I usually get carried away but showed some moderation this year.




House was built in 1876.

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'96 E320
'79 450 SEL
'78 300 CD

Beautiful and tasteful. Not a Griswold at all. Got any spooks?

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84 Euro 240D 4spd. 220.5k sold
04 Honda Element AWD
1985 F150 XLT 4x4, 351W with 270k miles, hay hauler
1997 Suzuki Sidekick 4x4
1993 Toyota 4wd Pickup 226K and counting

Yes I too very much like the design.

Cool house.....is there an explanation of why the window decoration carvings are so different between the main gable and the dormers?

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Nice lights but shipping in all that fake snow seems a bit over the top to me

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

Tom I suspect if you examine the relative angles and size. It may have made the higher one quite awkward or may have not looked right. The truth is I do not know but that was my initial suspicion.

It looks generally that the whole house was built at the same time . Although this too could be in error. The brickwork appears to have held held up very well too. Probably has a very good early foundation. A lot of early housing in the rural areas of Ontario where very well built. So time has treated them well.

The house was restored 20 years ago and the dormer trim was possibly added then as was the new addition at the back and the breezeway to the coach house.
The walls are double bricked as I found out when installing a natural gas line for a fireplace insert. Had to borrow a 18" drill bit.

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OLD & RETIRED
_.... Don't mess with old farts - - age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill! Bulls**t and brilliance only come with age and experience!____________
'96 E320
'79 450 SEL
'78 300 CD

Marvelous! I had iron fireplace inserts and covers very similar to those in my old house which was demolished last year. Buckeye brand, IIRC.

Thanks so much for sharing your lovely home with us!

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Looks great to me, X!

I gave up after setting up my flagpole tree and throwing some candles in the windows.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

We use the same commercial constant inflating eight foot high santa clause year after year. The fire marshall banned its use inside a large supermarket.

When the wind blows it appears animated. Arms move around etc. Plus the average assortment of lights.

I keep telling myself that santa should be up on the roof but he never arrives there so far. He was fabricated in north America of a heavy rubberized fabric but has a slight European cast in his appearance. One of these years the constant inflation blower will fail.

I appreciated seeing the additional photos of the posters house as well. Those bricks already may have been sealed. If not I would consider doing it.

Just preserves them with no visable change. I just use a garden sprayer to apply a water repellant sealant even on new bricks.

Happy new year and it has been years since I have been up through your area.

Beautiful home, spectacular, if walls could talk

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1987 300TD 311,000M Stolen. Presumed destroyed

I also added some festive lights to the driveway at the back on my W123 wagon.

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OLD & RETIRED
_.... Don't mess with old farts - - age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill! Bulls**t and brilliance only come with age and experience!____________
'96 E320
'79 450 SEL
'78 300 CD

Those are...something...

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)