Sorry for the off-topic subject, but I figure there are a lot of TOH
watchers on rec.woodworking, so maybe y'all won't mind.
I've googled, but would really like to know what the homeowner (George
Mabry) on the recent Cambridge series does (or did) for a living. Every
time we see the show, we can't believe how much they've got to be
spending... And, even in Cambridge, whether he'll recoup his investment
on resale.
Not trying to be critical, mostly I'm just jealous (although modern
architecture doesn't appeal to me).
Thanks,
Heath
On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 00:29:17 -0400, "Lee Gordon"
<[email protected]> wrote:
><<It goes beyond donated. A customer of ours sells insulated concrete
>forms.
>(we do some of the manufacturing for them). It would be a natural to donate
>the material needed to build a house and get publicity. In addition to the
>material, they wanted a donation of $18k to use them. Our customer
>declined. >>
>
>It's not just TOH. One of my clients had a product featured on Bob Vila's
>show. They had to provide the materials and pay a fee to appear on the show
>and are entitled to use "As seen on Bob Vila's Home Again" (or just "Bob
>Vila," as the show is now known) in their advertising and promotions for
>only six months unless they want to pay another fee to renew.
After using the Bob Vila paint from Sears, I think they'd have to pay
me to put the bugger's name on anything I made! Even the Wal-Mart
stuff is better than that junk was.
:)
Best I can find is "biotech bachelor"...
Mike Brown
Heath Roberts wrote:
> Sorry for the off-topic subject, but I figure there are a lot of TOH
> watchers on rec.woodworking, so maybe y'all won't mind.
>
> I've googled, but would really like to know what the homeowner (George
> Mabry) on the recent Cambridge series does (or did) for a living. Every
> time we see the show, we can't believe how much they've got to be
> spending... And, even in Cambridge, whether he'll recoup his investment
> on resale.
>
> Not trying to be critical, mostly I'm just jealous (although modern
> architecture doesn't appeal to me).
>
> Thanks,
> Heath
Heath Roberts wrote:
> Sorry for the off-topic subject, but I figure there are a lot of TOH
> watchers on rec.woodworking, so maybe y'all won't mind.
>
> I've googled, but would really like to know what the homeowner (George
> Mabry) on the recent Cambridge series does (or did) for a living. Every
> time we see the show, we can't believe how much they've got to be
> spending... And, even in Cambridge, whether he'll recoup his investment
> on resale.
>
> Not trying to be critical, mostly I'm just jealous (although modern
> architecture doesn't appeal to me).
Define investment. If you mean will the improvement cost fetch as much
at the time of sale, including whatever interest he would have accrued
on the money, no. Not even close. I'm sure that the house will sell
for a premium just because it is now a "famous" house, and I'm sure
George will get lots of mileage out of his 15 minutes of fame.
Instead of being jealous of a guy who's simply pouring money into a
house, how about being jealous of a guy who sold software he didn't own
to IBM, then went out and bought it at a bargain from the guy who
developed the software, then proceded to amass the single largest
fourtune of our age. He also poured money into his house, so that's a
bonus. ;)
R
I don't know why, but this last season prompted the same questions in
my head. Perhaps it was because everything kinda seemed like cost was
no object. My theory at the time was that he inherited some $$$. But
I have nothing to back that up.
Whatever the source, it was an interesting season.
Heath Roberts wrote:
> Sorry for the off-topic subject, but I figure there are a lot of TOH
> watchers on rec.woodworking, so maybe y'all won't mind.
>
> I've googled, but would really like to know what the homeowner (George
> Mabry) on the recent Cambridge series does (or did) for a living. Every
> time we see the show, we can't believe how much they've got to be
> spending... And, even in Cambridge, whether he'll recoup his investment
> on resale.
>
> Not trying to be critical, mostly I'm just jealous (although modern
> architecture doesn't appeal to me).
>
> Thanks,
> Heath
"Edwin Pawlowski" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I've watched a few episodes. Last one I saw they were applying stone
facade
> on a poured concrete wall. The stone was imported from Croatia. IIRC, it
> was a 42k job.
>
42 grand for a pile of Yugoslavian rocks. I wonder how much of the cost was
postage?
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Heath:
> I've googled, but would really like to know what the homeowner (George
> Mabry) on the recent Cambridge series does (or did) for a living. Every
> time we see the show, we can't believe how much they've got to be
> spending... And, even in Cambridge, whether he'll recoup his investment
> on resale.
>
> Not trying to be critical, mostly I'm just jealous (although modern
> architecture doesn't appeal to me).
Yeah the best I could find is that he's in biotech. Probably a doctor
or head of a company. He showed up on a list of people contributing
to fight MS. And that's about it.
I do know where the house is - Sparks St in Cambridge. HMM., wonder
if Google Earth would show it.
I like what they did with the house. Frank LLoyd Wright is someone who
I admire and revere. This house had some of his design elements.
As to all of the others naysaying about show- well
1 - It's a TV show
2 - They have a large budget because they get donated material. Also
they have to show bathrooms/kitchens/garages/living rooms/dining rooms
in every house otherwise you might not be interested in it. It' s not
pitched
to a DIY audience anymore. Hometime is.
3 - finally IT"S a TV show. Not reality.
I 've been a fan for close to 15 years and it always cracks me up
when they pronounce a "gloom and doom" sentence on a house
in the first show and then after a mere $500,000 it's a brand new
house!
The house they profiled in Washington DC shows how a modest
budget really works. I also noticed they did NONE of that work at all.
MJ Wallace
[email protected] wrote:
>
> Yeah the best I could find is that he's in biotech. Probably a doctor
> or head of a company. He showed up on a list of people contributing
> to fight MS. And that's about it.
He could have inherited the money. Or won a lottery. Does it really
matter?
R
John Emmons wrote:
> Although it sounds like a cliche, and it probably is, if you have to worry
> about how you'd afford to make some of the improvements that are shown on
> TOH, you can't afford to make them.
>
> Their "target" audience are wealthy home owners who want to do a little
> remodel job that just happens to cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
> They're not aiming the show at people who could actually do the work or who
> would have trouble paying someone else to do it for them.
So Cosmo's target audience is supermodels? That's all they ever show.
The audience is anyone interested in home improvement with the ability
to buy tools and stuff for their house. The shows underwriters are the
main concern. Home Depot probably sells millions of dollars of
merchandise for every one super duper bathtub that's seen, and bought,
from the show. Some of the other underwriters are Toro, Schlage,
Lowe's, Andersen Windows - those don't seem so upscale to me.
R
"Heath Roberts" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> I've googled, but would really like to know what the homeowner (George
> Mabry) on the recent Cambridge series does (or did) for a living. Every
> time we see the show, we can't believe how much they've got to be
> spending... And, even in Cambridge, whether he'll recoup his investment
> on resale.
>
> Not trying to be critical, mostly I'm just jealous (although modern
> architecture doesn't appeal to me).
>
Strange thing about having money. People resent you for having it or
criticize you for spending it. Sometimes in the same post. Some primary
candidate for president a few years back put it pretty well when he said
he's never been employed by a poor man. Let's just say he's a developer who
gives employment to contractors.
Makes no difference either way, I guess. Just another one of those "rich"
folks indulging himself with his house rather than soaking up a couple of
beers at the tavern.
"Edwin Pawlowski" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
>> 2 - They have a large budget because they get donated material.
>
> It goes beyond donated. A customer of ours sells insulated concrete
> forms. (we do some of the manufacturing for them). It would be a natural
> to donate the material needed to build a house and get publicity. In
> addition to the material, they wanted a donation of $18k to use them. Our
> customer declined.
>
Ah yes! "Product placement." Helps the movies turn a profit, too.
>> Yeah the best I could find is that he's in biotech. Probably a doctor
>> or head of a company. He showed up on a list of people contributing
>> to fight MS. And that's about it.
>
> He could have inherited the money. Or won a lottery. Does it really
> matter?
Well if I watch these shows at all, it's to learn something. If I'm the
kind of audience the producers are looking for, then why would they leave a
major source of confusion in every show, namely, "How in the world could I
perform the financial aspect of all these construction techniques?"
- Owen -
On 7 Jun 2006 16:16:19 -0700, "Heath Roberts" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Sorry for the off-topic subject, but I figure there are a lot of TOH
>watchers on rec.woodworking, so maybe y'all won't mind.
>
>I've googled, but would really like to know what the homeowner (George
>Mabry) on the recent Cambridge series does (or did) for a living. Every
>time we see the show, we can't believe how much they've got to be
>spending... And, even in Cambridge, whether he'll recoup his investment
>on resale.
I wonder with all the rain and flooding we've had up here the last
month and that house being at the bottom of bowl whether whatever they
did for drainage worked.
-Leuf
On Thu, 8 Jun 2006 07:53:06 -0400, "George" <George@least> wrote:
>
>"Heath Roberts" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>>
>> I've googled, but would really like to know what the homeowner (George
>> Mabry) on the recent Cambridge series does (or did) for a living. Every
>> time we see the show, we can't believe how much they've got to be
>> spending... And, even in Cambridge, whether he'll recoup his investment
>> on resale.
>>
>> Not trying to be critical, mostly I'm just jealous (although modern
>> architecture doesn't appeal to me).
>>
>
>Strange thing about having money. People resent you for having it or
>criticize you for spending it. Sometimes in the same post. Some primary
>candidate for president a few years back put it pretty well when he said
>he's never been employed by a poor man. Let's just say he's a developer who
>gives employment to contractors.
Well said- if everyone was a DIY sorta person, I'd have a real hard
time paying the morgage. I'm really glad there are rich folks who
want to pay someone else to play around with wood and mud.
>Makes no difference either way, I guess. Just another one of those "rich"
>folks indulging himself with his house rather than soaking up a couple of
>beers at the tavern.
>
On 7 Jun 2006 16:16:19 -0700, "Heath Roberts" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>I've googled, but would really like to know what the homeowner (George
>Mabry) on the recent Cambridge series does (or did) for a living. Every
>time we see the show, we can't believe how much they've got to be
>spending... And, even in Cambridge, whether he'll recoup his investment
>on resale.
There are folks like that all over. I live pretty close to the edge
of nowhere, and we did a series of jobs for a family that had a
seemingly inexhaustable income. They paid almost $100g to add 6 feet
to the garage, and just kept on going to things that were even larger
and more expensive, never batting an eye about the mounting bill.
There was a bit of speculation about how they were doing it, but it
turned out the husband just made that much money as a specialist doing
cancer diagnosis. Kinda made me wish I'd had gone to medical school,
even though I'm sure he paid his dues to get where he was.
Since when have any of the home owners done any
"sweat equity" on the show? The only time I've ever seen them do any work
it's pretty obvious that it was simply posing for the camera crew.
It's not a do it yourself show, never was, never will be.
The spinoff, "ask this old house" is much more do-it yourself oriented. Even
Norm's show is more hands on.
If the homeowners want to spend hundreds of thousands of their money on
their own homes, I say let them, at least they're employing some local
tradespeople.
I'm reminded of a photography shoot I worked on out in Palm Desert a few
years ago, we were there just to shoot the neon lighting that had been
installed in the house, well over $100,000.00 worth. The construction
foreman had been gainfully employed for over 5 years, building and then
rebuilding the place as the owner's kept changing their minds about what
they wanted. It kept his family fed, the owners got what they wanted and it
was their own money being spent, a win/win/win.
John E.
"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> IMHO a pathetic series. IIRC the home owner did nothing as far as sweat
> equity is concerned.
>
>
> "Heath Roberts" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Sorry for the off-topic subject, but I figure there are a lot of TOH
> > watchers on rec.woodworking, so maybe y'all won't mind.
> >
> > I've googled, but would really like to know what the homeowner (George
> > Mabry) on the recent Cambridge series does (or did) for a living. Every
> > time we see the show, we can't believe how much they've got to be
> > spending... And, even in Cambridge, whether he'll recoup his investment
> > on resale.
> >
> > Not trying to be critical, mostly I'm just jealous (although modern
> > architecture doesn't appeal to me).
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Heath
> >
>
>
> Since when have any of the home owners done any
> "sweat equity" on the show? The only time I've ever seen them do any work
> it's pretty obvious that it was simply posing for the camera crew.
> It's not a do it yourself show, never was, never will be.
Umm it started out as a home owner sweat equity program.
> The spinoff, "ask this old house" is much more do-it yourself oriented.
> Even
> Norm's show is more hands on.
The spin off is more like the how TOH was and not what it has become in the
last few years.
> If the homeowners want to spend hundreds of thousands of their money on
> their own homes, I say let them, at least they're employing some local
> tradespeople.
Whick if ifne but I prefer the way TOH was.
<<It goes beyond donated. A customer of ours sells insulated concrete
forms.
(we do some of the manufacturing for them). It would be a natural to donate
the material needed to build a house and get publicity. In addition to the
material, they wanted a donation of $18k to use them. Our customer
declined. >>
It's not just TOH. One of my clients had a product featured on Bob Vila's
show. They had to provide the materials and pay a fee to appear on the show
and are entitled to use "As seen on Bob Vila's Home Again" (or just "Bob
Vila," as the show is now known) in their advertising and promotions for
only six months unless they want to pay another fee to renew.
Lee
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"Jim" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I gave up on TOH some time ago when I realized that all they prove is that
>you can fix nearly any problem by just throwing enough money at it.
> Have they ever brough a project to completion on budget?
> Jim
Yes absolutely they have but not since they have changed formats and do more
of the work themselves vs. the homeowner.
Although it sounds like a cliche, and it probably is, if you have to worry
about how you'd afford to make some of the improvements that are shown on
TOH, you can't afford to make them.
Their "target" audience are wealthy home owners who want to do a little
remodel job that just happens to cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
They're not aiming the show at people who could actually do the work or who
would have trouble paying someone else to do it for them.
I think Marie Antoinette said it best, "let them eat cake..." if we peasants
can't afford TOH remodel jobs, let us watch "ask TOH" and maybe we can
afford to fix a leaky faucet the way that the boys on the other show do...
I like the bits where they go to the various manufacturing facilities to
show us how some of the really expensive stuff is made.
John E.
"Owen Lawrence" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> >> Yeah the best I could find is that he's in biotech. Probably a doctor
> >> or head of a company. He showed up on a list of people contributing
> >> to fight MS. And that's about it.
> >
> > He could have inherited the money. Or won a lottery. Does it really
> > matter?
>
> Well if I watch these shows at all, it's to learn something. If I'm the
> kind of audience the producers are looking for, then why would they leave
a
> major source of confusion in every show, namely, "How in the world could I
> perform the financial aspect of all these construction techniques?"
>
> - Owen -
>
>
"Heath Roberts" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> I've googled, but would really like to know what the homeowner (George
> Mabry) on the recent Cambridge series does (or did) for a living. Every
> time we see the show, we can't believe how much they've got to be
> spending... And, even in Cambridge, whether he'll recoup his investment
> on resale.
I've watched a few episodes. Last one I saw they were applying stone facade
on a poured concrete wall. The stone was imported from Croatia. IIRC, it
was a 42k job.
I guess he just has a bunch of money and wants what he wants.
"John Emmons" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Since when have any of the home owners done any
> "sweat equity" on the show? The only time I've ever seen them do any work
> it's pretty obvious that it was simply posing for the camera crew.
>
> It's not a do it yourself show, never was, never will be.
>
I'd say thats not really an accurate statement. It used to be that the TOH
crew would come in and help the home owners reno there house. Every season
has moved further and further away from that.
On 6/7/2006 9:35 PM RicodJour mumbled something about the following:
> Heath Roberts wrote:
>> Sorry for the off-topic subject, but I figure there are a lot of TOH
>> watchers on rec.woodworking, so maybe y'all won't mind.
>>
>> I've googled, but would really like to know what the homeowner (George
>> Mabry) on the recent Cambridge series does (or did) for a living. Every
>> time we see the show, we can't believe how much they've got to be
>> spending... And, even in Cambridge, whether he'll recoup his investment
>> on resale.
>>
>> Not trying to be critical, mostly I'm just jealous (although modern
>> architecture doesn't appeal to me).
>
> Define investment. If you mean will the improvement cost fetch as much
> at the time of sale, including whatever interest he would have accrued
> on the money, no. Not even close. I'm sure that the house will sell
> for a premium just because it is now a "famous" house, and I'm sure
> George will get lots of mileage out of his 15 minutes of fame.
>
> Instead of being jealous of a guy who's simply pouring money into a
> house, how about being jealous of a guy who sold software he didn't own
> to IBM, then went out and bought it at a bargain from the guy who
> developed the software, then proceded to amass the single largest
> fourtune of our age. He also poured money into his house, so that's a
> bonus. ;)
>
> R
>
He didn't even purchase it from the developer, he purchased it from an
OEM licensee.
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Odinn wrote:
> On 6/7/2006 9:35 PM RicodJour mumbled something about the following:
>> Heath Roberts wrote:
>>> Sorry for the off-topic subject, but I figure there are a lot of TOH
>>> watchers on rec.woodworking, so maybe y'all won't mind.
>>>
>>> I've googled, but would really like to know what the homeowner (George
>>> Mabry) on the recent Cambridge series does (or did) for a living. Every
>>> time we see the show, we can't believe how much they've got to be
>>> spending... And, even in Cambridge, whether he'll recoup his investment
>>> on resale.
>>>
>>> Not trying to be critical, mostly I'm just jealous (although modern
>>> architecture doesn't appeal to me).
>>
>> Define investment. If you mean will the improvement cost fetch as much
>> at the time of sale, including whatever interest he would have accrued
>> on the money, no. Not even close. I'm sure that the house will sell
>> for a premium just because it is now a "famous" house, and I'm sure
>> George will get lots of mileage out of his 15 minutes of fame.
>>
>> Instead of being jealous of a guy who's simply pouring money into a
>> house, how about being jealous of a guy who sold software he didn't own
>> to IBM, then went out and bought it at a bargain from the guy who
>> developed the software, then proceded to amass the single largest
>> fourtune of our age. He also poured money into his house, so that's a
>> bonus. ;)
>>
>> R
>>
>
> He didn't even purchase it from the developer, he purchased it from an
> OEM licensee.
From whom was it licensed?
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Heath Roberts writes:
>Sorry for the off-topic subject, but I figure there are a lot of TOH
>watchers on rec.woodworking, so maybe y'all won't mind.
>
>I've googled, but would really like to know what the homeowner (George
>Mabry) on the recent Cambridge series does (or did) for a living.
Whatever it is, it creates a revenue stream sufficient to fund the
project.
Lew
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> When you consider that on one house that they did,
> one bathroom came in at $24,000, $360,000 don't
> sound too bad for an entire house.
>
> The amounts of money that are spent on these houses
> is beyond anything most people can imagine.
>
> Tom Silva and the boys must all be millionaires at
> this point.
>
>
> John wrote:
>
> > My favorite was one where at 360 thou, they were slightly "over budget".
> >
I drove by the place this afternoon on my way home from Rockler.
It doesn't look quite finished yet. Mostly landscaping undone.
I peeked into the back yard to see if it was flooded (we've had
about 20" of rain in the last month.) It looked very green and
wet (the part I could see from the street, but not flooded.
(They spent a lot of time on the show and a lot of money worrying
about drainage. I guess it worked.)
It appears to be one of the smaller and probably cheaper houses in
the neighborhood. I would guess most of them are in the $1.5-$2
million range. (Maybe a lot more.) West Cambridge is one of the
most expensive neighborhoods in one of the most expensive urban
areas in the country.
I wonder if they'll ever again do a house a normal family can afford?
--
John
When you consider that on one house that they did,
one bathroom came in at $24,000, $360,000 don't
sound too bad for an entire house.
The amounts of money that are spent on these houses
is beyond anything most people can imagine.
Tom Silva and the boys must all be millionaires at
this point.
John wrote:
> My favorite was one where at 360 thou, they were slightly "over budget".
>
"Lee Gordon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> they consider a quarter million dollars to be a bare bones budget (it's
> significantly more than my entire house is worth) and will treat this as
> an exercise in penny pinching.
Depends on where you live. Move my house about 35 miles and I can get $100k
more for it. Move it to Boston and I can get $250k more for it and build
two more like it on the same lot size I have now and get that much for each.
.
<<I wonder if they'll ever again do a house a normal family can afford?>>
Their next project is renovations on both units of a two family house (owned
by a mother and daughter) in East Boston with $250,000 as the total budget.
As with the Washington, DC project, they consider a quarter million dollars
to be a bare bones budget (it's significantly more than my entire house is
worth) and will treat this as an exercise in penny pinching.
Lee
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On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 15:25:34 GMT, "John Emmons"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Since when have any of the home owners done any
>"sweat equity" on the show? The only time I've ever seen them do any work
>it's pretty obvious that it was simply posing for the camera crew.
>
>It's not a do it yourself show, never was, never will be.
I remember it differently. When I first saw the show many years ago
there was an emphasis on showing you things you could do yourself, or
could at least understannd some of the nuts and bolts of before you
hired a repairman. I think the success of the show and subsequent
bigger budgets has led to what it is today.
>The spinoff, "ask this old house" is much more do-it yourself oriented. Even
>Norm's show is more hands on.
"Ask..." is great. TOH has become more of a showcase show, like Better
Homes and Gardens. I rarely watch it now.
>If the homeowners want to spend hundreds of thousands of their money on
>their own homes, I say let them, at least they're employing some local
>tradespeople.
Sure, but it doesn't make for informative or interesting TV, at least
to me. "One Man's Way to Spend $42,000.00 on Stone" isn't a title
that's likely to grab me.
>I'm reminded of a photography shoot I worked on out in Palm Desert a few
>years ago, we were there just to shoot the neon lighting that had been
>installed in the house, well over $100,000.00 worth. The construction
>foreman had been gainfully employed for over 5 years, building and then
>rebuilding the place as the owner's kept changing their minds about what
>they wanted. It kept his family fed, the owners got what they wanted and it
>was their own money being spent, a win/win/win.
I have no particular quarrel with people spending their money as they
see fit. But it's not always interesting to watch.
Greg Guarino
>
>"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> IMHO a pathetic series. IIRC the home owner did nothing as far as sweat
>> equity is concerned.
>>
>>
>> "Heath Roberts" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>> > Sorry for the off-topic subject, but I figure there are a lot of TOH
>> > watchers on rec.woodworking, so maybe y'all won't mind.
>> >
>> > I've googled, but would really like to know what the homeowner (George
>> > Mabry) on the recent Cambridge series does (or did) for a living. Every
>> > time we see the show, we can't believe how much they've got to be
>> > spending... And, even in Cambridge, whether he'll recoup his investment
>> > on resale.
>> >
>> > Not trying to be critical, mostly I'm just jealous (although modern
>> > architecture doesn't appeal to me).
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Heath
>> >
>>
>>
>
I have the same sort of questions about "Holmes on Homes". He typically
arrives at a house where the homeowners have been taken for a very expensive
ride by shyster contractors. Then he proceeds to demolish and rebuild
everything in sight in the most expensive way available. My question is,
who is paying for all this? If it's the homeowners, I can't figure out how
they do it.
- Owen -
<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I don't know why, but this last season prompted the same questions in
> my head. Perhaps it was because everything kinda seemed like cost was
> no object. My theory at the time was that he inherited some $$$. But
> I have nothing to back that up.
>
> Whatever the source, it was an interesting season.
>
> Heath Roberts wrote:
>> Sorry for the off-topic subject, but I figure there are a lot of TOH
>> watchers on rec.woodworking, so maybe y'all won't mind.
>>
>> I've googled, but would really like to know what the homeowner (George
>> Mabry) on the recent Cambridge series does (or did) for a living. Every
>> time we see the show, we can't believe how much they've got to be
>> spending... And, even in Cambridge, whether he'll recoup his investment
>> on resale.
>>
>> Not trying to be critical, mostly I'm just jealous (although modern
>> architecture doesn't appeal to me).
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Heath
>
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> 2 - They have a large budget because they get donated material.
It goes beyond donated. A customer of ours sells insulated concrete forms.
(we do some of the manufacturing for them). It would be a natural to donate
the material needed to build a house and get publicity. In addition to the
material, they wanted a donation of $18k to use them. Our customer
declined.
On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 15:25:34 GMT, "John Emmons"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Since when have any of the home owners done any
>"sweat equity" on the show? The only time I've ever seen them do any work
>it's pretty obvious that it was simply posing for the camera crew.
They used to be more involved at least in the demo and cleanup. But
heck, even the hosts barely get their hands dirty anymore much less
the owners.
-Leuf
<<Since when have any of the home owners done any
"sweat equity" on the show? The only time I've ever seen them do any work
it's pretty obvious that it was simply posing for the camera crew.>>
Many, but certainly not all, of the TOH homeowners put in varying amounts of
sweat equity. Don't you remember Mary Van, the southern lady with the bed &
breakfast conversion in Lexington? She's probably still on a ladder with a
paint brush.
Lee
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I gave up on TOH some time ago when I realized that all they prove is that
you can fix nearly any problem by just throwing enough money at it.
Have they ever brough a project to completion on budget?
Jim
"Heath Roberts" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Sorry for the off-topic subject, but I figure there are a lot of TOH
> watchers on rec.woodworking, so maybe y'all won't mind.
>
> I've googled, but would really like to know what the homeowner (George
> Mabry) on the recent Cambridge series does (or did) for a living. Every
> time we see the show, we can't believe how much they've got to be
> spending... And, even in Cambridge, whether he'll recoup his investment
> on resale.
>
> Not trying to be critical, mostly I'm just jealous (although modern
> architecture doesn't appeal to me).
>
> Thanks,
> Heath
>
IMHO a pathetic series. IIRC the home owner did nothing as far as sweat
equity is concerned.
"Heath Roberts" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Sorry for the off-topic subject, but I figure there are a lot of TOH
> watchers on rec.woodworking, so maybe y'all won't mind.
>
> I've googled, but would really like to know what the homeowner (George
> Mabry) on the recent Cambridge series does (or did) for a living. Every
> time we see the show, we can't believe how much they've got to be
> spending... And, even in Cambridge, whether he'll recoup his investment
> on resale.
>
> Not trying to be critical, mostly I'm just jealous (although modern
> architecture doesn't appeal to me).
>
> Thanks,
> Heath
>