Papercreters: [papercreters] Re: Ron and Doris back at work

Sunday, May 23, 2010

[papercreters] Re: Ron and Doris back at work

Wow, and I thought I was impressed before, I am seriously amazed at how cheap you have been able to keep the expansion while gaining so much extra space. 750sf is more than what is available in a 14 x 70 single wide trailer, for that matter its 3/4 of the space that is available in some of the row houses we have here.
(back in the 40's and 50's furniture and textile mills here in our area built row houses that had about 900 sf in them. All of them were practically alike and the "company store" mentality was used for people to buy them from the factories. This was the factories way of ensuring they would have a steady flow of skilled or qualified labor)
To think that today in our bedraggled economy that someone could build a home for that little amount of money is fantastic. The more I explore this the more enthused I get about it..;)

--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, Doris Burton <yakishome@...> wrote:
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> Hi Anthony.
> Thank you for the great compliments.
> We have been working on this project for a total of about 14 months, couldn't work in the cold months but now that it is almost all enclosed we will work right through the winter if need be to get all the finishing work done.
> This addition is about 750 SF we have added to the existing house, so far we have 9,579.80 into the project and we don't have to purchase much more to have it finished as that includes our hickory floor that will go down in the bedroom also all lighting, ceiling fan's etc. Our goal when we started was to keep it with in $10,000. I have done a lot of shopping for things on Craigâ€™s list andÂ garage sales for used materials like doors, windows, sinks, bathtub, shower pan, etc.
> Hope this helps.
> Always happy to answer any questions you might have about what we have done.
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> --- On Sun, 5/23/10, Anthony <shadowweaver2010@...> wrote:
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> From: Anthony <shadowweaver2010@...>
> Subject: [papercreters] Re: Ron and Doris back at work
> To: papercreters@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Sunday, May 23, 2010, 12:40 PM
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> Hi Ron and Doris, I just sat here for the past hour looking at all the pics you posted. I am in awe That is the one of the most awesome things I have seen in a long time. The two of you must be very patient to be able to construct all of that. I did learn a few things from how you two did your work and for that I greatly appreciate your contribution to the group. Pictures always tell great stories and yours is one that tells a great one. Just out of curiosity with all that you have done so far have you been keeping tabs on the amount of money you have spent on the project? I would be interested in knowing as I am on a seriously limited budget here. Again wonderful pics look forward to seeing more and the finished product..;)
> --- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, "doris" <yakishome@> wrote:
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> > Ronnie and I are back at working on our Bedroom/ Bath/ Laundry room. After a little bump in the road back in November of me having some health issues that kept me down for about five months. We are very happy to be a live and able to start back on our dream and love of working in papercrete.
> > We just posted 26 more photo's from where we left off last year.
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> > Happy papercreting to all!!!!!
> > Doris and Ron
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