Post #574133 by Cammo on Tue, Feb 1, 2011 9:37 AM

"buy a ... craftsman era home and gut the kitchen to replace it with SS and granite. "

I know somebody who bought a REALLY classic craftsman home on a street with nothing but other homes built circa 1905-1924. All he had to do was sand the floors, redo the plumbing and paint the whole place ($250 at Home Depot, tops) to make it double in value.

Instead he TORE IT DOWN and built a giant black three story cube with windows. He went into debt to do it, then the housing market fell through and he's like $923982328228.00 in debt now. But the funny thing was that everybody on the street told him not to tear the house down. He did it anyway and now all of his neighbors hate his guts. So does his wife.

This story has no moral.

Or does it?.....