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Quote: kenarman

I envision a home where everything has it's own battery. You would need some type of central charging station in the home to take your batteries to.

Frankly, I don't see it. I can imagine a central battery for a house, but it seems to me that having individual batteries for every item in the home is so much more difficult than having wiring that it will never happen except in specialized cases.


I could imagine a historic 19th century home that you wouldn't want to muck up by adding wiring, but for a new home around 1200 sq.ft. the cost of wiring ranges between $3500-$8000.

Could your privately owned mansion be declared a 'historic place" preventing you from doing any upgrades? It was owned by a king after all...

"Earlier this month, a group of nearly 8,000 people from around the world donated at least $61 each toward the total of approximately $600,000 to buy and restore the castle. The reward for each of the donors is partial ownership of the beautiful property in western France (roughly 100 miles inland from the Atlantic Ocean)."




https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/whats-hot/nearly-8000-strangers-now-co-own-this-13th-century-french-chateau/ar-BBGgPik?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartanntp

Quote: rxwine

"Earlier this month, a group of nearly 8,000 people from around the world donated at least $61 each toward the total of approximately $600,000 to buy and restore the castle.

And this is why it was only $600K. The
inside looks like this.

Well, I've seen some bums who would be happy to sleep there -- have to sweep the floor.

Quote: rxwine

"Earlier this month, a group of nearly 8,000 people from around the world donated at least $61 each toward the total of approximately $600,000 to buy and restore the castle. The reward for each of the donors is partial ownership of the beautiful property in western France (roughly 100 miles inland from the Atlantic Ocean)."

Having a fixed bridge makes a mockery of the magnificent moat around the castle :)

And what's with the trees growing inside the walls?

Quote: rxwine

Well, I've seen some bums who would be happy to sleep there -- have to sweep the floor.

I don't see how buying AND restoration
is only $600K. It will have to be the
crappiest resto possible, that's a $3mil
job if there ever was one. To do it
right.

Highclere Castle, where they shoot
Downton, has done millions in resto
since the show started. Almost a mil
just on the roof alone. This whole
castle in France, $600K purchase
and resto? Who's doing it, the
carpenters from Green Acres, Alf and
Ralph?


Examine the pic. It has trees and bushes
growing inside the caste and out thru
the windows! The floors inside are all
dirt, that's why. Or decay so bad things
grow in it.

Quote: Evenbob

Examine the pic. It has trees and bushes
growing inside the caste and out thru
the windows!

It's "green" technology!

Gee, if only I had known. It can't be all that hard to get away with 7,999 fatal accidents.

Quote: rxwine

It's "green" technology!

50% of a castles value comes from
the furnishings and construction
inside. This castle has none of that,
it just has the falling apart facade.
That's why nobody wanted it.