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(OT) Anyone like this house?
On 6/10/2012 7:41 PM, jmcquown wrote:
It's a Victorian "cottage" in the town where John lives. I'm musing about possibly buying the place. http://nwa.mlxchange.com/DotNet/Pub/...27&s=NWA&t=NWA Click on the photo of the house in the link to see more photos or to view the slideshow. Of course I'd have to sell my house first. (I'm working on that.) I'm just poking around to see what's available and this came up. What charm! I love the stained glass windows and the wonderful front porch. The master bedroom is downstairs with a full bath with a clawfoot tub. Oooh! I'd have a problem with the "stove" in the kitchen. It looks like a wood burning stove. I'm entranced by history and old homes but I'm not willing to compromise that much Jill I've seen your update about this, but I just wanted to say WOW! I'd buy that house in a heartbeat. I'm not a fan of their color schemes but I love the architecture. |
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(OT) Anyone like this house?
On 6/11/2012 9:46 PM, Bastette wrote:
Jack Campin wrote: I grew up in a wooden house in NZ, and went through a tremor big enough that it might well have cracked a brick one (the house just rocked like a boat). Structural brick was illegal, and for good reason; look what happened to older brick buildings in Christchurch, like the Cathedral. Arkansas is part of the region most affected by the New Madrid earthquakes, the most damaging in the history of the US. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquak.../1811-1812.php http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1812_New_Madrid_earthquake I would NOT like to be inside a brick building for a repeat of that. Ditto. In Washington DC the earthquake of Aug last year caused many structural problems for buildings not meant for earthquake country and Wash DC doesn't have those, but we did. The buildings affected most were brick - the Monument and the Wash Cathedral. Besides, brick is ugly. It reminds me of my elementary school building. I think it can be charming. But everyone's tastes are different. And in termite country, it can be a house-saver. |
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Earthquakes (WAS: (OT) Anyone like this house?)
"Jack Campin" wrote in message ... I won't be buying this house. John went to look at it. As charming as it appears, there are structural problems. Good. Buy a house made of bricks, not wood. LOL! If there's an earthquake, a brick house will be nothing but a pile of bricks. And yes, there can be earthquakes anywhere. Just because they aren't common in a location, or it has been decades since there has been one, doesn't mean they can't happen. I grew up in a wooden house in NZ, and went through a tremor big enough that it might well have cracked a brick one (the house just rocked like a boat). Structural brick was illegal, and for good reason; look what happened to older brick buildings in Christchurch, like the Cathedral. Arkansas is part of the region most affected by the New Madrid earthquakes, the most damaging in the history of the US. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquak.../1811-1812.php http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1812_New_Madrid_earthquake I would NOT like to be inside a brick building for a repeat of that. Memphis was on the New Madrid fault, too. That fault runs from Cairo, Illinois to Marked Tree, Arkansas. It's about 600 miles west of Eureka Springs so I doubt they'd feel an earthquake. I remember an earthquake along that fault in 1976. My mother was in Ohio attending her mother's funeral. Dad and I were alone in the house. I was in my bedroom reading a book. All of a sudden the bedside lamp started swaying back and forth. I got up and walked to the bedroom door. I was nearly jolted off my feet and had to grab onto the door jamb to stay upright. (Turns out that's a good structural place to be during an earthquake.) I held on. Then I went out to the den where my father was. He exclaimed, "That was an earthquake! Pack a bag, get your coat! We have to leave!" Um, where do you think we're going to go? LOL The news reported the epicenter was a hundred miles north of us. There was no need to evacuate. Dad simply reacted to being alone in the house with a teenage daughter in a completely unforeseen situation. That house was made of brick. If the quake had actually centered in Memphis yes, it would have been reduced to a pile of rubble. Jill |
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