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<blockquote data-quote="Nandina" data-source="post: 761429" data-attributes="member: 23742"><p>This reminds me of our experience with a “converted” summer home in the late 80s in Maryland, just outside of D.C and right on the Chesapeake Bay (seriously, it was in our backyard). I don’t think it was ever actually converted, the landlord just rented out this large, two story summer home with paper-thin insulation all year.</p><p></p><p>Its only heat source was those radiator type metal heaters from the old days in every room—the kind that clanged and rattled every time they heated up and if you accidentally rubbed up against one you risked third degree burns! I’m sure some people who might be reading this have never even seen those. Well, it’s a good thing, lol.</p><p></p><p>But it was what we could afford, and really it was a great house. At that time the Bay wasn’t polluted (I’m not sure what its status is now) and Maryland blue crab was plentiful and free. And all we could catch, just outside our backyard. My husband was in hog heaven setting out his crab pots every day. It was fun. We had great parties—lots of crab for everyone.</p><p></p><p>When winter came we froze our rear ends off it was so cold and uninsulated in that house. After all, it really wasn’t meant to be lived in during the winter and it gets cold in those parts. But we managed. Until we got our first electric bill, that is. It was something like $1,500. And we were never even warm!</p><p></p><p>In those young days we lived from paycheck to paycheck so we had to make payment arrangements just to manage our humongous electric bills and I think it took something like six months to pay it all off. But looking back, both my husband and I consider the one year spent in that rattle-trap house to be one of the best in our 35 years of marriage.</p><p></p><p>Thank you for reminding me, Deni. I hope your excavation experience doesn’t reveal anything unmanageable.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nandina, post: 761429, member: 23742"] This reminds me of our experience with a “converted” summer home in the late 80s in Maryland, just outside of D.C and right on the Chesapeake Bay (seriously, it was in our backyard). I don’t think it was ever actually converted, the landlord just rented out this large, two story summer home with paper-thin insulation all year. Its only heat source was those radiator type metal heaters from the old days in every room—the kind that clanged and rattled every time they heated up and if you accidentally rubbed up against one you risked third degree burns! I’m sure some people who might be reading this have never even seen those. Well, it’s a good thing, lol. But it was what we could afford, and really it was a great house. At that time the Bay wasn’t polluted (I’m not sure what its status is now) and Maryland blue crab was plentiful and free. And all we could catch, just outside our backyard. My husband was in hog heaven setting out his crab pots every day. It was fun. We had great parties—lots of crab for everyone. When winter came we froze our rear ends off it was so cold and uninsulated in that house. After all, it really wasn’t meant to be lived in during the winter and it gets cold in those parts. But we managed. Until we got our first electric bill, that is. It was something like $1,500. And we were never even warm! In those young days we lived from paycheck to paycheck so we had to make payment arrangements just to manage our humongous electric bills and I think it took something like six months to pay it all off. But looking back, both my husband and I consider the one year spent in that rattle-trap house to be one of the best in our 35 years of marriage. Thank you for reminding me, Deni. I hope your excavation experience doesn’t reveal anything unmanageable. [/QUOTE]
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