We have these accordion style doors (pics below with all our tools in the room) to the washer and dryer room and they are old and seem out of style.

@Tom Anderson A good friend of mine started the company Safe Environmental Solutions.

They have some really wonderful colors/styles, tile has came a loooooong way and is really great now!   

The inverter is designed to dump everything it can back into the grid.In order to go off-grid, I’d have to have a cut-over switch that would take the from the existing inverter and on to an off-grid style inverter that’s designed to work with batteries, etc.  

Chinese steel and aluminum plants have almost no environmental controls, and they get free electricity.By ALL accounts they dump steel. 

If that theory is true, which I don't know that I believe that fully, then environmentalism and moving away from fossil fuels might create an "oil age collapse."

He also called the Department of Environmental Protection because these folks have trash and debris all over their lot, he said the DEP is making them clean it up.  

All the nearby comps are renovated in a modern clean style with wood floors and updated kitchens/bathrooms. 

In addition to tangible cost, there are some who also consider carbon footprint and environmental impact.

Grand old style home, lots of character and nicer than I thought it would be.