MAMEWorld Forums - The Loony Bin - Re: Real Garage update.

> Gah. The only roofing advice I have to share is never ever buy a home/garage with
> historic tiles. That was another one of my financial blunders... when Gatinha and I
> bought an old historic home with plans to renovate it and "flip" it... you know, take
> advatnage of the sky-rocketing housing prices... our first (and last) attempt at real
> estate. The roof leaked like a sive, and turns out the tiles were historic... took a
> year and a half to find the same tiles (from a home in Philly that was being torn
> down), and by then the housing bubble had burst and I sold the house for a huge loss
> that wiped out our savings and started our downward spiral that tanked my business
> and eventually made us leave South Carolina. No good roofing memories there.

I feel for you on that one. The local historical society tried to slap that "historical" tag to a bunch of houses on our block, including mine. We laughed pretty hard and sent them packing. No good EVER comes of that.

I'll need special permission from ~you~ to paint ~my~ house? Bug off...

> As a general rule, "historic" equals "expensive as hell", and also means "requires an
> artisan to repair".
>
> Sounds like you at least know what you're doing, and you're doing it right.

I know enough to be dangerous, occasionally enough to be competent.