Ahh. Older homes. Back in the 70's, I lived in a 125 year old row house in Trenton, NJ. It had been built well & well cared for. And it was beautiful. The woodwork was out of this world.
In this particular case I suspect the prior "contractors" were just friends/handyman, and the initial phone call to Mike went something like, "Wait, did you say it's a _sorority_ house?" :-)
I absolutely love old houses... built better, solid, they have character... they had class. They had beauty you just don't get in new homes. The trim, the moldings, the details... not just some square box with cheap strips on it... Real bold molding around everything... they were fabulous... and built to last lifetimes.
So true and the beautiful look of real wood and a nice coat of stain and some good old-fashioned lacquer and not a bunch of sawdust and glue pressed and rolled out in to a sheet of trash that they have the to call wooden base boards and trim with paint on them that new age building materials make me sick every time I see it
Those old homes can be beautiful. They have "good bones". My grandfather was a master carpenter who remodeled houses. I spent years of many happy days with that incredible old man. He taught me so much. Not just about carpentry and construction, but about life and what it means to be a man. He was also an ordained minister, but that doesn't really pay much, so he worked. The one thing that totally surprised me was when I was about 15, he took me aside and said that it was time for me to start figuring out what I REALLY believed in before I got out into the world with no direction. "I don't care WHAT you believe, but I want you TO believe and whatever you choose, I will support you". Wow... now THAT was a mindblower for a kid that age. I really miss that old man
@@TonyM1961 My Pops told us to pick a church he did not care what one... but he wanted us to learn about God and all that and make our own decisions about it. Which I found interesting since he was an atheist. Though he did say he believed in the 10 commandments as he felt they were a good thing to live by. But yeah I always believe my Pops could fix anything. He did it all carpentry, electronics, plumbing ... you name it...
A well maintained older home free of leak and mould issues etc, is nice. What I find jarring to me, is when the exterior is this nice older home and the interior is all modern, open plan, with none of the little details that you used to find in older homes like the mouldings etc.
I will agree older homes were generally built better by people who cared about their job. That said they were also often built with substandard materials and incomplete knowledge of construction mechanics. There was a lot of the "my dad built it this way" type of mentality in that what worked before will work now. I think the biggest issue with old homes is how they treated insulation and water. Lot of old homes have water just run strait into the foundation and the less said about the effectiveness of old style insulation the better.
Customer: "I would like a quote on one of my properties" Contractor: "I am kind of busy right now" Customer: "It is for a sorority house" Contractor: "I'll be there in 10 minutes"
How do _four_ other contractors completely miss a leaky doorframe, when Mike figured it out as soon as he started looking for the source?! How do those people have the _audacity_ to call themselves contractors if they missed something that basic and simple? That's honestly ridiculous.
@@Duke00x this is way more than $20k and I bet you the university wasn't going to pay anything close to $10k so they had these handy men do touch up works like he says: you get what you pay for
I wonder if there was any competition to work on that? All these youngish tradesmen (not the company owners), working in a sororiety house with all these young women.
He was concerned about keeping plaster in a closet, but then he didn't make them reuse the old bricks on the chimney, a place where the integrity of the old look mattered.
Yon can see allot of the old bricks is missing that is why they cemented so much of the chimney. They could have done a custom order for a load of bricks but that would have taken extra time to get and shot the price of the job threw the roof just to "try and match the bricks."
All the girls that live their should be mandated to pay renters insurance of $100K like regulr outside renters do. That way their personal things are covered and damages from house parties and by guests are covered by their ploicies. Intitlement at its best. Dosent the college take reponsibility to inspect & maintain their rentals?
Okay. I love your work. Make your people do the proper edge protection for roof work, that wasnt cool. Do I have to get my apprentice carpenter book out and scan the relevant passages?
This was first aired 20 years ago. The first season of the show in 2003. Back then he did things fast and loose like most contractors did. Since then, he has learned better and has shown multiple times how to do things the safe and correct way. It's probably one of the reasons I've never seen this episode on actual TV, even though a lot of other episodes have been shown tons of times over the years.
The person who thought that the way too loud, intrusive and totally irrelevant 'background music' absolutely positively had to be playing throughout the video needs to be educated or fired.
120 yeas "so old"? that's only early 1900's. the oldest still in use building I can think of in walking (15 - 20 mins) distance was built in the year 1400 and finished in 1458, some parts dating 1066, 1200, 1500. most of the other buildings were built in the 1600's 1700's and 1800's I guess "old" is a relative term.
It would have been late 1800s. Remember, this aired in the early 2000s (Like 2005, I think). And yeah, any item that is 100 years old or more is considered an antique, so I think calling a 125 year old house "old" is appropriate.
Amazing this was only what 15 - 20 years ago? So refreshing to see young smart women getting educated, as opposed to now a bunch of sjws raging about gender
he keeps blaming the contractors who came before him maybe talk about the university's budget too maybe they didn't want to pay !? that ever cross your mind?
What a great way to teach the young ladies the importance of caring for your home, and finding a trusted contractor.
Ahh. Older homes. Back in the 70's, I lived in a 125 year old row house in Trenton, NJ. It had been built well & well cared for. And it was beautiful. The woodwork was out of this world.
Very enjoyable interaction with the young ladies. You were decent and respectful all the way. I love your care of majestic old buildings.
Great show.
It's a shame that the prior (totally inadequate) contractors cannot be named in these programs: others should be warned against ever using them!
In this particular case I suspect the prior "contractors" were just friends/handyman, and the initial phone call to Mike went something like, "Wait, did you say it's a _sorority_ house?" :-)
@@joez.2794 Mike's gonna be a father, stepfather and grandfather all at once!
Totally agree
Probably be hard to prove that nothing was done by TV to make it look much worse.
@@kevinshields4643it's called video everything that you take apart. It's wouldn't be hard at all
The good old days of Holmes on Homes!!!
I absolutely love old houses... built better, solid, they have character... they had class. They had beauty you just don't get in new homes. The trim, the moldings, the details... not just some square box with cheap strips on it... Real bold molding around everything... they were fabulous... and built to last lifetimes.
So true and the beautiful look of real wood and a nice coat of stain and some good old-fashioned lacquer and not a bunch of sawdust and glue pressed and rolled out in to a sheet of trash that they have the to call wooden base boards and trim with paint on them that new age building materials make me sick every time I see it
they also held arsenic green wallpaper, asbestos and lead paint
i do really love old buildings but damn can the cleanup get seriously dangerous
@@prcervi The house I grew up in I am 100% certain had lead paint. It was built in the late 1800's... But it was amazing. Extremely haunted though.
Those old homes can be beautiful. They have "good bones". My grandfather was a master carpenter who remodeled houses. I spent years of many happy days with that incredible old man. He taught me so much. Not just about carpentry and construction, but about life and what it means to be a man. He was also an ordained minister, but that doesn't really pay much, so he worked. The one thing that totally surprised me was when I was about 15, he took me aside and said that it was time for me to start figuring out what I REALLY believed in before I got out into the world with no direction. "I don't care WHAT you believe, but I want you TO believe and whatever you choose, I will support you". Wow... now THAT was a mindblower for a kid that age. I really miss that old man
@@TonyM1961 My Pops told us to pick a church he did not care what one... but he wanted us to learn about God and all that and make our own decisions about it. Which I found interesting since he was an atheist. Though he did say he believed in the 10 commandments as he felt they were a good thing to live by. But yeah I always believe my Pops could fix anything. He did it all carpentry, electronics, plumbing ... you name it...
Great episode, these ladies can worry about grades now instead of leaks and water damage.
A well maintained older home free of leak and mould issues etc, is nice. What I find jarring to me, is when the exterior is this nice older home and the interior is all modern, open plan, with none of the little details that you used to find in older homes like the mouldings etc.
Shawn cracked me up at the end with his "Lambda, Lambda, Lambda"..
I will agree older homes were generally built better by people who cared about their job. That said they were also often built with substandard materials and incomplete knowledge of construction mechanics. There was a lot of the "my dad built it this way" type of mentality in that what worked before will work now. I think the biggest issue with old homes is how they treated insulation and water. Lot of old homes have water just run strait into the foundation and the less said about the effectiveness of old style insulation the better.
Would have been great if he was my Dad. I am envious! Great skills, great morals.
Don't we all wish that Mike Holmes could adopt us?!
@@homefultv Absolutely! Especially since I'm an Orphan now as both my parents have passed. But I think I'm a bit old for him to be my Pops.
Customer: "I would like a quote on one of my properties"
Contractor: "I am kind of busy right now"
Customer: "It is for a sorority house"
Contractor: "I'll be there in 10 minutes"
Excellent work as usual! This was a definite rescue!
Very impressed with your team.
How do _four_ other contractors completely miss a leaky doorframe, when Mike figured it out as soon as he started looking for the source?! How do those people have the _audacity_ to call themselves contractors if they missed something that basic and simple? That's honestly ridiculous.
Think they were more just wanting to get called back out and get to see the ladies again...
They where in it for the cash...They did not care about the job, just a quick way to make $$$
I've always found older built is better. Made to last. Be kind to one another. Stay safe. Love to all
The ones that lasted were, it's.survivorahip bias.
These videos are old from years ago; I have seen these before. But the name HomefulTV is new. Why?
Some sort of heat shield around the chimney going up to head level, with the rail so close, would keep anyone from getting burned on the hot pipe.
That would have been really good idea.. After all college nights + beer = bad choices like touching a hot pipe or possibly falling into it.
Testing the roof down using a pick with no safety shoes lol
Damn the low resolution!
Although I much prefer them Omega Moo's! They sure can party!
What year was this?
So interesting
Omicorn how fitting now adays
How does this work get paid for? Great work!
Most likely for the earnings of the show. Do a $20,000 repair film ot air it and make $250,000 in from advertisers paying to run ads during the show.
@@Duke00x this is way more than $20k and I bet you the university wasn't going to pay anything close to $10k so they had these handy men do touch up works
like he says: you get what you pay for
Holmes to the rescue
she really wanted to see his deck
I wonder if there was any competition to work on that?
All these youngish tradesmen (not the company owners), working in a sororiety house with all these young women.
He was concerned about keeping plaster in a closet, but then he didn't make them reuse the old bricks on the chimney, a place where the integrity of the old look mattered.
Yon can see allot of the old bricks is missing that is why they cemented so much of the chimney. They could have done a custom order for a load of bricks but that would have taken extra time to get and shot the price of the job threw the roof just to "try and match the bricks."
All the girls that live their should be mandated to pay renters insurance of $100K like regulr outside renters do. That way their personal things are covered and damages from house parties and by guests are covered by their ploicies. Intitlement at its best. Dosent the college take reponsibility to inspect & maintain their rentals?
Cool
The farts in that house must be vicious
Okay. I love your work. Make your people do the proper edge protection for roof work, that wasnt cool. Do I have to get my apprentice carpenter book out and scan the relevant passages?
This was first aired 20 years ago. The first season of the show in 2003.
Back then he did things fast and loose like most contractors did.
Since then, he has learned better and has shown multiple times how to do things the safe and correct way.
It's probably one of the reasons I've never seen this episode on actual TV, even though a lot of other episodes have been shown tons of times over the years.
Sorority house should sue other contractors to recoup their money. Have Mike Holmes testify for them.
This is like 15 years old lol
The original contractors didn’t fix the issue perhaps because there was no $, owner couldnt afford to do all this thats like 50k in work
@@Smart-Towel-RG-400 20, year on it was 2003.
Coal tar roof it looks like nasty stuff torn off my share of it , and put it down new.
Cream π
If you want a job that will keep you in shape, be a night janitor at a primary school.
The person who thought that the way too loud, intrusive and totally irrelevant 'background music' absolutely positively had to be playing throughout the video needs to be educated or fired.
All those guys working really hard at a sorority house. I wonder why? 🤔
This "Sorority" Makes me really upset. They seem to be more into the cameras and their own righteousness than getting their A.O.P. fixed
I wonder how many of Mikes guys got dates out of that job?
Wow, the roof wasnt the only thing leaking at that sorority.
120 yeas "so old"? that's only early 1900's.
the oldest still in use building I can think of in walking (15 - 20 mins) distance was built in the year 1400 and finished in 1458, some parts dating 1066, 1200, 1500. most of the other buildings were built in the 1600's 1700's and 1800's
I guess "old" is a relative term.
It would have been late 1800s. Remember, this aired in the early 2000s (Like 2005, I think). And yeah, any item that is 100 years old or more is considered an antique, so I think calling a 125 year old house "old" is appropriate.
I'm sure the sorority house is still going to remain soggy for different reasons
He drives a ducking fodge. Most unreliable vehicle on the road next to Nissan. lol
11:41 Dude is HOT.....Just come out of the closet.... (claustrophobia sucks)
This guy takes after me do it right the first time or don’t do it at all. Would love to work with this individual.
Amazing this was only what 15 - 20 years ago? So refreshing to see young smart women getting educated, as opposed to now a bunch of sjws raging about gender
he keeps blaming the contractors who came before him maybe talk about the university's budget too maybe they didn't want to pay !? that ever cross your mind?