[Magdalen] trying to sell my house

[Charles Wohlers]

I also recommend Carl Sandberg's house in Flat Rock, NC (near Hendersonville 
& Kanuga). Also straight out of the 1950's.

Speaking of water in basements - In March I had asked our neighbor here in 
Mass. to fill the boiler on the furnace (steam heat - runs out of water 
periodically), which she did - but she forgot to turn the water off. When I 
arrived ~10 days later it was still on, but no real damage as the water just 
drained into the dirt floor. I was just thankful it wasn't a burst pipe or 
something serious.



-----Original Message----- 
From: Jim Guthrie
Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2015 1:22 PM
To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] trying to sell my house

From: Molly Wolfmama

>A couple went through here this morning.  They want a Victorian house, but 
>one
>that requires no work.  They don't like my basement, which has low (that 
>is,
> >Victorian) head space.  Victorians were shorter than we are.

Had that problem on stairs and basement in our house on Panama Street in
Philadelphia -- the front part of the house (a traditional Trinity) was 
build in
1815, and I had to duck hither and yon on the steps up and down.

None of us exactly remember the Victorian era first had -- but I bet many of 
us
experienced the 1950s. If you ever get to Vermont, I strongly urge everyone
**here** of a certain age (and you know who you are!) to be sure to visit 
the
1950s house at the Shelburne Museum just south of Burlington. I guarantee 
that a
sea of memories will well up inside. You'll revert -- for a few minutes at
least -- to your old seven year-old self.

Cheers,
Jim