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Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Who will save this old house?

posted by Bob at Wednesday, November 19, 2008

8 Comments:

Blogger Bob said...

Hi All,

You just have to see this wonderful home.

Link to story here

9:28 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Bob, I went through it in August when it was first foreclosed. The owners had tried to sell it but couldn't find a buyer.

Its a great house. Very unique.

The stair case is right in the middle of the house so the first floor lays out as interesting spaces instead of one large great room. Fire places were classics. Nice woodwork throughout the house. The kitchen is big but kinda right out of 1960... strange for the house.

I hope the heck they haven't turned the power or the water off because I would hate to have to bring this old house up to 2008 code!

LOL

JMONTOMEPPOF

Chuck Repke

9:44 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

It's a beautiful house. Too bad its in housing oppressive St. Paul. These houses cannot be brought to 2008 code even though the city demands it. What the city will do is pick and choose and otherwise be a pain in the a#**

10:28 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Chuck,

I hope they never turn off the power in Thune's house, as it would never make code even with Thune's pull or would it. The RNC Welcomine Committee sure got Thune's help to avoid code requirenemts. All it took was one phone call form that certain city council member from Ward 2.

8:46 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

8:46 - the "code issue" at the rental hall was that the back door was barred while an event was going on and their was blankets and crap on the floor. That isn't the stuff that anyone closes any building for.

That isn't the only building owner Thune has tried to help out when they get tagged.

I have been asking for years here, give me one building in Ward 2 that Thune has allowed the city to demo when the owner appeared at the hearing and asked for extra time. He has been in office for a total of 13 years. Find one case.

Ignorance is bliss this is the happiest place in town.

JMONTOMEPPOF

Chuck Repke

9:56 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Here's the tax record 1750 Ames

http://rrinfo.co.ramsey.mn.us/public/characteristic/Parcel.pasp?scrn=Quick&pin=272922140077&cnt=0

1:30 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

See 26Nov08 Council Agenda for Secret Government re: Item 26 Advance Shoring

http://stpaul.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=37&event_id=40&meta_id=52283

Google web site are fantastic for pdf files downloaded in seconds
God Bless God,Gates,Google and Bobby J

12:06 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Sharon thanks for the link.

If you read all of that, it sounds like the Port and Advanced Shorring are making some progress about the potential purchase of their property.

They are signing a confidentiality agreement so that the Port can have pollution work done on the site and Advance can be assured that the info will not become public. It means they are now working together to see what price would be fair for the taking.

In about 99% of eminent domain cases this is exactly what occurs. Most "takings" end up being "friendly takings" where the government and the owner have come together on a price and it stays as an ED case to assist the owner in avoiding Capital Gains taxes while they relocate.

So, nothing secret, just how business is done. The government makes an offer on the land based on tax value and other sales in the area, the land owner goes to the press with how unfair the government is to offer twice what the tax value of the property is, the public screems about nice people being put out of business by the government, the government pays three or four times as much as what the land was worth, the business owner pockets the extra money, and the public pays the extra costs in higher taxes.

Yup, pretty normal.

JMONTOMEPPOF

Chuck Repke

12:54 PM  

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