4renovators

I think someone cheated on this week's (bi)weekly poll.  Either that or we have a lot of non-renovators reading the blog.  I say this because I find it hard to believe that we had 38 responses (57%) of ''No projects - doesn't apply'' to the question ''How often do you take a weekend off from the house?''  The next largest categoy ...

Last week we asked readers ''How long have you owned your home?''  7 readers (21%) are still getting acquainted with their new homes, having been with them for less than a year.  9 readers (26%) have been in their homes for 1 or 2 years.  The majority of us (10 readers, 29%) have been in our homes for 3 to 5 years.  I wish ...

Faithful readers may have noticed that there was no new poll last week.  Mostly this was because we were busy renovating, and didn’t have time for the blog.  Or anyone’s blog for that matter – I’m pretty far behind catching up on my favorites… Two weeks ago we asked “How many houses have you renovated?”  The large majority (54%) ...

My plea last week for folks to vote must have had some small effect:  43  votes this week compared to 24 the week prior.  Thanks, everyone! For the most part, we’re all in our respective homes for the long haul.  42% wont even consider moving, and 21% are stuck for at least ten years.  14% will likely move somewhere else ...

I seem to have broken my routine of updating the Weekly Poll on Sunday mornings.  Weekends have become days for early rising and long hours spent preparing the house for our new boiler system.  This leaves very little time for browsing the Internet. We had 30 votes this week, for our poll question “Whats the most number of trips you’ve ...

Well, we aren’t performing brain surgery as we work on our respective projects – at least in the regards to orderliness of the operating room.  Nearly a third of us have ''Good Intentions'' when it comes to keeping our work area tidy and clean, but if you’re anything like me, very quickly the tool you need is laying across the room beneath a ...

Gah.  We got so much done this weekend that this Weekly Poll post is late.  Normally I do the Weekly Poll while lying in bed with my coffee on Sunday mornings.  This weekend I didn’t get to the computer even once. I must not have done a great job picking job categories.  30% of the 40 voters chose “Other”; nearly another third ...

We sure spend a lot of time working on our houses!  Nearly a quarter of us spend between 16 and 20 hours a week doing everything from hard-core demolition to fixing up the yard.  A few people are working full time, spending 40 or more hours per week.  Do these people have jobs? Trissa and I are in the 16 – 20 hour per week ...

I’m almost too exhausted to write this weeks poll.  Too much time working on the house this weekend.  Actually, a lot of time, but I’d be happy if the weekend kept on going. Most people in last week’s poll chose what I intended to be the most expensive item, the Nipper / cutting pliers.  We paid about $17 for ours.  The next ...

No big surprises this week, at least from my point of view.  Nearly 40% of us are living in houses that have recently had, or are pending, their 100-year birthday.  22% of us live in pre turn-of-the-century homes – wow!  22% are in homes built between 1920 and 1940, 11% between 1941 and 1960, 2% 1961 and 1980, and 4% 1981 and ...