place to grow up. Life was simple and people were hard working and nice.
@@stevenmitchell4702 The right side of Bremer Street, "The Rock Rimmon Side" is still a nice area all the way down to Coolidge Ave. As soon as you cross over Kelley Street, it starts to get bad and run down as most of the West Side is now lost.
This apartment is gorgeous! I’d live there in a heartbeat!
Were enjoying our time here , the apartment has a warm vibe. The 2nd and 3rd floor tenants are great, as we all get along and the neighborhood has a tight sense of community.
@@manchesterexplorer8519 that’s awesome! You’re very fortunate!
I love it…I wish all the old could stay especially the pink sink and toilet .. the linoleum is awesome…beautiful to me! I love to keep history….
I am disgusted by the homeowners choice of destroying the beautiful bathroom. A great clean up and minor repairs would restore it perfectly. But he chooses to keep the medicine cabinet? SMH.
That “hall” part of the kitchen looks like a mock butlers pantry-esque space. Also, you need to fix the edge of the counter closest to the window. Please get rid of plastic tiles in the kitchen and do it right.
Born and raised in Manchester!! Apartments had many rooms, very small closets! Enjoyed this. I am 74 and this brought back memories. I lived on the east side
Yes, people didn't own as much clothes back then....... and people today wonder as to why they're broke 😉
@@manchesterexplorer8519 yup😆
Oh what a beautiful apartment! Someone really loved living there, they took great care of it
I lived during the 60s! It’s a beautiful place! Especially the pink bathroom! 😀
I know, I hate that the homeowners wanted the sink & toilet to go. They are in good shape & match the bathtub they are keeping?? I get that a vanity offers storage, but they had the built in cabinet in there with the laundry chute.
This took me back 60 years. It had that familiar feeling.
It nice to hear that not everything is being ripped out & modernized!
@joanneclose7041 It was by chance as I do my best to preserve history , even if it's something minor such as this apartment. Most contractors would've advised the owner to rip it all out to then modernize it.
It surprisingly seems like a decent size apartment
Wonder what todays rent would be...
It’s a shame about the toilet and sink. I love that pink. Great video.
It’s refreshing to see buyers respect the craft and workmanship of almost every detail. They took great care, attention and pride in their work which a big part of why so much of it remains decades later. Major props to this buyer for recognizing the hidden gems in these structures and caring enough to preserve them for many decades to come.
Nothing like radiator heat. My mother and father would lay our blankets across the top on very cold nights. Too bad about the pink bathroom - I love it.
@MsLisautube Yes, they get hot , similar to a wood stove.
I don’t really understand keeping a medicine chest while trashing the beautiful coloured fixtures. Restoring doesn’t require “modern” fixtures. The homeowner doesn’t seem very bright.
@@lululacanuck3824 I tried to keep the fixtures , he wanted it new 🤷
@@lululacanuck3824 Ouch, this isnt a very nice comment. There could be any number of reasons why he wants nicer, newer fixtures, beginning with city codes. You dont sound very bright! LOL
I live in my Grandparents house that was built in 1915. My grandfather made a built in kitchen in the late 40’s with the same style cabinets and the chrome Amerock push handles too!
Sadly I had a kitchen fire 2 years ago… the contractors thought I was ridiculous to have them refinish the cabinets. But they do agree, now that it is complete, that it looks great and far more unique than if I had just done new flat pack cabinets.
Thank you for the tour, glad that the new owner is keeping the well crafted built ins.
That was awesome. Reminded me of lots of homes i visited while growing up.
The home i grew up in was built in the 20's and had radiators, i loved them and wish the home i have now had them.
We had doors with latches like some of those, as did my grandmothers house and other relatives homes, they were pretty cool.
And those bathroom fixtures were all like the ones i grew up with, even the pink color lol
I'm glad that we saved it from being " updated" and yes, the old radiator heaters are like having a woodstove in every room . Nothing heats better than them , not the most efficient as far as burning oil, but they are not that bad, to be honest.
It’s nice to see an home built in the 20’s that has been that well cared for. Many people today have the use it up and then move on attitude which is why so many older places have to be gutted. This one is a beauty
love love the fact it’s being kept to original
WHY would anybody mess with such beauty?
Toxicity, not repairable, lots of reasons.
I love older buildings,I am so glad it is being restored to its splendor. I love the bathroom tiles and tub! Thank you for sharing this video.
The previous owners took such good care. Zero dust!
That's one bangin apartment. I'd change very little
Thanks for the time travel. The red tiles on the kitchen floor!
It’s very possible that kitchen and bathroom are actually 1920s. I have 1920s Better Homes & Gardens magazines and the bathroom and kitchen advertisements look just like this apartment. Good luck with the restoration!
Notice behind the medicine cabinet - the razor blade disposal slot. Amazing!
I am impressed at how great most of that apartment looked. Happy to hear someone wants to preserve what they can.
Brings back so many memories for me, of growing up, and visiting my Aunt’s house. Especially love the kitchen and the cabinets with glass in them.
I always love the built in drawers it seem more convenient.
I would love to live in that house - with as few things changed as possible. Takes my mind back to what feels like a simpler time. And definitely a time where the majority of people were decent and respected one another.
I wish we could still buy that gorgeous (linoleum?) floor covering. It is indestructible, obviously.
@shavinmccrotch9435 It's still around as far as I know. Although you may not find the vintage patterns . Not my cup of tea , but I'm sure it looked cool when it was new.
That linoleum wears out horribly with heavy traffic……nobody much walked on that linoleum…….whatever it is,
Love the place. Love he kept most of it. Cool you rented it. Peace!
Thank you for your thoughtful tour of a beautiful apartment. It is heartwarming to see the care the owners took maintaining their home and your appreciation of the workmanship of buildings past.
I do my best .
Wow what a gorgeous apartment! I lived in an early 1920s place briefly, but it wasn't as original as yours. Thanks for sharing!
My mother-in-law used to care for this elderly woman. The woman's husband died a long time ago. My mother-in-law needed help moving some things from the woman's apartment. When I walked in the apartment it was like going back in time to the 1930's. The floor coverings, wallpaper, lamps furniture and even the appliances were all very old but in excellent shape. It was a real treat to see that apartment.
Lovin that floor to ceiling lamp....
That apartment is a gem! Since the owner is keeping the pink bathtub, why not keep the matching sink and toilet? The paint on the varnished woodwork is peeling, so perhaps it could be easy to remove and to restore the original finish. BTW, that peeling pint could contain lead. I'm glad that he's restoring many of the old features of the place!
I used to live diagonally across from this house , you can see my old apartment. When you look out the front window to the left (the gray apartment) I always wondered who lived in here ! Such a time capsule! I never saw anyone go into the first floor and now I know why!
Very cool!
Glad to hear most all original is starting and i love it
What a fantastic time capsule! Overall in incredible condition!
Interesting layout & I can honestly say I've never seen a tiled ceiling before, both bathroom & kitchen, wow! I'd peal that paint off the wood trim around the doors, windows & basemoldings. The crosses in the drawer was an interesting find. Thanks for posting this :)
Hi, I was born in 1948 and grew up in the 1950s and 60s and have studied interior design. The color pink and turquoise were big in the 1950s, turquoise even in the 1930s! We had a hot pink kitchen counter in our home in the 1960s and our neighbors had an all pink bathroom in the 1950s so that bathroom looks more like bathroom fixtures from the 1950s if not the 1960s. Another friend of mine had an all pale pink kitchen in her home in the 1960s. Good luck with your new home, looks like a lot of work ahead, but it will be well worth it. "Home is where the heart is"!♥
WOW!! What an awesome apartment!! Im absolutely so surprised that this apartment wasn't destroyed/graffitied up or the copper pipes werent torn out throughout the years of no one living there!! That DEFINITELY means its a good area to live in and the neighbors watch out for one another!! So with the bathroom If they were going to keep that pink tub they should have kept the toilet and the sink as well (well at least the sink) SUCH a perfect match!!! BUT I LOVE THAT KITCHEN....and that pole light was so awesome!!! In the beginning of the video you stated that you guys have moved into it.... So I wish you ALL the happiness and that you guys make MANY cherished memories there together!!💜🙏🩷
@helenawarsinnak Thank you , and yes , The Rimmon Heights district , located on the West Side of Manchester is still holding on as its a nice area to live.
So many details in the apartment remind me of my house when we bought it 30 years ago. The front doors, the windows, radiators, medicine cabinet, the kitchen cabinets, stove vent, and hutch are all a flashback to before our renovation. It took a lot of work to renovate, but it was worth the effort!
Everything here was saved except the pink sink and toilet . All we did was rip up the old carpet , laid down some plank flooring and repainted the place . It's a neat apartment for sure and I'm glad we not only saved it , but moved into it.
Otherwise all that old tile would've been removed as well as the cabinets , which would've been disgusting to do.
I love the whole apartment.
A good scrub & clean, a few repairs is all it needs. Okay, new windows & exterior doors. Otherwise, leave as is.😊
It is like going back in time, that flooring is in one of my parents photos from the 1950’s, I just checked them out! Don’t change them, it’s vintage!! Nice!! 😊
Reminds me a lot of my first studio apt on the West side in Manchester back in the '90's. I paid $285 per/mos and I had a garage. The tile on the ceiling is crazy!
I remember those days of very affordable rent , people have evolved into self-centered narcissists that only care about money so they can buy more STUFF to feed their insecurities .
@@manchesterexplorer8519 I remember my landlords were great and actually cared about their tenants. If you had a problem they would try and help you out. They let me rent the garage spot for $10 per mos because my car kept getting broken into and I was a broke college kid. Very kind. Seems a lifetime ago now.
I love it! To bad about the bathroom sink and toilet. ❤
I agree with you.
@@debrameyer1125Me too it doesn’t make sense to keep the pink tub then remove the pink sink and toilet? It’s not doing it justice.
I know this is an older video but just have to comment. I hope that the pink fixtures went to a salvage place- those are treasures for vintage restoration. The flooring in the kitchen and cedar closet are beautiful and all the tiled walls and ceilings are amazing-glad they are being preserved! That deep red must have been very stylish for the time- our family home was built in 1922 and had that exact color inside all the kitchen cabinets. That radiator is the coolest ever!!
I grew up in an apartment very much like that. Wonderful apartment and great memories.
I like this apartment. I really do! That pole lamp in the living room was pretty cool. That bathroom too. That block glass is really awesome stuff! Excelent lighting and zero see through. That medicine cabinet was so old, it came from a time when people used to dispose of their razor blades behind the wall via a slit at the bottom, and on the right hand side of this one. I love that color combination of those tiles in there. Little things that you don't think about too often really make a home, like those archways, and those bathroom and kitchen light fixtures. I think there was another one a little further back in the video too.
@sped6954 I agree , I love living in this unique apartment . One of the neatest apartments in the city for sure.
Wow! Really great apartment! Love the layout/floor plan and all the old features. I noticed there was a door leading out to a deck ... super FAB!
Dynamite video. I had the same pink tub and sink. You probably know this, but there will be the year that the toilet was installed, if you lift the tank lid. That gives a general idea of the fixtures, etc. I like what you are saying about lead paint and how it looks. As a special education teacher, I am here to tell everyone that lead in the blood system settles in the brain and stays forever. It doesn’t get better…. Lead remains everywhere and the dust is brutal. Painters do not care so much but please talk about this huge problem. People need to know.
@DorothyKiley Yes , never sand lead paint 👍 . Although the trim paint here happened to be oil paint upon testing it. The exteriors of the window sills contained lead though.
The 2nd and 3rd floor apartments had a lot of lead paint. These 2 apartments were heavily lived in and trashed as well . They weren't worth making a video .
🌺 I had a blast just seeing this beautiful apartment in New Hampshire & it brought me back to the early days of how we had lived; thank you for sharing the video to us all & Looking to see more places like this one & can't wait to see more again😉...
Very nice I also liked the stand alone light I have one in the kitchen since the main light in the ceiling no longer works and requires a motor that you can't fix. I have the old faucets in my home. My plumber told me that my sink would have to be replaced as he can't get the tap anymore. I also have the old paint. My house is about 80 years old and my uncle inherited it from an older couple that he looked after back in the 50s and 60s. It's an old home needs a lot of work but I still like it and it's a lot cheaper than paying rent these days. I'm so glad that they are salvaging what they can of this property and bringing it back to life.
My brother's 1962 house in Massachusetts has the same Shell pink sink, toilet and tub.
I tried to keep it original 😕
- I had a 1940’s cape in Ma with pink fiixtures.
Your video reminded me of the house I grew up in in San Francisco & a couple of apartments I lived in on the west coast. Put a smile on my face. That apartment is a treasure. Thank you for sharing. 👍
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I love this place ! It blew my mind when you were in the bathroom, the toothbrush brush holder brought back so many memories. We had one when I was a little girl back in the 50’S
I agree; this was my first time seeing it as to why I had to add captions as I was in a rush. But 3 days later I decided to move in, as I loved the place as well. It took a bit of effort to talk the owner into keeping as much original as possible, as he wanted to tear it all apart.
For the moment, its about 90% preserved from what you see in this video; other than the flooring, its been painted, and the bathroom toilet and sink were swapped. I tried my best to keep the bathroom original, but I don't own the place. Unfortunately, once we decide to move out, it'll likley change, as the owner will likley change much of it or the next tenant will trash it.
Loved this walk-thru. I lived on the 3rd floor of a triple decker on Reed St. Old gas stove, and refrigerator in the dining room with a side pantry and porcelin sink with really tall cabinets. Parlor with parlor stove and french doors. It was a very cool apartment. The front of it looked out over St. Peters Orphanage.
I wish I could find a home like that. I would live in it with no decor changes. I LOVE that vintage look. Of course, I am 70 years old also. 🤩♥♥
I lived in a vintage 1924 apartment with original deep sink and wood/coal cook stove and linoleum flooring. There was a dumb waiter shaft to the basement, but no dumb waiter, plus non functioning gas light jet in the living room. There was asbestos in the linoleum and lead in the pressed tin ceiling tiles. Most likely the paint contained lead, but it wasn’t chipped or peeling. The bedrooms were wallpapered with what may have been paper from the 1950’s. There was another wood stove for heat in the living room with shafts and vents into the bedrooms. The bathroom had a top tank toilet with pull chain and a somewhat rust stained iron tub with the claw feet! I lived there for two years for the grand price of $90 month. Electric was extra as was having wood chopped and carried up the stairs for another $15 month. So I paid $115 mo. plus the phone was only $8 month on a five party line. Dirt cheap, but long distance calls were expensive. Just about everywhere out of the immediate township was long distance. To call local, you dialed four digits. To call out of the township but within the county, you dialed seven digits. Outside of the county required going through the live operator who would connect you to the area code, first three of nine digits, and calls outside the area code, the operator dialed or rather, patched you through the entire number, 10 digits, a “person to person” call. On these calls you’d have to specify who would pay the fee, the caller or the receiver. It was known as “calling collect” if the receiver was being charged. This was in 1976-1979.
The medicine cabinet has a narrow slit in the back panel for used razor blades. They would fall down into the wall and stay there. If you looked into the the wall space it will be full of old rusty razor blades. I remember using this feature in my childhood home.
Nifty apartment. I grew up in a house in Tulsa that had exactly the same bath tub handles. That house was built in the early 1950s.
Wow this brings back memories from when I rented a room in a old 1900's building that was in my previous landlords family. His parents lived in the unit above him and his wife (where me and my untrustworthy roommates were). Tin ceiling throughout the unit even above the drop ceiling tiles, old 1950's gas range with a built in heater and boy was my room the hottest in the winter! The unit across from us could not be rented due to a pipe burst caused by the last tenants that didn't have the heat on low during their 3 week vacation. (It was like walking into a fun house). I temporarily used that unit to store my stuff as I had to move out for many reasons that my roommates has caused (which includes not paying the landlord and the utilities.) Anyways the unit across the hall had a very nice gas range that can also be used as a wood burning range (yes I asked the landlord) the bathroom also had a claw foot bathtub in great condition. My grandparents house (god bless their souls 😢) had a claw foot bathtub as well. They also had a butler's pantry and a metal sink. (our kitchen sink unit was all metal including the drawers). My grandparents were the third owners of the property. Before it was a residential house it used to be a bar.
Oh wow, I love it immensely!❤😊
Love it!! Also born in 1948 in October!! Thank you for the tour🧡
That is magnificent. Glad someone appreciates it.
Oh, you’re breaking my heart by replacing the fixtures in the bathroom. Those are incredible. I have a bathroom like that and it’s the best ever. I’m jealous. I want to have the pink in the black is great.
@Pammy-y7h I agree , but it wasn't my decision to do so. Unfortunately, this is an apartment, after we eventually move out this place will slowly get destroyed y tenants that won't care about it.
The rental I live in has a bathroom with plastic tile like the kitchen in your video. Our tiles say Homart on the back and are a like green. The tub is a darker green for contrast. I really enjoyed the video, it’s so cool to see everything that’s being saved.
I LOVE the pink bathroom!!
I really like the hanging light, very pretty.
The glass squares in the bathroom are called glass block. They let light in without outsiders seeing in. They were from the 20's and 30's. They were popular in art-deco style construction.
Wonderful seeing this apartment. I grew up nearby ,went to school at St Jean the Baptist parish, and knew the family who lived here….brings back some terrific memories, but chuckling over the descriptions…the condition of this apartment is very typical of most of the west side where people actually washed their front steps and sidewalks and had a lot of pride in their homes whether or not it was a rented apartment or their own home. Sad to see the west side now….
The Rimmon Heights area is still in relatively good shape , but the majority of the west side is basically run down these days.
I love this apartment! Would have loved to buy it myself. Thanks for showing it!
The door and window facings appear to be Eastlake, so the house itself may be late 19th century rather than early 20th. I'd love ro see if the exterior or any original doors had bric-a-brac, gingerbread-y details. Or stained glass. I once lived in an old Victorian that had deep cabinets like those. I wish I had photos of it; it's long-gone.
But the remodel is definitely 60s. I lived with those light fixtures and door pulls. I wouldn't change a thing about the bathroom except to trade plastic tiles in favor of ceramic. And I LOVE the walk-through pantry.
@MelissaThompson432 it was built in 1920 , hardly any buildings in the immediate area were from the 1800's as this area was basically a clear cut field back then.
I would love a place like this! In the home I lived in before now, we had a bathroom from the 1950's, I loved it! There is something about the style of the 50's and early 1960's.
As someone who grew up in Manchester in the 70's & 80's.. and had friends around the Rock.. yup, that appartment checks out.
Yup , it's rather sad as most of these apartments are now trashed or heavily modified as the days of the landlord residing on the first floor are long gone. They're now just investment properties that get run to the ground. This apartment will get trashed after we move out in a few years from now ,as its very likely that the next tenants won't respect it.
The glass in the bathroom window looks like glass brick (aka glass block). It looks like it is about 3 or 4 inches thick and hollow with vertical ribbing in one inside wall and horizontal ribbing on the other inside wall. If it looks stained, that may actually be the glass has started to turn grayish/purplish from sun exposure. Some old glass does that from exposure to sunlight.
It may be possible to get a traditional toilet and sink though maybe not in pink. The bathroom in my 1939 house was remodeled sometime in the 1960s or 1970s and a bargain toilet and vanity sink installed. I bought a more traditional Kohler toilet and matching pedestal sink when they were on half price at Home Depot ($500 for both rather than $500 each). They were installed when the house was completely replumbed.
Overall, a very nice apartment with well preserved features. A video with good advice.
The linoleum with the feathers is from before the 1940s. Pink bathrooms were popular in the 1950s, the bathroom tile on the ceiling is cool. The light in the entry hall is much older than the 1960s. Brown carpet is probably the 1980s. I love the butler pantry. If I owned that place I would probably tear the closet out that has the window in it to allow more light in the bedroom and make a little reading knook with a comfy window seat.
@jeanineadele yes. It was remodeled during the 1960's . The archway that enters the living room once had two French doors. The living room also had a door to the left that entered a stairway and another door to the right that connected to the small bedroom.
The master bedroom was also modified as it used to be split into 2 bedrooms , that's why it has that weird closet with the window in it.
The most original area is the bathroom and kitchen . Originally, the room with the ironing board was a utility/wash room as it wouldn't have had the fridge or stove within it.
The pink sink and bathtub with those great fixtures. Hate to think of it’s character taken away
My uncle owned Tilemaster Corp plastic pearlized tiles. His first home after marriage was a two story, brick bungalow. He and his family lived downstairs, my grandparents live up. Both of the apartments had that same treatment, even the ceilings were tiled in plastic. Dates pre-1960. When the Japanese introduced affordable ceramic tile in the early 60's it put Tilemaster out of business. The apartments also had a hidden laundry chute in the front closets.
Very cool , I love the look of a tiled ceiling.
@@manchesterexplorer8519 Our kitchen didn't have the tiled ceiling, and only the pearlized pink with the chocolate on the bottom half of the walls.. My dad was colorblind ... except for turquoise, lol! The painted blue upper walls badly clashed with the pink and chocolate. Uncle and grandparents also had the fully tiled baths.. Thanks for the memories.
Geeeeezzzzz those bathroom tiles look as if they were installed yesterday 🤯🤯🤯. Excellent maintenance!
Such a neat apartment I love it. Reminds me of when I was a kid. I would live there!
Awesome house thanks for the tour .😊
That's so cool. I had relatives that lived in the triple deckers on the west side. This brought back a lot of memories!
That bathroom is from the 1950's. Love the pink! The carpet is NOT shag, probably 1960's.
I drive past there regularly, lol. It’s nice to ‘meet’ you. I have family on Agnes just across the river.
I would leave that pebble pattern flooring and add area rugs. LOVE the colors in it.
That would've been cool for sure , just not my decision to lay down vinyl plank flooring. Due to deciding to move into the apartment , we preserved as much as we could for the moment . Once we move out , the landlord will likely change things and the apartment will enter what I refer to as rental hell, as it'll get trashed.
We had an ironing board like that but it was in the place a dishwasher would go. So we converted the top half into a spice rack and kept the original door, just sealed the bottom half shut ! (The ironing board was broken and a hazard anyways)
Cool , the room that the ironing board is located was originally an utility/washroom.
Actually, the bathroom color scheme is from the 50’s. My grandmother had that very same color down to the tiles, color and all.
That sink and toilet are beautiful and original and worth more than their cheap replacements will be. That bathroom is wonderful! Should be restored.
the paint is peeling because it’s been left on for many, many years. When they get regularly repainted, they don’t. I have owned 3 historic homes, & they have been repainted, many times by me, & this has been the case. I love the stained woodwork, but it is a hell lot of work to strip it. When you work multiple jobs & have rentals, it ain’t happening. Wow, this place takes me back. I’m 70, & wow. I grew up sitting on linoleumed floors watching Saturday morning cartoons because the couch is taken up already with my quicker siblings.when we’d get up from it, we’d yell, “my seat is saved!” Haha. Everybody adhered to it too. It wasn’t no joke. That floor was hard & cold. & then in the 70’s, mom got a better job, & we got that carpet right there, same color & everything. Cable tv was new. Then the fight for the cable box commenced. The good old teenage days.no ceiling tiles. Thank goodness. We had floor vent heaters in the 50’s-60’s. No tiled bathrooms. Wow, that bath hardware is in pristine condition, wow. I hope he doesn’t touch it, we have nothing to match its quality without spending $1000.00, for the set. No lie. I have a laundry shoot in my current home. It’s a single family fixer upper mansion. I have many plans, & many projects to tackle. I’m thinking that kitchen was twice the size it is. Every old house we had, had humongous kitchens. With the old wall sinks, no counters, the old Frigidaire, pantry, ceiling light with the string. Big gas stove. I’d love, love to find a house like that, I would buy it in heartbeat. Yes, my last house had 1960’s cabinets & drawer pulls, they were beautiful but painted over. I lived there 20 years, & was able to find a video showing how to clean them easily. They were chrome like yours, but swirly. Omg. I should’ve brought them with me because these are new & falling off. Grrr. I love that all the hardware matches. They did a fabulous job, from beginning up till today. I hope they hang onto everything they remove for the next owner. Put it in the attic. I bet there are many homes with the original laundry shoots, they’re just closed off. Mine is in the basement, but they left the two doors in the bathrooms. I had those builtins in my pantries too. That radiator is stunning, I’ve never seen one. So cool. Formica counter. Those cupboards are so roomy, I love them. Interesting layout. Great place! Thanks for sharing.
I hate to break it to you, most of the apartments in Manchester in 2024 look like this. Landlords don't bother to update since housing is tight and people take what they can get. Do you know how many pink, blue, and green bathrooms we still have here?
Most apartments that still happen to be vintage are beat; this one was in excellent condition, which is what you're not understanding . Nobody has lived in this apartment since the mid 1980's as it was the original owners/family that lived here since it was new in 1920 and they took care of it.. Also, as a contractor of 20+ years and knowing many other contractors , most apartments don't look like this as they've been torn apart and renovated poorly 3x over by now and also covered in 20 coats of bad paint jobs.
Are there other apartments in Manchester that are time capsules in excellent shape? Yes, but they're very few as most of these old tenant buildings are now owned by slumlords and investment companies that like to modernize everything or to poorly maintain them.
For example: The 2nd and 3rd floor of this very building also had the original cabinets , but they were all in horrible condition being painted at least 5-10 times as they had to get ripped out and replaced. All the original cabinet hardware was painted over or 50% of it was gone or broken. All the trim , again painted at least 10 times with caked on horrible runny paint jobs . The bathrooms were likely renovated " very poorly" during the 1980's. The walls and ceilings, also riddled with bad repairs/patches , runny and rough looking paint etc..
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These old apartments would be really nice if they were kept up but the slum lords are only in it for the money and the same goes for investors. They'll rent it to those on section 8 and the renovated apartments in the same building will be market rent. There's a 3 family house on the West side, Two units were remodeled but left some of what was original. The section 8 unit was horrible. A couple of the wooden floors weren't sanded and varnished. The stove was old and the handle to open the oven door looked more like a towel bar.
@@FirstLast-yw2wu I agree , most tennant buildings have been remodeled by now , many of them horribly . It's somewhat rare to find one like this due to nobody residing here for decades.
Well made cabinets - lot of modern homes don't have, nor can get the very much free standing furniture in the homes. Sash windows too. Real treasure this place.
I used to live on the 3rd floor of that building!
It's recently been remodeled.
Nice apartment! I luv the West Side as I grew up on that side of town. Right off Coolidge Ave. I went to West High School. West is the Best! lol. ☺️
See I'd come back to New Hampshire if I could live in that house. It's beautiful
Would the stove/oven gone in that back room below that fan? I didn't actually see one. It's funny how the kitchen is split into a sort of working kitchen/appliances/table, and a sort of butler's pantry area that goes through to the dining room. There is more room in that apartment than there is in my dinky expensive one.
@jenniferfraser1854 The room with the fridge was originally a laundry room. And yes, some of these old buildings hold some really neat apartments, especially in the Rimmon Heights area.
30 years??? We’re horrified by vinyl simulated wood grain floors NOW! 🤣
@shavinmccrotch9435 I agree , I'm not a fan of vinyl plank but it's the quickest way for an apartment remodel.
Our family home was built to my great grandmother’s specs in 1920. All the bedrooms had walk in closets. Huge linen and coat closets and a sewing room. Closets were all the rage. My house 1880 had no closets. A chunk of my bedroom was used to create a closet in the 1940s. (Homosote walls). The original four rooms had no closets…no indoor plumbing.
Sign me up! I would kill for that apartment! This is the kind of place I love; it reminds me of my second-ever apartment. That apartment still had the original cast iron porcelain kitchen sink with drain board, the original bathroom sink, a massive tub, gorgeous tile and hardwood floors, and massive windows that looked out on massive trees. I still miss it💕. Landlords: Stop ripping out the good stuff and replacing it with from crap from Home Depot!
PS And radiators. I love radiator heat.
The only thing wrong with the door is that someone painted over oil-based paint with water-based paint: Easy fix.
Me it’s a dream come true I love all the decor, especially the floor coloring
The shocker to me was the tiled ceiling. How did they get it to stay till the grout dried? Never seen chromed radiators either. Have only seen painted radiators.
Love it…I lived on Dubuque street in college a fantastic old apartment…so cool.