This 1925 built Tudor Revival, listed on the heritage inventroy but not designated, sold last summer. It’s one I’ve always been fond, of, but it’s usually overshadowed by it’s neighbour to the east, the Low-Martin House.
The new owners slapped a giant Lapico Renovations sign on the front lawn. [be warned if you click the Lapico link, the site is built with flash and has annoying music that loads with each page – turn off your speakers first, before cliciking]
The place has been gutted. Roof removed, and the inside reframed. Seeing as Lapico specializes in “new” homes, they along with the new owners, hopefully have the sense to restore the tudor elements, and allow it to continue to blend in with the neighbourhood.
I have heard that many people in the neighbourhood are nervous & concerned about how it will look once it’s done.
Hopefully the finished product looks like it did before, and not like a stucco clad suburban cookie cutter. We’ll definitely have to keep an eye on this one.
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Ah! you should have warned me before I scrolled down to the rest of the post... here's hoping they have the good sense to restore it properly!
Pretty negative spin on this post.
The lady spent close to $400,000 buying this house, and is spending $250,000 more rebuilding it. There was a story on the news about their efforts, how rough the house was when they bought it, and what they are doing to bring the shell of the building back to life and maintain its historical style.
Perhaps you should talk to the owners and see if you can get some pictures of the renovation, and keep the followers of this site up to date.
I like the old Tudor style house, It would be interesting to see what the finished product looks like when it is completed, especially the interior. Anthony Lapico is known for being a contempory style builder, Most of his interiors are simple white modern minimalist design. I wonder if he will retain much of the original interior details of this house or will the interior be gutted and renovated and redesigned with contempory finishes.
Wow. Serious undertaking. I'd heard about this, but haven't passed by. Thanks for the pics.
Lapico has built many more traditional style homes (Georgian etc.) than he has contemporary homes. Quality builder that uses quality trades. Ultimately though, the final outcome will be what the customer wants.
wow it looked ok to me in the first picture....was it rotting>? did it need alot of work? wow they say old homes are built better? i have proof....lol
hopfully alot of the interior workwork was saved..if possible.
Scary.
The previous owners had restored this home beautifully with alot of TLC and were passionate about Old Walkerville, it's too bad that some people can come in to this old community and have no regard for it, very sad.
Plenty of comments from people that have no idea of what the finished house will look like.
Now that is very sad!
It is totally heartbreaking what they have done to that beautiful house. The rain has been pouring in for weeks. Joe, I could care less what the finished house will look like but I'll bet it doesn't match the original for charm, character or quality. The bottom line is, IF YOU WANT A NEW HOUSE, BUY A NEW HOUSE. I'm sure not going to mix my words here, this is historical vandalism. That house was in immaculate condition before this happened.