I picked up the keys in Centralia and then headed over to the Art House – entering into hostile territory. I had to tackle the first (and worst) project before I could do anything else. Mold.
The previous owner purchased the home as an investment about a year ago, intending to remodel and flip the house, or perhaps rent it out for the rental income. She lives in Australia, so I can’t imagine how she planned to handle the project long distance. As it turned out, she didn’t. The home sat idle – no heat, no lights, no water – all the while, slowly deteriorating as the elements took their toll. In time, the west side of the roof had developed a thick carpet of spongey moss, dripping in trapped moisture. Inside, the entire west wall of the three bedrooms and bathroom became stained with the black smear of stinking mold.
At the top of my “bucket list” has been the purchase of an “art house”, a place where I could retreat in order to write, paint, meditate, create and dream.
The New Generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) Are Here
The internet has gone through quite a few changes in the past few years:
1. Social Networks have become a stable position for small businesses to both market and create a web presence.
2. Responsive design has refocused web creators’ and owners’ attention back to what the internet is all about: content.
3. The device-of-choice is shifting from PC to Mobile.
4. And now the “dot com” domain space has some new competition.
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