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Conversation with Neighbor & Property History

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Transforming Abandoned Garage Into My Dream Shop (EP.2)

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The host speaks with a neighbor, Mike, who lived across the street for 20 years. Mike reveals the previous owner was a retired truck driver who became a computer troubleshooter, often working at night and sleeping during the day. His health declined, leading to the house's neglect. Mike confirms the owner was a hoarder, and his family only cleared 'salvageable' items, leaving the rest. This conversation provides context for the extensive work required and the potential challenges ahead.

Goal: The host consults with a neighbor to learn about the previous owner and the history of the house, which sheds light on why the property was in such a state of disrepair.

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do you like fly fishing I actually might keep this all right so this is Mike here he's a neighbor across the street with the only beautiful house that's on the street here uh you lived here for about 20 years right yeah yeah what do you know about the guy that lived here I'm curious yeah Jim I think was a retired truck driver and after he retired he started working on computers and I think he was the one that does a lot of troubleshooting so he was up most of the night and he'd sleep during the day and his health finally got to him yeah older gentleman yeah he's in his 70s what's up what's with the nine lawn mowers that I saw in the backyard oh he might have been a Cadillac and a lawnmower collector you have Cadillacs yeah you had four of them in the backyard four yeah you got the bumper still there yeah they come and clean those out before they got it sold so was this did he build this garage that I'm I have no idea no he lived here before I built I'm surprised it didn't collapse yet old wood is hard to beat huh yeah yeah this new wood it would have collapsed that's true those uh growth rings on those things yeah so did he was he a pretty social guy or anything like that uh not as far as neighborhood he uh went down and shot pool and stuff down at his favorite little hangout yeah you hear the Cadillac Roar out of here on Friday night yeah we're back in oh that's funny so the family they they you told me they wanted nothing to do with the house or anything like that no I uh after he passed away there was a couple that showed up here and they introduced themselves to me and she was his daughter and her husband and they lived down in Arizona yeah so they cleaned out whatever they thought was salvageable and took two or three loads to the dump so they could get through the front door oh was that really kind of hoarded up huh oh yeah oh really I really hope with this transformation we'll do the house Justice and make the street beautiful and hopefully he's up there in heaven looking down on a pretty Place yeah I don't know if it made any difference to him or not yeah well hey Mike I appreciate you coming out here and sharing a little bit about Jim yeah it'll make a difference to you yeah yeah I hope so I sure hope so it'll be fun to see the before is it after

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