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by pksebben 1089 days ago
Man, that's actually pretty fascinating - to watch that then the 10th video in the series (from a month ago) where the roof is getting shingled. I'm usually turned off by the "broadcast yourself" lifestyle but I'll admit this one is pretty cool.

HGTV, eat your heart out.

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Pt 10 link: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ebagb6zxZuU

If you're in the business of making content and advertising yourself... I could see how buying a burnt mansion would be compelling.

At the end of the day, my perspective is that builders like decreasing risk.

Anything saved after a fire is a risk. What's still structurally sound? If so, what are its new limits?

Custom = time and money. And everything in a post-catastrophic damage rebuild is custom.

Sure you can do it, but it might be cheaper (from a total cost perspective) to demolish and rebuild from scratch.