Oldest Abandoned Rotted House on the East side of the River. Can I fix it?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ม.ค. 2025
- This is one of the worst cases of rot I have seen on a house still standing, it was built on a sand bar left behind by the receding ice age and is not looking good. The house has a heavy lean and is very fragile. Here I will dig into the structure to see what is possible.
Thank you.
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Sad to see an old building allowed to “fall apart” (1925!!). Agree with your decision not to tackle any of it. Especially, if you had to do a “total cabin reconstruction” on your own. If it were 30/40 yrs ago, you would have been in your element Simon and I allow my imagination run wild at the finished building ❤️❤️❤️. As you have said, lay a new foundation on a more “stable” site. The owner may consider using the well preserved timber in the new building….that would allow the history to live on somewhat.
Do hope you are all well and warm. From a very hot, humid Gold Coast. ❤️🇦🇺🇸🇪
It is sad Anne but the economics here often do not allow for maintenance, I am sure the only income was from farming or forestry, the children either built their own cabins or moved south making this scenario very common here.
It was interesting for me to find such a house built entirely on sand.
Take care Anne and Thank you. You both enjoy your trip.
@ we’ll do Simon. Yes, I thought as much that economics would have been the main obstacle, then possibly geographical.
No doubt, I shall watch your next drop from Japan ❤️. ❤️🇦🇺🇸🇪
I believe your correct 100% that the concrete added to the foundation was the cabins demise. I can see the rain and snow making its way down the wall to the concrete and with it not being angled away from the logs, every bit of it has been making it's way to the logs. I would have made the same call my friend.
Perhaps the owner will consider demolition and maybe you can score the roof metal, logs for cants and whatever else you can salvage. I hope the three of you have a great weekend. Thanks for sharing sir!
Hello Sarah 👋
Interesting how experience tells the story Mike, there may well be some benefit if the owner decides to rebuild in the same location and have it removed. Although I have to say there is no benefit to building on the same site other than a power supply. Take care my friend and thank you.
@arctic-rebel enjoy your coffee and morning. Off to try and get some sleep. Take care my friend. Thank you.
Right desision. It to far gone, it could be saved but the cost and labor be huge.
All the flore should be fixed and rebuild new,probably the sparr rotten under even there
Tack Hans, not everything can be fixed.
Not a small project, and there’s nothing left in the bottle on the floor." 😊
Hej Anders, it is sad but to rotten to just fix this now.
Howdy Simon- I think you made the right call. From what I can tell it would definitely be a major overhaul. I did a restoration on a log house that was on the National Historical register that was fifty years too late. It was in much worse shape than what you are looking at. I understand and respect your decision to back away. Hope all is well and you and Ms. Sarah have a great weekend. God bless
Thank you Paul, it would be a money pit for sure and impossible to accurately price. We are well thank you. Take care my friend.
Good call on not repairing it ! Too far gone ! Keep up the good work !
Thanks, will do!
Now that is what I call a renovation object. Pity that they left it to deteriorate for so long.
You know how it is Peggy, I thought it was interesting to show how it rots before you can see it.
My old cabin is built 1865 from logs from a earlier house that burned.They saved all the good logs,maybe do the same to this house to,dismantle it and use the good logs and build a new house from them,gigantic work,
I did suggest this to the owner, but I think given the cost he will build new. There are many good timber left in the building and maybe he will contact me when he has thought about it some more.
I would definitely save the logs. Maybe the owner will give you the logs in turn for you dismantling?
It may not get dismantled, there would be no reason for rebuilding it or using the same site but we will see.
Yep, too risky, even for Simon the builder Miracle Man! Have a great weekend up there, all of you!!
Thanks AJ, not everything is possible for the price that can be justified.
Well my friend... Me thinks that this is a no go... even for you. I sure beyond doubt you CAN do it, but will it be worth all the work, all of the hours put in for what, in my opinion, would be a skeleton budget? Just the exterior work would be so costly... it would not be worth it. Would it be a magnificent looking building when finished? Oh yes! But it would be much easier to save the timbers worth saving, and put a torch to the rest of it. Building a new house/ cabin in a similar style would be the way to go... Have a great weekend my friend, all the best😃
Absolutely correct in every way, that is the exact conversion we had. All parties agree it is a shame but we cannot change time.
Hi Simon and family I want to wish your family happy holiday season 😊
Thank you Scott, out best by return.
That is a sweet old home Simon for sure hopefully it can be saved if the walls could talk dang it's cold down here gonna be 2 below zero F tonight you take and be safe
Thanks Eric, it would have been a hard life for sure. The old boots had cork soles! Stay warm and be well.
When I see your question, can I fixit? I know the answer is yes🤠
Thanks, but this time the Man from Delmonte says no.
Amazing how long these old houses can last in such adverse conditions . If anyone can save it it's Simon .
He surely can, but there's too much work to make it habitable, and the house isn't unique enough to justify the cost.
On this occasion it is to far gone to be worth it, shame but nostalgia has a price and this one is just to high.
Yes if you look at the front wall on the inside, the ceiling bows down to where the window is. And the back wall is very evident. That’s gonna be a big job and I don’t know what you can do about it. How deep does the sand go down?
Yes Kirby it is a bad one for sure and the sand will go to bed rock maybe 20 to 30ft.
🤠👍 Yes, you can fix it. No doubt.
But your customer won’t pay for it.
Take care, stay safe, think twice several times.
Very true, thank you.
it is how old prob 200 years?
There was nothing there 200 years ago this region is more recently settled but we can say 140 years. The mainly frozen climate has kept it from rotting faster given it was build directly onto sand.
Hi Simon, just two words for you SWAN VESTAS. regards PAUL
LOL Paul, unfortunately probably appropriate words on this occasion.
21K eur, i would give it a try. He can't build a new one for that.
The problem comes when committing to a job of this size and you take the mans money you have to see the project through. I do not think you can left the building with out a catastrophic failure of the structural type. It is another one built with not hornches and experience tells me what is going to happen.