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A green renovation in Oakland – our latest project
By Arcadia | October 15, 2011
So we’ve been working on a new renovation in Oakland. It’s a single family home in need of a lot of TLC. My heart goes out to this home, as crazy as this might sound. I truly feel empathy for homes that are treated badly by inept homeowners. I consider myself something of a house whisperer; as if I can feel how badly the house feels when I walk through it.
I am convinced some people SHOULD NEVER BE ALLOWED to be homeowners! The American dream be damned, your dumba#%^&, need to rent only. When I look at the damage that’s been caused to our latest project; I am more and more convinced homeownership should be a privilege like driving. You should first prove that you are capable of keeping up a home. You would never purposely damage your car, would you? So why do people do it to their homes? Some of the damage I see is just downright stupid.
Please take this advice:
- If you are going to do an addition to your home (especially an illegal one), don’t bury all the construction debris under the house, in place of a foundation!! – c’mon people use some common sense!
- Don’t install a cabinet so it blocks the opening of a doorway – duh!
- Tile is decorative, not structural, so don’t build with it! – unbelievable
- Toilet rooms right next to the kitchen is not a good look! – it’s also against code
- I am not one for being all matchy-matchy, but a neutral color scheme is always best and safe when you have bad taste.
Thank you SFHDC for choosing us to come to the rescue of this house that was treated so poorly by it’s previous owners.
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