Did anybody else have to look up "jorts?" A handy term. It sounds like that dude gave up before the job was finished? LOL! Gotta give him props for taking on something it sounds like it was his first time doing.
Whether they're doing it well or badly, it's more fun to watch other people do yard work than to be the one doing it.
Buildings in the US that are made of actual brick, marble, granite, are a rarity, as well as older wood-construction structures with features like high ceilings, tongue-in-groove walls, transom windows above doors, dumb-waiters, pocket doors, gingerbread embellishments...
I am engaged in this fascinating discussion but also want to say that I love the spirit of flipping, especially if young people have taken an interest in an older building, as long as they're not ruining that which makes the building unique. Fixing, cleaning, giving something another chance - good stuff! But there is no doubt that it is often done ineptly.
If I see something under the subject, I'll take pics. Luckily most of the flips I've seen around this area were landscaped very attractively and realistically. My own yard is still in the midst of a very long-term plan that involves mostly sweat vs. $, with some plants in temporary homes in strange places, and probably looks messy as a drive-by. It's pretty normal for most of the homes in the area to be in various stages of periodic improvement. Some of the lots have newer homes at this point but our house and many others were built in 1900, or shortly thereafter as you go farther down the street.
