The question resolves itself into comparing remodeling costs plus house value with those for a new house of like size and kind.
By type of work, the costs for this remodeling were as follows: Two bathrooms, each complete with shower; a kitchen sink and laundry tub $590.
Yet there are a surprising number of old commercial structures that lend themselves to remodeling into present day homes and by their very unconventionality take on added charm.
It has been shown how too much may be done to a house in the first fervor of remodeling or restoration.
For picturesqueness, if the unconventional has a greater appeal than the more standardized type of home, remodeling an old barn into a country home has its advantages.
If so much must be replaced or rearranged that the figures for house and remodeling are in excess of those for a new structure, the wise course would be to abandon the idea and build instead.
But house plans, whether for new construction, remodeling or renovating, do not spring from the drafting board complete and final overnight.
From these calculations, it is an easy matter to take the outside dimensions of a house you are considering remodeling and compute its cubical content.
If you are building a new house on old lines or remodeling an existing structure with a century or more to its credit, don't select a man to advise you who can see nothing but the newest and most modernistic types of architecture.
Sometimes, if the particular remodeling project is one requiring unusual care, the percentage of his fee is a little higher by special arrangement.
A remodeling or reshaping of the thorax; especially, the operation of removing the ribs, so as to obliterate the pleural cavity in cases of empyema.
It admits of a variety of beginnings, but one can never be sure of the end, seeing that it presupposes a radical change in the temper of the peoples, one might almost say a remodeling of human nature.
Unless the location selected already has buildings on it which meet the needs of the purchaser and his family, there will be the immediate problem of building the home or remodeling the structure already in existence.
Where the funds available for construction or remodeling are limited, it is important to know what the cost will be before the job is started.
This would be impracticable without remodeling the city along both sides of the river for long distances from the banks at an expense so great as to be almost beyond computation.
One of the objects of her call this afternoon had been to urge him to haste, as Bernstein wanted to move his remodeling shop into the rooms at once.
Busy as he was with the remodeling of the old bank, made necessary by the consolidation (he scorned the idea of moving his bank into the Holton property!
For remodeling one of the village churches he contributed more than three thousand dollars; and donated five hundred towards an iron bridge between Tilton and Northfield, which act results in two by the towns named.
He devoted much time and personal care to the work of remodeling the buildings at the outset, and, since then, to their enlargement as the growth and success of the school has demanded.
They talked of building at first, but long before they could make up their minds what they wanted it had become too late for that, and they shifted to the notion of buying an old place somewhere and remodeling it.
Sketch the entire plan out before commencing an alteration, and then endeavor to see if the proposed remodeling is practical from a structural point of view, and if it harmonizes with the original spirit of the old building.
Illustration: The Entrance Porch] Under the direction of Mr. George Hunt Ingraham, the remodeling was begun.
In remodeling the house, the original outlines were carefully preserved, and the additions were made to conform.
In remodeling a house many people tear down these old chimneys for the space which may be converted into closet use and alcoves, making a smaller chimney do service.
The location was ideal, quiet and retired and exactly what had been most desired, so the remodeling was placed in the hands of a careful architect, who, after thoroughly considering the situation, decided it could not be done.
The old wall and door here were cut away in the remodeling to produce an impression of spaciousness and give a vista from the entrance clear through the house and into the garden at the rear.
In the remodeling of this house, comfort, a careful following of Colonial details, and an especial attention to the hardware are the salient features.
The work of decorating, and, as far as possible, the remodeling itself, was done by Mrs. William Otis Kimball and her brother.
The architects were very wise in remodeling this house so as to show its extremely simple lines, for they give it individuality and character and accentuate certain features that were necessary to create of it a home for one family.
Fifty dollars for the old shanty boat, seventy-five for remodeling it, fifteen to the man for towing.
One hundred dollars for the boat--that left another hundred for painting and remodeling and for other necessary expenses.
Law) Defn: A substitution of a new debt for an old one; also, the remodeling of an old obligation.
Defn: A remodeling or reshaping of the thorax; especially, the operation of removing the ribs, so as to obliterate the pleural cavity in cases of empyema.
Is this artificial remodeling of old motives of life real artistic creativeness?
I thought he was writing a new work, but no; he is remodeling an old one.
This remodeling he had flattered himself for a moment with having obtained on the Rhine: "He had not guaranteed the success, but he had allowed himself to hope for it.
This remodeling he had at first hoped to find on the Rhine, "provided that the language of his government was firm and its attitude resolute" (p.
Moltke and de Roon, joined with the prince regent in remodeling the system from the very bottom.
Benedetti "that a territorial remodeling was henceforth necessary to the security of France.
There can be no doubt that the possibility of such remodeling activity is given, but as far as education is concerned certainly grave misgivings ought to be felt.
The entire remodelingof the distributing system, necessitating the laying of about 1/2 mile each of 18-in.
The remodeling of the system, as recently completed, provided for: 1.
In 1961, the second major remodeling of the house enlarged it and attempted to reduce the dampness due to its location in the midst of the springs.
Substantial remodeling of the kitchen was also undertaken, in which a closet was converted into cabinets, new flooring was laid, and new kitchen fixtures were installed.
The remodeling done in 1960 was designed and supervised by Keyes, Lethbridge & Condon, Washington architects.
I suggested in my last annual message the propriety ofremodeling our Indian system.
I earnestly recommend the passage of a sufficient appropriation to enable a thorough remodeling of that institution to be made without delay.
They propose many important reforms, such as the abolition of caste, the remodeling of marriage customs, the emancipation and education of women, the abolition of infanticide and the worship of ancestors, and a general moral regeneration.
The remodeling of the German tongue may be said to have gone hand in hand with the Reformation, and it is to Luther more than to any other that it owes its rapid progress.
The remodeling of the system was one of the reforms called for by Southerners of the time but never accomplished.
Thus the remodeling of English agriculture which Jethro Tull and Lord Townsend instituted in the eighteenth century could not have been set in progress by any who did not possess their combination of talent and capital.
There being no special motive why he should be supplanted by Nusku, his preëminence was not interfered with through the remodeling to which the texts were subjected.
The remodeling to which they were subjected did not destroy their original character to the extent that might have been expected--a circumstance due in the first instance to the persistency of the beliefs that called these texts forth.
Marduk is an afterthought that points to the remodeling of the ancient texts after the period of Hammurabi.
All this points, as has been emphasized several times, to the subsequent remodeling of the texts in question.
The remodeling of a Constitution, in the nineteenth century, speaks of progress, of greater freedom, and of more enlarged views of human rights and duties.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "remodeling" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: rebuilding; reconstruction; remaking
