Expert Breaks Down An Abandoned $20K Home Ready For Renovation | Hidden Gems | Architectural Digest

If this guy doesn't know what he's talking about, can anyone recommend a channel who does?

Great video, I enjoyed listening to the renovation ideas.👍

Would love to see how this renovation turned out.

We grew up in a row house in Massachusetts in the cellar too and there was only one bathroom in the cellar also with a lower entrance. This was early 50's. Fiberglass curtain ,lion claw tub, metal kitchen cabinets, coal room and furnace. problem was it would flood and we would have camber pots. Over time it changed . Dad and friends fixed this and that and we moved to suburbs. Saw that same house on Zillow again redone So beautiful now going for 1.3 mill. Just one of 5 in rowhouse.

Check for Asbestos before tampering with the Linoleum!

It looks like it house has an attic with a window. It would have been great to see that. Was there a closet under the stairs? Will there be space in the basement to add a laundry room? Or any other usable space?

The fact that he didn't know the exact age of the house is suspect. (This is easily checked, but city records may be wrong.) Also the prices he's quoting for renovation seem far too low.

Also, this is exactly the kind of home that Nicole Curtis takes on. Nobody gets to see the grit it takes to pull these homes off the demo list. Say what you want, but Nicole has not only shown everyone the possibilities that lie within these homes, but she made a living for herself. It certainly is not easy, but well worth it.

Not going to lie, I adore the floral linoleum that was in the upstairs bedrooms. Nobody creates such beautiful utilitarian products anymore. I would take a piece of that flooring, clean it up, and frame it properly to pay homage to the life that home lived prior to its renovation. What a beauty this home is.

20k for it in an area that is not worth it, 100+K in reno's needed. Bad idea.

20K for a full kitchen Reno sounds way too low. In my city it’s at least 100k. Can’t imagine for other major cities it would be less than 80k.

So what happened? Was the house remodeled or razed? If remodeled, what did it look like afterwards?

Do not alter the fireplace...it has original tiles and a beautiful summer screen. Watch 'Our Restauration Nation' from Natchez, MS...there are many of these exactly the same beautiful fireplaces.

Did you go in the attic?

Best of luck with that.

I would tear out the porch. Rebuild the back area/old garage into a sunroom/greenhouse. NO new garage. NO mudroom. NO arches no curves.

For a house like this, I’m wondering how $120K compares to what it would cost to treat this a tear down and build a brand new home on the lot.

repoint the foundation lol

May be cheaper to tear down and build a new bigger house

That linoleum will have asbestos so removal is gonna be expensive

wow hope you can get the work done. very positive.

It's doubled

That's meant $60,000 for 5 bedroom before like first plane first owner

Looks like something from silent hill

This was a sloppy assessment of the financial/construction needs on this house

How many of these flip this house type series start out saying just a couple tens of thousands of dollars and this house will be a winner.

After taking down shingles from the roof and crumbling interior plaster, it is revealed the foundation is rotten and must be replaced, structural elements of the house have been compromised, roof rafters are rotted, floor joists in need of replacement, window frames rotted, plumbing is lead pipes must be replaced, sewage lines blocked/clogged and kitchen and bath need to be replaced.... etc

When it is all said and done the reno cost is in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, making it cheaper to build a new home than fix this old one.

Pittsburgh absolutely steals the show in having the ugliest houses I have ever laid eyes on. Even arguably worse places like large swathes of Philadelphia were at least presentable when they were new. Pittsburgh seems to be abominable by design.

Why wouldn't you just demolish this home and rebuild?? I always think about this when I see shows that refurbished homes. Just tear it all down. I'm very ignorant to construction so I'm sure there is a very obvious reason but I don't see it. LOL

That faux brick siding was very popular 100 years ago. You see it all over in MN on the Iron Range, in Michigan in mining towns. It was part of the company town building kit, which in some cases was dictated down to the colors of paint allowed. This house looks like those company built houses that I've been in on the Iron Range. I recently stayed in an Air B&B that was an old mining house and there was one bathroom on the second floor that was clearly not originally designed as a bathroom. There was a "Pittsburg Potty" in the basement and a weird rear exterior entrance similar to the garage in this video. I had no idea this was an intentional feature and it makes sense if you are building homes specifically for workers, you want to have an entrance that functions like a mud room, that keeps the rest of the place free of whatever dirt was dragged home from the factory/mine.

The layout of this house is very similar to a 1910s rowhouse I rented in DC!

There are worse looking places in Detroit currently asking six figures.

Does anyone know if the house has already been bought?

No.. no bathroom? Odd... Maybe outhouses were a thing in 1930's Pittsburgh?

This house is still available and is now listed at $15k.

County records show it was built in 1930 and is 1,176 sqft.

The doors to the parlor could be made into pocket doors. Just love the flooring in the upstairs bedrooms. Neat house.

mmkay...🤦‍♀️🤮worst home review I've ever seen
My Grandfather taught me more about historic architecture before 5 years old than this guy (probably making 6 figures) knows earned by destroying quality historical architecture...

stressing over my "new" house needing SO many repairs to be liveable--this makes me feel better! It could have been far worse!

This is an awesome series!! Please make more!!

Siding ???

nick, you wouldnt call this a tear down?

AYEEEE Pittsburgh represent!

Beautiful house, but definitely not 1930's. The fireplace and mouldings are late Victorian.

not even inside yet and we already about 150k , i love old houses and hate when they get torn down. but sometimes its just not worth the effort and money...

Considering that we live on the West Coast, getting the house and land at $20,000 seems too good to be true. But you weren't specific enough for me about the renovation costs. What about likely asbestos, lead or mold abatement? Electrical upgrades? It still would be a bargain comparatively, but materials have gotten higher too.

That arched porch may be original (not covered with the fake brick of course). It is not common, but sometimes seen on shingle-style houses from around 1895 - 1906 or so. Usually the arches are broader. Of course it will be clear by looking at the construction materials underneath when the fake brick is removed. We have some houses of this style here in Portland, OR.

Nicole Curtis, where you at?

Why Bish do you have to Suddenly say about the Money Oh usa is soo stagnant yea we know Your going to say that To profit For you.

Dissapointed there's no results 😔