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H Hakalugi Special Tiki Central Agent Redondo Beach, CA Joined: Aug 10, 2004 Posts: 3465	H Hakalugi Posted posted on 01/28/2015 On 2015-01-27 16:02, tikiskip wrote: Current owner Randy Giddens spearheaded a $300,000 renovation when he bought the house from the Henrys 15 years ago. His goal was to modernize it while maintaining the integrity of the original design. The main living space used to feature a sunken floor with a narrow fireplace in the center of the room and fixed sofa seating. Giddens gutted that space and raised the oak floor ... This sounds like a bad move. Why would he have done this? Was there a problem with flooding? Did he have small kids running around? It had better be a very good reason, "modernization" is not a valid excuse. Oh, and he sealed off the bomb shelter too? Who wouldn't want a bomb shelter?? Whether truly necessary or not, I'd want one just for the novelty. [ Edited by: Hakalugi 2015-01-27 16:38 ]

On 2015-01-27 16:02, tikiskip wrote:

Current owner Randy Giddens spearheaded a $300,000 renovation when he bought the house from the Henrys 15 years ago. His goal was to modernize it while maintaining the integrity of the original design. The main living space used to feature a sunken floor with a narrow fireplace in the center of the room and fixed sofa seating. Giddens gutted that space and raised the oak floor ...

This sounds like a bad move. Why would he have done this? Was there a problem with flooding? Did he have small kids running around? It had better be a very good reason, "modernization" is not a valid excuse.

Oh, and he sealed off the bomb shelter too? Who wouldn't want a bomb shelter?? Whether truly necessary or not, I'd want one just for the novelty.

[ Edited by: Hakalugi 2015-01-27 16:38 ]

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