vintage: Five Benefits of Historic Designation
- 10/05/10 04:20 AM
Five Benefits of Historic Designation ! This summer I have been taking a class on Historic Designation and Vintage homes at the local junior college in Santa Rosa, California. I have learned about numerous aspects of the process for obtaining designation as a Historic Preservation District. The class project, in fact, is a survey of the junior college district housing stock to establish the basis for historic designation. The process centers on cataloging houses in the neighborhood with special historic and architectural features. The general purpose of historic designation is straightforward: namely, to preserve the special historic and architectural character of … (0 comments)
This is the beginning of a series on vintage homes in Sonoma County, California.
Let’s begin by defining the term “vintage home”. The word “vintage” implies age; in other words, vintage homes are dwellings built in an earlier time. The accepted cut-off by the experts today is 1980. Houses built before that date may be considered vintage.
However the term vintage implies more than date of construction. A genuine vintage home incorporates architectural features and other qualities that speak to its distinctive historical period and origins.
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vintage: A FIRST TIME BUYER AND AN EXCEPTIONAL YOUNG MAN
- 11/13/09 09:47 AM
I think we all agree that much of the satisfaction in our profession comes from helping young people buy their first home. I just had the privilege of working with a young man purchasing his first home in the town were he was born and reared. I think it is safe to say that not many single buyers would consider buying and renovating a fixer -upper and the reality of living with a house torn apart. His hometown is in the wine country in Northern California, an area of high house prices, but the current market offered him a chance he … (24 comments)
vintage: SONOMA COUNTY- SPECIAL SPRING EVENTS THE LOCALS LOVE!
- 04/16/09 11:28 AM
Every Spring I look forward to the wonderful events that Sonoma County offers with glee!For those of us who love to look at historical, vintage homes and gardens (GUILTY!) Spring is a treasure trove of opportunities to indulge our love of beautiful homes and charming gardens. It is always fascinating to me to see other people's living patterns. Their choices are only limited by their minds. Small, cramped dark spaces become wonderful work areas with proper lighting, plush carpeting and neatly stacked baskets and wired boxes organize much needed everyday work tools.I am always delighted by well organized and maintained areas. Gardens, … (1 comments)
VINTAGE HOMES - MORE THAN JUST CHARMING! My first vintage home was a 1917 Edwardian built in the inner Richmond district in San Francisco. Since then I have owned 10 homes and renovated 6 of them, all of which were vintage. This may be considered an indicator of high mobility or mental derangement! Obviously I find homes of earlier historical periods appealing for their architectural and aesthetic character. But I have come to realize that they offer other advantages as well. In earlier times large, spacious homes and amenities were built exclusively for the economic and social elite. Homes … (0 comments)
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