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I strongly dislike the kitchen/dining room thing. I must be the last person in the US that like a formal dining room...

The rest of the house is stunning and clean looking.

The entertainment stack is waaay over the top and whoever fudged that one last patch cord needs to be kicked...

For those of us incapable of swinging a hammer in a straight line, I suggest plaster.

For simple electrical work, I suggest one of those simple light up circuit testers and maybe a ground tester. They cost less than $10 and are incredibly useful. If you have the cash (about $60 - $200), a tone tracer (sometimes called a fox and hound) is awesome at tracking down where that weird wire is going or what that orphaned switch does.

As I look through my accumulated set:
Pipe snake for clogs. Teflon tape, electrical tape, zip ties, cable holders, safety goggles, dust masks, mini sander, flashlight.

No it doesn't. You weren't far enough away. All modern key fobs except the very high end operate at around 300 MHz. This is neither audible, nor able to be picked up by a cell phone or any other microphone. It is also impossible (and illegal) for cell phones to transmit under 800 MHz and if your cell is GSM then the signal further goes through digitization and compression which would also break the signal.

There may have been a time (best info I can find says early 80's), but doesn't anymore.

Also high end systems and the better aftermarket use multiple back and forth encrypted signals with frequency hoping and splitting. Not gonna work either.

My cats would love this...

Looks like the perfect size, shape, and height to be a TV stand and stereo cabinet.

Step one: put away anything stain-able and spread out sheets of plastic everywhere.

Step two: get a cat

There is no step three.

That room was featured in the magazine back in June 2008. Quote from the designer:

"How on earth did you manage to find that carved latticework for the cabinets in the Moroccan room?

My big problem was to try to make those cabinets economically. At first I thought I might integrate old panels into a new wood frame, but then a set-designer friend suggested having the cutouts laser-cut — so that's how we were able to do it for a reasonable sum. We painted the doors orange and dark brown, then painted the interiors blue and lit them, so the blue glows through the openings, like jewels."

Wow, AGA says the electric one uses 273kwh of electricity a week. That's 25 times more than a standard range.

I'll stick to BlueStar: http://www.bluestarcooking.com/

I would definitely take a pass on this home unless the price is just too good to say no.

Budget AT LEAST $12 - $20K to replace this furnace and possibly all the duct work. We are talking take down the wallboard type work. If you manage to figure out how to keep the existing duct work, then a new furnace for a site this small might dip under $4K. You should add A/C, too.

The simplest solution would be replacing the unit with one that goes in the attic. Knocking the wall out and extending the room and replacing the furnace is another option. Replacing both the water heater and furnace with a boiler (they are tiny and can fit in small closets) would be fantastic, but you are looking at $12k easy to run the pipes all throughout the house and the for the boiler.

Well... dang. It says 50 sq m which is 538 sq ft. It really doesn't seem that small!