That's pretty good for a low tech and probably relatively low cost method. Sometimes simple is good.
That's pretty good for a low tech and probably relatively low cost method. Sometimes simple is good.
I didn't think Berkley,Ca had any available space/lots to build a home unless one got torn down.
I suspect that's pretty common. Around LA people often purchase an older home, demo it, and build a MacMansion. Especially in areas that are being gentrified.
Even where I live (in Orange County south of LA) it's not uncommon to see a house razed and a new one built. Sometimes we ask ourselves, "Why?" because the old house looked pretty good.
Mike
Go into the world and do well. But more importantly, go into the world and do good.
And on that note, check out this site https://mcmansionhell.com/ Sometimes progress is not progress at all.
Frank,
Interesting site, for about 5 minutes, until you realize it is produced by a self described mid twenties guy, who probably took an architecture appreciation class once. I wonder how he has decorated his living quarters in his parents basement.
This gentrification is happening in my area also. I have mixed feelings about it. Some are great, some not so much.
Last edited by Rick Potter; 09-04-2019 at 11:50 AM.
Rick Potter
DIY journeyman,
FWW wannabe.
AKA Village Idiot.
Gotta agree, that is one butt ugly house inside and out.
There are still many Julia Morgan houses and university buildings in Berkeley. San Simeon is probably her best known work. It is a state park now. She also designed Asilomar in Monterey California where many teacher conferences are held each year. I think it is somehow a state park or something like that.
Bill D
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asilom...erence_Grounds
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearst_Castle
Last edited by Bill Dufour; 09-04-2019 at 1:29 PM.
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
This hits on one of my pet peeves- 'self-perceived professionals' for lack of a better term. Like the endless parade of millennial 'professionals' on daytime talk shows; a 19 year old girl who's the new genius on how to make a pretty salad, or "new trend" advisers who try to save you from wearing horribly wrong socks to that upcoming party, or some guy-or girl- disparaging virtually everything about a 3/4 mil house he'll never be able to afford while effectively labeling anyone who had anything to do with building the place or those who may like it, as complete idiots. My question is, where did these geniuses gather all this knowledge?
Show me a video of some guy in his 50's wearing a 20 year old flannel shirt covered in sawdust, sanding in a cluttered garage workshop explaining what a sliding deadman bench and blind mortise-and-tenon joints are for, and I'll show you someone who actually knows what they're talking about!
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ELEVEN - rotary cutter tool machines
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THREE- make that FOUR now - fiber lasers
ONE - vinyl cutter
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