How long would it take for your house to fall completely apart?

[Michael Stuart Kelly]

How long would it take for your house to fall completely apart?

by Josh Clark

This one is for home-owners, not apartment dwellers or renters. Sometimes it is good to look at maintenance from the worst case scenario, so this article is very interesting. (And it is a refreshing time out from saving the world. ) It examines the ravages of time, weather and neglect as the earth gradually reclaims the space where a house is.

This can be a very useful perspective in thinking about maintenance priority—much more useful than, say, government regulations and building codes. You gotta observe them, but often they don't tell you anything about the big picture and protecting the use health of your equity. If you know more or less what to expect, then you know more or less what needs to be done.

Michael

[Brant Gaede]

How long would it take for your house to fall completely apart?

by Josh Clark

This one is for home-owners, not apartment dwellers or renters. Sometimes it is good to look at maintenance from the worst case scenario, so this article is very interesting. (And it is a refreshing time out from saving the world. ) It examines the ravages of time, weather and neglect as the earth gradually reclaims the space where a house is.

This can be a very useful perspective in thinking about maintenance priority—much more useful than, say, government regulations and building codes. You gotta observe them, but often they don't tell you anything about the big picture and protecting the use health of your equity. If you know more or less what to expect, then you know more or less what needs to be done.

Michael

Rent.

--Brant