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Post by workingclassdog on Mar 23, 2016 0:51:38 GMT
My new obsession should be looking for a job... haha But seriously, this came up on my feed on FB... Selma Mansion... two people bought it and restoring it... I don't know the whole story as I just jumped on and literally clicked through a ton of pictures.. it's an old southern mansion.. the before pictures are awesome and what they are doing to it. I have spent hours looking at the pictures though and their comments.... they are pretty active in explaining and answering questions.... Go to FB and type in Selma Mansion and you should find it.... Their blog is selmamansionrebirth.com/ but they haven't updated it at all. I can't imagine why.. haha.. but they are definitely posting like 3 and 4 times a day on FB. It's sad though, it really fell apart quite recently..... it sure doesn't take long for a house to crumble when not being taken care of. One of the most fascinating things I found so far, is that a tree of some sort grew under the porch and through the porch....some of the comments were it probably started out as a vine since the mansion is covered in vines... and there was one tree on the property that looked like it had some kind of gross tumor growing out of it.... But of course the pictures to the inside are just to cool for words... |
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Post by tlsmi on Mar 23, 2016 1:29:48 GMT
Gorgeous. As an old house owner and lover myself, check out 'For the Love of Old Houses' group on Facebook. All are for sale and a cool peek inside of them via photos. link |
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Post by scrapsotime on Mar 23, 2016 2:23:06 GMT
That mansion is awesome. A friend just bought an old house - built in 1868 - and is starting the restoration process. Here is the link to her blog about it. They bought at a closed bid auction from the town for a song - their bid was only 4 figures. |
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Post by triplejscrapper on Mar 23, 2016 2:38:40 GMT
That mansion is awesome. A friend just bought an old house - built in 1868 - and is starting the restoration process. Here is the link to her blog about it. They bought at a closed bid auction from the town for a song - their bid was only 4 figures.  That's AWESOME!! I'm remodeling my house. I truly loved the demo part of it. The restoring part hasn't been near as much fun as the demolition!!! LOL |
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Post by Charlotte on Mar 23, 2016 2:59:08 GMT
Gorgeous. As an old house owner and lover myself, check out 'For the Love of Old Houses' group on Facebook. All are for sale and a cool peek inside of them via photos. linkI was just going to suggest the same thing. Serious house porn. In fact, that is where I first saw information about the Selma mansion. |
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Post by perumbula on Mar 23, 2016 3:14:53 GMT
I adore old houses. It's half the reason I became a realtor. I'm tickled pink that I get to list my first old house in a couple of weeks. It's over a 100 years old and cute as a button. (and about the same size. It's definitely not the town mansion.)
Thanks for the links. I love seeing old houses being restored.
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Post by workingclassdog on Mar 23, 2016 4:45:12 GMT
Gorgeous. As an old house owner and lover myself, check out 'For the Love of Old Houses' group on Facebook. All are for sale and a cool peek inside of them via photos. linkLOL...that's how I found it... that page showed up (I guess my sister had liked it and then it was on my page) ... it was the first house I clicked on.... |
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Post by workingclassdog on Mar 23, 2016 4:45:59 GMT
That mansion is awesome. A friend just bought an old house - built in 1868 - and is starting the restoration process. Here is the link to her blog about it. They bought at a closed bid auction from the town for a song - their bid was only 4 figures. I will check it out.. .4 FIGURES? that's it? The most they paid was 9,999..  |
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Post by peaname on Mar 23, 2016 10:58:44 GMT
I just can't convince my DH to buy this one but I love it. Right in the center of town and that staircase! Old House |
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Post by iluvpink on Mar 23, 2016 11:31:12 GMT
I love old houses! Thanks for sharing. I'm sad as we had an old historic house in our town that has needed work for years (the latest owners tried but they had no money and it sounds like little know how). Anyway it was damaged beyond repair in storms a year or so ago and had to be torn down as it was so unsafe.  |
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Post by cakediva on Mar 23, 2016 12:03:07 GMT
I love old houses - we almost bought one when we moved to our little town. But after taking my parents through it (who had spent 30+ years restoring a century home) all my mother saw was "windows, no closets, new front porch, new kitchen, not liveable" - and at the time, DH was not Mr. Fix It!
So we built a new house, and when we moved 6 years ago, built another new one....and now with my business in the house, I don't see an older home in our future any time soon!
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Post by lisacharlotte on Mar 23, 2016 12:35:40 GMT
Ha! Looks like a few of us follow the For the Love of Old Houses Page.
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Post by MaryMary on Mar 23, 2016 14:28:42 GMT
Love! I burn for old homes but I probably won't get the chance to live in one again. DH is not a fan.
I want the house that peaname linked!!!
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Post by lisacharlotte on Mar 23, 2016 16:55:26 GMT
Love! I burn for old homes but I probably won't get the chance to live in one again. DH is not a fan. I want the house that peaname linked!!! I'm in one and my husband isn't a fan either. I, on the other hand, love it despite its issues. |
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Post by scrapsotime on Mar 23, 2016 18:09:27 GMT
That mansion is awesome. A friend just bought an old house - built in 1868 - and is starting the restoration process. Here is the link to her blog about it. They bought at a closed bid auction from the town for a song - their bid was only 4 figures. I will check it out.. .4 FIGURES? that's it? The most they paid was 9,999.. Yes and it was bit less than 9,999. |
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Post by workingclassdog on Mar 23, 2016 22:14:38 GMT
Love! I burn for old homes but I probably won't get the chance to live in one again. DH is not a fan. I want the house that peaname linked!!! I'm in one and my husband isn't a fan either. I, on the other hand, love it despite its issues. My husband isn't a fan either...he's like 'why don't they tear that down?" UGGGGG... |
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Post by julieb on Mar 24, 2016 20:55:51 GMT
My new obsession should be looking for a job... haha But seriously, this came up on my feed on FB... Selma Mansion... two people bought it and restoring it... I don't know the whole story as I just jumped on and literally clicked through a ton of pictures.. it's an old southern mansion.. the before pictures are awesome and what they are doing to it. I have spent hours looking at the pictures though and their comments.... they are pretty active in explaining and answering questions.... Go to FB and type in Selma Mansion and you should find it.... Their blog is selmamansionrebirth.com/ but they haven't updated it at all. I can't imagine why.. haha.. but they are definitely posting like 3 and 4 times a day on FB. It's sad though, it really fell apart quite recently..... it sure doesn't take long for a house to crumble when not being taken care of. One of the most fascinating things I found so far, is that a tree of some sort grew under the porch and through the porch....some of the comments were it probably started out as a vine since the mansion is covered in vines... and there was one tree on the property that looked like it had some kind of gross tumor growing out of it.... But of course the pictures to the inside are just to cool for words...
I went on fb to look and shared the aerial views with my SIL in VA and said we needed to go there. Then it hit me, when I saw the pool, that it looked so familiar. I dug out all the old wedding invites that I save and DH's cousin had his wedding reception there in 1995. I'm so glad we drove half away across the country with 3 kids to go. It was a beautiful home and it makes me incredibly sad that in 20 years it became such a mess. I wish I had taken pics at the time.
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Post by melanell on Mar 25, 2016 0:10:07 GMT
Gorgeous. As an old house owner and lover myself, check out 'For the Love of Old Houses' group on Facebook. All are for sale and a cool peek inside of them via photos. linkI love this group. |
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Post by melanell on Mar 25, 2016 0:11:47 GMT
Thanks, OP! That's marvelous! I am so, so glad that someone is restoring it!
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Post by workingclassdog on Mar 25, 2016 1:22:42 GMT
My new obsession should be looking for a job... haha But seriously, this came up on my feed on FB... Selma Mansion... two people bought it and restoring it... I don't know the whole story as I just jumped on and literally clicked through a ton of pictures.. it's an old southern mansion.. the before pictures are awesome and what they are doing to it. I have spent hours looking at the pictures though and their comments.... they are pretty active in explaining and answering questions.... Go to FB and type in Selma Mansion and you should find it.... Their blog is selmamansionrebirth.com/ but they haven't updated it at all. I can't imagine why.. haha.. but they are definitely posting like 3 and 4 times a day on FB. It's sad though, it really fell apart quite recently..... it sure doesn't take long for a house to crumble when not being taken care of. One of the most fascinating things I found so far, is that a tree of some sort grew under the porch and through the porch....some of the comments were it probably started out as a vine since the mansion is covered in vines... and there was one tree on the property that looked like it had some kind of gross tumor growing out of it.... But of course the pictures to the inside are just to cool for words...
I went on fb to look and shared the aerial views with my SIL in VA and said we needed to go there. Then it hit me, when I saw the pool, that it looked so familiar. I dug out all the old wedding invites that I save and DH's cousin had his wedding reception there in 1995. I'm so glad we drove half away across the country with 3 kids to go. It was a beautiful home and it makes me incredibly sad that in 20 years it became such a mess. I wish I had taken pics at the time.
OMG so you actually been in that house.... that is awesome.... It is SO incredible how fast a house can fall apart... even if there was no vandalism ... just nature can do it.. Anyways.... day three or four and I am still obsessed. haha |
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Post by julieb on Mar 25, 2016 15:56:02 GMT
I went on fb to look and shared the aerial views with my SIL in VA and said we needed to go there. Then it hit me, when I saw the pool, that it looked so familiar. I dug out all the old wedding invites that I save and DH's cousin had his wedding reception there in 1995. I'm so glad we drove half away across the country with 3 kids to go. It was a beautiful home and it makes me incredibly sad that in 20 years it became such a mess. I wish I had taken pics at the time.
OMG so you actually been in that house.... that is awesome.... It is SO incredible how fast a house can fall apart... even if there was no vandalism ... just nature can do it.. Anyways.... day three or four and I am still obsessed. haha
Yes! It is so sad how fast it fell apart. I remember sitting in different rooms for the reception. But the main thing I remember is how weird it was that the pool was in the front of the house. It looks like a contractor bought the land and starting building the other homes and then went bankrupt. It's very sad that the town of Leesburg let this happen. Also noticed a post saying that some vandalism was done and things were stolen from the house. 
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Post by workingclassdog on Mar 26, 2016 22:38:41 GMT
OMG so you actually been in that house.... that is awesome.... It is SO incredible how fast a house can fall apart... even if there was no vandalism ... just nature can do it.. Anyways.... day three or four and I am still obsessed. haha
Yes! It is so sad how fast it fell apart. I remember sitting in different rooms for the reception. But the main thing I remember is how weird it was that the pool was in the front of the house. It looks like a contractor bought the land and starting building the other homes and then went bankrupt. It's very sad that the town of Leesburg let this happen. Also noticed a post saying that some vandalism was done and things were stolen from the house.
I guess the pool thing according to the FB page was placed there to get the most of the sunlight.... I saw the post about some fancy faucet that was stolen (I am sure among a lot of other things)... It is sad... but at least it is being saved!! I love following their daily posts....I just saw today they are not posting on the weekend.. I am going through withdrawals right now... HAHA |
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That's AWESOME!!
