It's too rich for my blood, but those of you with deep pockets, a penchant for renovation, and a copy of My House in Umbria on your shelf might like this fixer upper. Its back faces a canal, and it is in a central, but not too touristy location.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
My Big Fat Green Renovation in...Venezia?
It's too rich for my blood, but those of you with deep pockets, a penchant for renovation, and a copy of My House in Umbria on your shelf might like this fixer upper. Its back faces a canal, and it is in a central, but not too touristy location.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
NY Times Article on Rarity of Solar Panels
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/12/nyregion/solar-energy-slowly-grows-in-new-york-homes.html?_r=1&hpw
Ciao! I am sitting in a cafe in Bergamo, Italy, reading the NY Times online. The above link is to an article on how rare solar panels are in the New York region. I've seen many more buildings with solar panels in northern Italy than I ever saw in New York. Of course, it's a bit sunnier in this part of Italy, but not by as much as you'd expect. Also, the electic bills in Italy must be much higher. Still, I think there is something about the Italian psyche that makes solar more popular, namely, a distrust of anything even remotely connected to a bureaucracy and the government. The sun you can trust, the power authority, no.
Perhaps it's the hecticness of New York life that makes New Yorkers averse to trying out something new, especially when it is comes at a relatively high price. My ConEd bills get deducted automatically, and I don'te really think about them. Choosing solar requires effort, expense and maintenance. I am doing so, but perhaps that's the Italian in me. Maybe New Yorkers should start distrusting ConEd like good Italians, and then solar panels will start popping up on roofs throughout the region.
Ciao! I am sitting in a cafe in Bergamo, Italy, reading the NY Times online. The above link is to an article on how rare solar panels are in the New York region. I've seen many more buildings with solar panels in northern Italy than I ever saw in New York. Of course, it's a bit sunnier in this part of Italy, but not by as much as you'd expect. Also, the electic bills in Italy must be much higher. Still, I think there is something about the Italian psyche that makes solar more popular, namely, a distrust of anything even remotely connected to a bureaucracy and the government. The sun you can trust, the power authority, no.
Perhaps it's the hecticness of New York life that makes New Yorkers averse to trying out something new, especially when it is comes at a relatively high price. My ConEd bills get deducted automatically, and I don'te really think about them. Choosing solar requires effort, expense and maintenance. I am doing so, but perhaps that's the Italian in me. Maybe New Yorkers should start distrusting ConEd like good Italians, and then solar panels will start popping up on roofs throughout the region.
Friday, July 8, 2011
My Big Fat Green Renovation in...Bergamo Italy?
I'm in Bergamo, taking a little break from the day-to-day renovation, and letting my father handle things while I'm away. This house is across from the B&B where we're staying. Now that's a house that could benefit from a little TLC! It reminds me of the house on Duffield Street when I first met it.
Friday, July 1, 2011
Made the News
http://therealdeal.com/newyork/articles/the-other-brooklyn-flea
http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2011/07/the-long-hard-road-to-buying-a-downtown-fixer-upper/?stream=true
Those of you who have been following this blog from the beginning know the long, hard road I have traveled in buying and renovating this house. Now the word is out.
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