Comments on: Vlogging Week ’08, Day 3 – Researching our House

By: nate v.

nate v. — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:38:27 +0000

This is great! As a history buff and someone who is hoping to buy an old house this summer, it’s good to know how to go about doing that research. Thanks for sharing this.

By: Rupert

Rupert — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:51:54 +0000

House detective!
I love doing that kind of research. We did lots of research on the house we’re moving to in Canada, just to be sure of its condition… but it’s not that old. It was built by the parents of the people we bought it from. My sister’s house, just down the road in the same town, is 100+ years old and has a board outside detaling its history. Because it’s an old mining town, with lots of old heritage homes that people come to see, there are lots of houses with little plaques outside. It’s a great thing to share. It’s weird leaving our house here, where our daughter was born. I feel like leaving an inscription for future occupants telling them that we lived here, who we were, how happy we’ve been here, and what an amazing thing it was to deliver Amy right in the living room! But they’ll never know…

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:10:45 +0000

That’s so super cool! We have records like that in Phoenix, too. I looked up my grandparents in an old phone book from 1941, the year they moved to Phoenix, and it told me where my grandpa worked, what his job title was, that he owned (not rented), and all kinds of other stuff I didn’t even know. Can you imagine phone books having all that personal info now? No way! But it’s cool to know where to look it up, how to find the history of places. Great post, Josh!

By: richard

richard — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:19:27 +0000

First of all, it’s very cool that you’re doing this research about your home. What’s interesting is that, in our case, people will stop by the house, who used to live here, and we get a lot of interesting info that way.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:16:27 +0000

Sounds amazing. Do you think that every city has this much information available on their properties?

By: philipp

philipp — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:10:09 +0000

Thank you very much for this video.

I really like seeing you getting so enthusiastic about the historical facts of your freshly purchased house. If I was living in a house that my parents didn’t built with their own hands, I’d also do as much as research as possible And i even do it from time to time by looking through photo albums.

I think it is also funny to think about the future. Will other people ever move in after our generation and my parents’ generation. What parts would they modify and what rooms would they rearrange. Funny.

Great pick for a video blog entry!

By: Jen

Jen — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:25:43 +0000

I totally want to do this for our house! I’m just curious, and besides, it’s fun. Thanks for the tips on how to do it!

By: Robert Croma

Robert Croma — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:09:09 +0000

Such a brilliant video! History being the essential perfume of life. Fantastic piece of research, wonderfully presented.

By: PaulD

PaulD — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:13:51 +0000

Very cool Josh. It ‘s great to know the history of the house you live in. The house I own was built in the Forties and I know it’s history from a neighbour who built the house he lives in.

By: Clintus

Clintus — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:03:02 +0000

That’s awesome Josh. Congrats on the purchase. My wife and I bought our house new so we’re making the history I guess