BACK IN TIME! | Touring Our 100 Year Old Abandoned Farmhouse (and some farm history!) Vlog 337
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Touring our abandoned farmhouse, and a little history about the origin of our farm with Mark!!
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You should restore this house and turn it into an Air B & B retreat. I'm sure you can get Agriculture grads to stay for short intervals, giving them credit for practical, hands on farm work. I know your fans would love to pay for a week's retreat to soak in the whole sheep farming experience. Think about it.
There you go investment property Breakfast with the sheep 🐑 🤔
Yah I don't think I would entertain that idea either but sounds good 😉
As if she had the spare time to Reno ate, and run another business in her "spare time
You know, the hours between 11pm and 5am.
Maybe start with students who are learning how to do repaires on houses, their big end of semester projects. Then after the house is back in great shape ( a few sessions of construction students), have students who are learning either sheep farming or agriculture , and they can stay in a bed room while they help work on the farm. Their school can maybe pay for the rent on their rooms, and they can cook for themselves.
Maybe when Sandi hits a million subscribers!
I LOVE that old house! The woodwork is amazing. The cost would be huge to restore it, but what a beauty it would be.
Financially, it's totally doable if one has the time and patience. Many more far gone than this have been restored with reasonable financing.
I think renovated that would be a gorgeous house and that attic!!! That would make such an awesome loft area! Beautiful
Attic = weaving studio, need a team of men to get my looks up there
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I think salvaging everything possible then demo and rebuild. Is easier and less expensive than modernizing something that has been abandoned and infested with critters.
Want to go partners? I've got $65 K. Experience in construction, design, an MBA, BS economics and it just keeps going. (Not Important).below my email.
Love that old house. Mark is so laid back . Love all your videos .
That’s pretty good shape as far as old farmhouses go. I would get the attic addressed before it destroys the floors below it.
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It would be so wonderful to restore that old home and bring life into it. The stained glass is wonderful. I would love to have a home like that.
I agree it would be a dream come true!
And not just the stained glass, but the 100 year old wood work too. Amazing the craftsmanship employed to make those old houses. What we call elegant today was common in bygone days, or so it seems.
I love old houses. The old houses 'talk'. They tell some of their history with people who lived in them. I HATE it when magnificent old houses like this one are neglected and get wrecked. Thank you for bravely going through the house and taking us!
It breaks my heart to see houses like this going to dust. I dream of renovating one someday. I LOVE them and the history.
Love the history. And the wood in that house makes me want to cry.
Always makes me sad to see once gorgeous homes like this be allowed to end up in this kind of shape. 😔 But then I used to work with a construction company who specialized in restoration work, so I know exactly how much it all takes to restore once it’s been allowed to reach this point. Biiiiig bucks. 😬💸💸💸
Dan I agree to a point, but I see a lot of water damage there. No telling how bad it is til you get in there, but boy - if I could, I definitely would! It’s just gorgeous 😍
i've been following a lot of restored "victorian mansion" videos. this one is not in that bad of shape. totally do able. that brick structure alone is awesome. now if this were a 100 year old wood house that would be a different story. and all that wood trim that was never painted!!! awesome.
That looks just like my 100yr old house when we moved in! 4yrs later and I am still a construction worker on it...I learned plumbing, electrical, carpentry, insulation, HVAC, etc. WHEW!
That reminds me of the farm house I grew up in. It was built in 1909 and was huge. Five bedrooms, two bathrooms (that were poorly designed afterthoughts) a monstrous kitchen with a butler's pantry/summer kitchen, Laundry room, Dining room, Living room and a Formal Parlor. In the basement you could see where the coal was delivered to heat the house. The original coal boiler that was still used for radiant heat for the house and for hot water (innovative for back then) that was upgraded to fuel oil and then Natural gas by my dad in the late 1970's. My bedroom upstairs had the only access to the attic which is every bit as big if not bigger than the attic you showed us. When we got into trouble as kids, we'd hide and play in the attic when we were grounded.
Imagine all of the room you would have if you renovated this for you and your family to live in? Extra rooms could be turned into office space for you and Mark or two rooms could become one huge room. The possibilities are endless, so long as the foundation is in good shape.
That was an interesting story.
It's ironic, all of these brick farm houses standing abandoned all over north America. I never knew about the WWI windfall that made farmers temporarily wealthy. I did know that WWII caused a windfall, but the depression prior had decimated many farming families.
It's nice to see an independent farmer making a success off the land.
That was interesting to learn. I enjoyed that bit of history. The woodwork in the Ole house is absolutely beautiful. I love it.
A touch of reality guys. That house has good bones but it really would take a lot to bring it into a home you could rent out, live in or sell. I won't say numbers, they vary a great deal by region so I have no idea what appropriate numbers would be. Also you would have to have a team of inspectors to determine what parts have been compromised and what can be repaired. First concern would be structural systems, starting in the basement, looking at the structure under floors, walls, ceiling and roof. Then you would need to revamp plumbing systems to add at least one bathroom to the second floor, two if you did an en suite. (Was there a master bedroom on the first floor?). I would look at the kitchen really hard, and consider opening up interior walls for a more modern lifestyle. Again, that would take a hard look from structural engineers. I would expect a full gut in the kitchen and upgrading to a modern kitchen, probably with old looking gas appliances. While dealing with systems - I would look into what needed to be done to electrical, cable and internet utilities. I would want to pull a new and most likely upgraded electrical panel as a bare minimum. Remember - this house is 100 years old - and you'd want modern, safe systems throughout. Upgrade insulation, rearrange and close up walls. You will need to replace or remove the chimney or at least the flue. The roof has been compromised, engineer to look over that. I would expect new roof from rafters out - adding insulation at a minimum. Upgrade roof to include the current code for fasteners, etc. Looking at all that, you'd want to salvage a lot of the wood molding and details on the exterior so more could be made to match. You will need new soffits outside at a minimum - I think they are gone. When Sandi took us into the attic, I saw daylight at the ceiling edge - I think it was the missing soffits. I think I would want the house to look the same after it was done, just fresh paint, but otherwise you would not know it had been rebuilt. Windows would need to be replaced, upgraded but look the same. The door with the stained glass can be repaired/refinished. This would not be a historic rebuild, so you would not be matching like for like, so fundamentally, you would have to understand what you want out of it. A house ready to take on another century? Or something else? You could build a studio there instead of a living room, guest rooms on the second floor, a large open area inside for gatherings/parties - it wouldn't be a house - it would be something else. It all depends on what you'd need it for. I believe it fell to disuse and disrepair because there was no real need for it. Looking at it from a whole new perspective - and thinking ahead a long time - it could take on any purpose needed. But it would be a huge investment, that's for sure. Just my opinion.
As you say, it would cost an arm & a couple of legs to do a whole house refurbish ing from the basement to the roof. The stain glass door, and the solid wood trim around the windows ,door casings, fancy carved door casings & floor ceiling moldings could be removed. Maybe 1 or both Jack & Jess would like to use some of that beautiful wood in their homes 1 day. After doing some refinishing myself, I'd hate for that lovely wood go down with the house in a storm. That wood is priceless. Even the painted doors could be striped, sanded & be reused in another house. I am pretty sure Mark's dad or granddad's old tools, & telephone glass insulators are worth a lot of money to collectors. Old things are really valuable like those saws, wrenches,etc . That super huge, long 2 ended wrench that was on the shelf in telephone collection room was a humdinger. It looked like what I have seen pictures of the men using when building the early iron framed high rise building in American cities. (I'd get dizzy & squezzy just looking at the men straddling the beams eating their lunches. Them get about real sick when the men were bending over tighting those bolts in place - NO ropes holding the men on the iron beams & reaching too far for their own safety.
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Oh I am the same way about heights. But I would like us both to be wrong about the costs on that house. It truly deserves to be totally redone. The possibilities are huge.
They should just secure the house by fixing the structural issues and any water leaks.
And just leave the house gutted for someone renovate later.
She may be in rough shape but you can still see her beauty. The wood in that house is enough to take the time to strip it out. Also all the door knobs. Take the heat gratis. There is beauty everywhere. Take the stained glass. You have a fortune and didn’t even know it.❤️
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Great video, love that old house, but bringing her back to life would be very expensive and time consuming, which you know. I just finished a 105 year old house here in Montana, renovating these old places is much more then just a handyman project, building structure won't pass moderns codes, electrical and plumbing will not either, and foundations are common to be failing, a huge money pit, but for myself doing the work, WELL WORTH IT. I hate seeing the old stuff die. its history and architecture, that will be lost
So glad I found this video. I watch every video you drop but I'm playing catchup on older ones. I am 53 and my dad was born in 1911 and I so wished I had listened to more of his stories but he taught me so many amazing things, lost him in 1991. He is missed!
Gorgeous House! I absolutely love it. I use to dream of living in a old farmhouse. Actually it wasnt as bad as thought it would be inside. Thank Mark for taking time out of his busy schedule to tell us the story behind the land and houses. Hope you guys make it to the Lake soon❤
That house is gorgeous even run down I can only imagine how beautiful it was before...
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Beautiful story and beautiful families. Please give some of Sandi's family history, too. That was so cold when Mark asked if he had to stop to let you out of the tractor. You deserve some flowers from him for that.
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2 mins and already a dislike 🤣🤣🤦♀️ some people 🤣🤣🤣 around here we have LOTS of old abandoned sheds, farm houses, barns, etc.... they truly are gorgeous in their own right 💖💖
And where are you located ?
@@bustersmith5569 the Columbia Basin of Washington State or aka Central WA.
@@cecilycook5592 my god if that's true I could retire there no problem !!!!! That's what I'm looking for............. TY.. any realtor web sites ? Or other information ? TY..
@@bustersmith5569 just look up central washington realtors. There are PLENTY. We have realtors in Wenatchee, Yakima, Ellensburg, Richland, Cashmere and so many more!!!
Mark builds a little cabin in 2 years more time omg imagine mark putting this back to some shape its amazing
Oh Sandi ... Turn it into an AB&B.. it would be booked year round with your viewers😊
I know you mean well, but do you understand how intrusive that would be?
@@pipitameruje Intrusive depends on the individuals involved and what parameters are set. I have stayed at Airbnbs and never seen the owner.
It is really nice to know not only your family history but of the surrounding area. PS Raccoons can destroy a place pretty fast. By the time you see evidence of them, theres more damage than you realize. Love the vid's !
Whoa! At first I thought I was watching and Alfred HItchcock film and then I was shocked to find out that Sandi did not mention sheep even once in the video. Sandi, your film production values have increased greatly. Nice change of pace and a most interesting video.
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My house was built in 1894. It's an interesting farmhouse because it's built into the side of a hill. You literally can't get from the front to the back without going up or down stairs. I love it.
That house has memories and character. The house has integrity and beauty. I would love to own it. My current house is 100 years old but it has been remodeled one and maintain. You have to be dedicated to an old house to own one. It's just lovely in the background please do not tear it down. When you say it smells bad and looks bad, what would you smell like and look like in a hundred years if no one maintained you?😱😅
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Oh Sandi, it's beautiful. I pray y'all get that roof fixed, even if you're not going to live in it, but to save it! Blessed you are!
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What a beautiful old home! It is kind of heartbreaking to see it in disrepair. I love old houses and yellow brick or actual stone houses are my favourites. Thanks for the tour. I hope you can one day restore this home.
That house has great doorknobs! I know it sounds crazy, but I've collected porcelain and glass doorknobs since I was a kiddo (I'm 58 now!) Thanks for sharing!
I loved hearing mark explain the history of wheat price “windfall” that explains something I didn’t realize. I love those why’s of history.
“Beauty from the past and potential for the future” YEASSSS save her!! I know this video is already 2 years old but I’m only just seeing it now and she’s a beauty!! So much potential! Great old bones and BRICK!!
That was a fun video. It’s neat to see the history of old places.
This is exactly the kind of house I'd love to restore. Starting with utilities, insulation, windows and hvac. It would be so cool! Strip all the woodwork and rebuild all the porch to replicate the original. It would be the old style with modern amenities.
Thank you Mark and Sandi!! That adds to the beauty of the lifestyle :) I loved hearing about the history!
I’ve always wanted to buy an old farmhouse such as this and redo it to live it. Such beautiful bones to the property. The attic is gorgeous - Minus the turds...lol!!! Absolutely gorgeous and so much potential!!! Love it!!!
That blue tractor looks like a Cinderella coach it is adorable.
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It was nice to hear your story of the farm house. Not a lot of farmers like to say how much land they have. They say it's like asking how much money you have in the bank. Lol!
Thank you so much for sharing! I would honestly say that I would love to live the farmers life. My grandfather had farms back in South America and my dad is always talking how much fun they had growing up on it. Definitely not for everyone. Lol!
OMG , I used to live in a house that was built in 1915 with similar woodwork and high ceilings. It was located in Montreal and kept in good shape. Nothing would replace the charm and warmth of that house. But your house is also bigger and all the woodwork on the outside is to die for. I really wish someone can save this gem.
My father's grandparents were farmers, from farmers, going back forever. His parents had a small dairy farm but Grandpa also worked off the farm as well. I wouldn't call it a hobby farm, it was definitely to make money. Farmers impress me, they know how to do EVERYTHING. There wasn't a thing on the farm that my grandpa couldn't fix. My Dad is the same. My family finally sold the farmhouse that my grandparents bought in the '40s. It was built in the 1790s in Vermont. All of us lived out of state and we were thrilled when a family bought it and have already started making updates. It may change but knowing they are willing to put money into it and keep it up makes me so happy.
That is a beautiful old solid house, would make a wonderful renovation project and a lovely home
Thanks for the tour of the brick house across the road AND the history of Mark's family and the farms. Yours in Gratitude
"Oh gross! Spiderwebs!...I hope you appreciate this because I'm doing this for you guys!" Yeah, I'm thinking I wouldn't have gone up there. It IS a lovely space, but that was a lot of poop at the bottom of the stairs. You deserve a raise for that little escapade! :)
Just remember s##t rolls downhill!!!
They need to raccoon proof that home, or it will beyond saving.
I would ABSOLUTELY renovate/restore that house 💕 just for the history and make it a B&B or retreat house or even an event/party/wedding venue. It would be so cool but you're right Sandi, it would take quite a bit of money but at least it's made of brick which is why it's probably still standing all these decades. It has a strong foundation and made of some really sturdy stuff. You guys should consider it a project! ☺️💕
Love it when you upload vids me and wife always watch every vid and we love you and your family,from us in the uk 🇬🇧
We do too! Its our Lunch hour signal: "SHEEP-EES!!! There's a new video!"
My grandparents also built a new farmhouse (a Sears kit home, in Kansas) during World War I a result of the spike in wheat prices. Previously had six people living in a two room farmhouse where my dad was born. Took a horse drawn farm wagon to the rail yard to unload the kit from a rail car.
That would be a dream house if it was in working condition. I love the feel of Victorian houses. I wish I lived in something like that
Thank you so much Sandi and Mark for sharing the history of your family and farm. I have been researching some of our family's history. My mom has alzheimer's, so we have started recording the stories she loves telling about her grandfather and her childhood. I have learned that her father's family were pioneers in Oregon. They had a horse and cattle ranch in eastern Oregon. They migrated west fron New Hampshire to Texas, and then across Mexico after the start of the US Civil War. They took a ship to San Francisco, California. Later they continued to Oregon. I was so engrossed in the story, I wore myself out pouring through the internet records. I love the history of these hard working people. Love your channel Sandi.
Great house! I was a little scared at the beginning, but I am very impressed. You could fix it up and use it as a guest house, or an Air B&B. Lots of potential! And the view of the fields are amazing!
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I don't know what sort of places you have there that teach young kids how to build but what a wonderful project for them to renovate under supervision. Especially educating them on all the wonderful wood in the place and why it should be preserved.
Thank you, Sandy, I've been asking you for a while about this gem. Guess you really DO read the posts. 💞💞💞 I'd be restoring that thing in a heartbeat.
Those old farmhouses are great. The woodwork is what i love the most.
Beautiful old house, and what a sweet story. Thank you for telling your story. LOVE that old house. Would be nice to see it returned to its former glory. You all are so awesome!
1973?! You're just kids ! Love how your whole family interacts with each other and the farm. You're a smaller version of the Waltons ! LOL ! I need a nap after watching your videos ! Love you guys. ❤
Check out Cole the Cornstar he is renovating his 107 year old beautiful home.
I was thinking the same thing his looks similar to this one actually
Yeah Coles house is intact though
This house isn’t that bad. It hasn’t been empty that long since it has a modern satellite attached to the back wall. The big difference is Cole’s house is wood frame and this is brick. I didn’t see any foundation cracks when she was touring the outside.
Thank you Sandi and Mark!! I can see why they moved into the attic, NICE!! Love the old wood and trimmings!! Original beauty and glory.......???!!! 😆
Neat house....now I kind of want to see how your house layout looks different and or the same features it has (since they were built around the same time). I love old houses like that! Would also love to see the brick that Mark mentioned dating the year the house was built. As ALWAYS, LOVE your videos hun!!!!
I really appreciate you both sharing the stories about your farm and how long you've been doing such important work. That's quite a history and it's great that you're running the business as a family. I really enjoy seeing the process and thank you so much! 🙏☺️
My narrative of the vacant house tour: Basement, I was screaming "don't go down there"! Good, you couldn't get the door open. Don't go in the attic either! You did anyway...Good, haunted house tour is over. .I was waiting for something to jump out at you! Thanks
Good lord I was happy she had boots on!
I was waiting for Mark or one of the kids to jump out!! 😂
@@stevemodawell9447 same!
Oh my gosh! Me too! So relieved when the basement for couldn't open. I stopped holding my breath.
I love Marks voice I could listen to him every day talk. His farm knowledge of the history is great.... Love old houses... To bad the kids do not want to restore it for their family. Just a little at a time...Thank you for sharing again of your wonderful life on the farm.
Thx for doing this Sandi, a real treat to see inside and to hear some of the history.
Great little tour. I enjoy learning the history as well. It is good to record this as you can look back on it later. NOW THE HOUSE; The DIYer in me (I don't do it, I just watch others), screams restore the house, but it has to have a use that is economically feasible and fits in with your operation. A decision does have to be made before it is too late. There are many craftsman details that could be salvaged to reuse elsewhere, so it could live on in another house. The way you own the land is quite interesting. I looked up the last 150 yrs of wheat prices and "yes" in around 1913 the price was phenomenal and when the farmer prospers, everyone prospers as indicated by the brick factories. Keep giving us glimpses of Mark and we will wait for his videos.
Give the house to "Cole the Cornstar" for one summer and he'll have it "ship shape "
All kidding aside that house is solid. But you have to decide is it worth the money , time and work to fix it up,and then what to do with it. However it is sad to see all kinds of these houses across southern Ontario standing empty, forlorn and forgotten. When I see them I think of the people born in them and died in them. The hopes and dreams that began and crashed in them.
You think of these people who stressed and struggled as much on their hungry 100 as you and mark on you 1000 or so. Its all the same just the size of the numbers. Thanks.
PS mark mentioned high dollar wheat way back in time. If you've read Laura Ingalls Wilder's life story she tells of a year around the turn of the century that wheat was $10 a bushel. He husband had a beautiful field of quality wheat so he borrowed money to buy a binder to cut the wheat and a few days before it was ready a hailstorm took it all out in 10 minutes. Do those numbers in your head. × 40 acres× 40 bushel = sickening.
That house has some good bones. You can see a lot of that stained glass in old Baltimore in the doors and some windows. The craftsmanship is something you don't see much of anymore. If someone were to invest in it, it truly would be magnificent.
Loved the house tour and farm history. Had to laugh, Sandi, when you said .."So, I think that answers the question. Now you can get rid of me." Mark's response, "Do I have to stop?"🤣🤣
My husband always offers to at least slow down.
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It took us 20 years to fix up our house. When it was bought it was 115 years old. It was a mess but we got it for $32,000. In that time we added a bedroom, a bath, walk in closet, fixed the wiring, and a deck. The old shed has been rebuilt with added garage. The place hadn't been lived in for nearly 20 year or more. There's still more to finish up but its liveable now.
AHHHHHHHHHHHH That was the same wallpaper my grandparents had in their old house!!!!!! Memories! Oh yep same cabinets too.
Sandi! I’ve been subscribed to this channel for at least 2 years, and this is the first time I’ve seen this. Have you ever thought about restoring it and renting it as a bed and breakfast for subscribers/farm enthusiasts? You could have a live-in tour guide… it would probably pay for itself pretty quick!
I love ❤️ regional and personal history - a glimpse of the people who were part of our past, as we make our current state and future 🧡
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Monty's house is Beautiful. I Love the kitchen and the dining room.
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Omg. I can’t wait to see the interior. Love the old buildings. Thank for the tour and the history Sandi. I hope you were able to get out to the lake.
I was an Innkeeper, in an old carriage house to the original “Ripleys Believe it or Not” in St Augustine, Florida. You have a beautiful old home there. The history is definitely my cuppa tea! Your old home there would make a fine bed and breakfast! You could incorporate the farm, it’s history, your happy sheep~ all tucked in together. You could do hay rides, corn mazes, bale bashes, Bon fire Fridays... lol! It’s easy for me to say~
When you were going up in that attic I was like hell to the no Sandi!!😳
Loved to hear about the house and the history behind it! I love old houses. My grandfather worked as a sharecropper for years and finally was able to buy a farm for himself and then still rented and managed other farms for people around his area.
We spent 15 years of weekend’s and vacation working on 130 year old farm house my great great grandfather built in WV.( it’s 4 hours from were we live ) The house was use as a hunting camp for about 60 years when we inherited and falling down , walls ,ceiling it was in bad shape. It was worth it. We now have a summer vacation house in the mountains and winter Snowshoe ski resort is about 15 minutes from us. We plan to retire there. I know it a big difference from were you live and the old house . But I love old houses and yours looks like it would be worth the time and money. Rent it out as a vacation home, I would love to come up and vacation and see your country side. Haha I know easier said then doing.
LOVED the tour of the old farmhouse! I hope someone (Sandi?) LOL ... will consider restoring it. The woodwork is gorgeous! Thank you, Sandi! Great to see Mark, too! :)
This has been interesting glad you gave us some insight into the farm. Tell Mark he should be on more often. God bless you from Michigan
The house I live in right now was built in 1910! Still has all the original beautiful woodwork & hardwood floors.
That's awesome!
I am learning to refinish and lay hardwood floors from a friend of mine. The first house I worked in was built around 1920. It still had the original floors!
It was a great experience to clean up old paint and carpeting, and make the old floors beautiful again!
finally!!! but you know you have to go back for some basement footage...
We do not send people we like down into basements!
Thank you for sharing! I love old houses! I remember as a kid in Northern Michigan. The neighbors had old farmhouse and silos, barns. The house had caught on fire. My sister ended putting a trailer on the property. I used love going through the old house. They had the firelamps on the wall to put fires out. The walls had wallpaper that looked like the your farm. 2 fireplaces. Your video brought old memories back. Thank you Sandi and Mark!
You should get one of those design shows to redo the house.They could take over and restore it. You take pictures and apply online. What a get show/ you tube 😉
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Oh my gosh! Thank you for that! I love farms (crops) and ranches (livestock) that have been in family's for generations. The abandoned old deserted farm house looks like from 1914 to 1920, max. My ex hubby Frank's grandmother bought the farm of 268 acres very near Azle, Texas in 1914. Azle was a German settlement and the first building was the old phone company built in1910, added to in 1915, and again in 1922. It was not as big as your hubby's family, but the design was the same, down to walls, wall paper and floors. Frank's family house did not have as big of closets. I asked my inlaws, old enough to be my grandparents, about tiny closets and they said people back then did not have very many clothes. 1 set for Sunday Church, maybe 4 or 5 for farm work and 1 more to go to town in. I had a few horses when I lived there and loved every second I was on that property. When I left him and his abuse, I missed his grandkids and very much missed the farm acreage. Please enjoy y'all's place for me, too. God Bless you and yours. Thanks again for the tour.
You should contact HGTV and see if they want to come and do a show on refinishing an old farm house.
Laurie Allred does This Old House have a Canadian affiliate?
Always need a Sandi and mark fix. Love hearing all about your farm.
You could totally fix that house up just to liveable nothing perfect, and have people come stay and learn about the area and all the farms. It would be wonderful to get that knowledge out there.
You should find someone to come in and save that beautiful woodwork before it gets ruined!!!
The yellow brick is from Uxbridge, ON. It was prized for it's colour and used on the best homes as it was pricey for the time. The now sleepy suburb was once a thriving hub on the main rail line, which shipped the bricks all over ON. They even had a noted piano factory!
The house has a lot of very traditional Victoria/Edwardian features so it might have been built with those styles in mind as a nod to Britain/those eras
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Thank you that was very interesting! It seems so sad that it’s been abandoned, especially all that beautiful wood in the attic, couldn’t somebody use it or sell it as it seems to be in good condition?? 4 bedrooms & 1 bathroom, that wouldn’t be much use to a family of four today!! Thanks again to Mark for sharing the history. Love from South Africa 🇿🇦
You should take the baseboards and edging around the doors in the old house and put them in your newer house.
And stained glass also.
The houses were built at the same time. It's not newer, it's just been kept up and reno'd.
Wonderful old homes! Would love to see the old farmhouse brought back to it's former glory!
I've always wondered a bout that house
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It's such a beautiful house! It's remarkable that it starts to "fall apart" when nobody's there. You would think that while not in use it would freeze and remain the way it was the last day someone lived there. Mother Nature though takes over. The weather and critters come and make it their own.
It would be nice to see it restored. Maybe one day someone will get nostalgic. You would have to keep the structure up though. Like making sure the roof stays intact along with windows so rain, snow and the like stays out. Also, keeping the critters away. Now that I think about it it may be a tough to do with all of your regular work. Sigh. It's such a treasure though.
That house is a crying shame. Having said that .... I would get myself a metal detector and scour the yard and some of the surrounding immediate area. When life gives you lemons ...... Maybe someone will see this and want to restore it. I've seen it done before, and on structures way worse - and located in a terrible place ... so you never know. Nice that you can keep a good chunk of property in the family .... they're not making land like that anymore .... unless we are talking about fake islands out in the drink. Take care.
Love you both love the farm and that house. Love both your CZcamss it feels like being with family. Mark I was born in 73 too.
Between land costs, equipment costs, I don't know how anyone can get into farming.
Today a person can NOT afford to get into farming, unless you have family already involved.
I love when you two shows together sometimes because you are a so cute farmers couple. 🥰❤️
I’d love to see it restored. But I can understand not seeing a reason to do so if you don’t have a use for it. Shame the kids wouldn’t want it. But I can also again understand them wanting to do their own thing. But that house would honest to god be a fine piece of real estate all fixed up. If someone knew what they were doing and could renovate it, update it, modernize it, all while incorporating the original charm, it be absolutely beautiful. I think your kids probably then would be jealous they didn’t go for it.
I’d love to see some more pictures and maybe just a floor plan so I could play around with some design ideas on my software just to see what it could look like. If it could be mostly gutted without hurting the woodwork. You could make it mostly new but also old, keeping the history. Then probably can run plumbing upstairs and add a small bathroom to the random small room. The walk up attic is an amazing space. Soo cool. Shame didn’t get to see the basement. Though it’s probably creepy 😱 Maybe stone? Low ceiling? Might even have a dirt floor down there still too.
Lovely old house. That little room upstairs was either a nursery or sewing room. Might make a bathroom out of it. My husband and I restored a hundred year old Victorian. The key to being able to potentially one day restoring an old house is to keep it tight; fixing broken windows and repairing roof leaks. That could save the house for the future. Whan we restored our old house, we went room by room. We carefully removed th
I would love to see that house renovated one day and one of your kids move in it🤩
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I love old houses... the woodwork is gorgeous, the door knobs... that wraparound porch to die for... I’d love to have enough money to restore a beauty like that! There might be restorers interested in some of the wood, doors or windows.