A few weeks ago at the end of April the sold sign went up on the Low-Martin house on Ontario and Devonshire. I had been meaning to post about it for a while, and it was actually finally scheduled to be posted this past Friday. When I got the email about the photos of the Ford Plant demolition gallery show, I replaced this post with that one and pushed it off to Monday.
I was going to ask what anyone knew about the sale, but the new owner had a news event, and the answer to all of the questions I was going to ask, appeared in the traditional media.
I wish the new owner the best of luck. This is a beautiful house, and is truly a labour of love. A big thanks needs to go out to Frank Vella, the departing owner, as without his intervention and having the roof replaced, this house may not have survived to today.
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i knew a couple that owned the house before Frank Vella took posession of it i guess it sat on the market for awhile before it finally sold
Andrew
Here is a story about the know owner
http://www.windsorstar.com/life/Photos+Martin+House/6568124/story.html
The new owner of the house is the owner of Better Made Cabinets, I have seen their work and they build fine cabinets and construction very nice quality custom wood work.
Here is another link from their website.
http://www.bettermadecabinets.com/pdf/LowMartinRestoration.pdf
You can also see many samples of their products on their Website
http://www.bettermadecabinets.com/index.asp
good news for everyone in the hood!
I can't wait!! Thanks to Frank Vella.
and to Vern Myslichuk for the efforts.
...and to taxpayers everywhere who asisted in getting the roof replaced with a loan. And a big BOO to the creaps woh broke windows and vandalised the outside of house.
Thought Windsor bought it to tear it down o make a parking lot!?
Vern Myslichuk is going to turn this house in to an amazing piece of work.
First open house on Sept. 29th. Thanks to all, we hope to have another in about 6 months.
This home is nonetheles than a beautiful specimen of scenary for all of us to view.
Whoever owns this now, I can only state "good luck"