Comments on: What makes a Miami historic house special

By: mobikeith

mobikeith — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 05:05:33 +0000

In Mass (Boston), we have a program on Pub TV, This Old House, running for decades now that does restorations of old (colonial) homes with the materials and labor donated by various contractors and manufacturers in exchange for owners’sweat equity. Bob Vila, the original program host, left the show to enjoy fame/notoriety doing commercials for various building products.

Why not a show named, This Old Miami Villa, hosted by the Miamisms? ( You could quit your day jobs. )

I remain, just wondering,

Keith from the Northern Tundra known as Broward County

By: Ines Hegedus-Garcia

Ines Hegedus-Garcia — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 20:58:10 +0000

Rachel,
Click above where it says “historic Cuban Tile” and it will take you to that article:
http://www.miamism.com/cuban-tile-flooring-history-and-applications/

In that article I mention a company that makes them and also read the comments to get more information.

Hope that helps,
ines

By: Rachel

Rachel — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 15:56:02 +0000

Hi, I came upon this site when researching cuban tiles. I have an old Florida Mission style home with green and white original cuban tiles on the front porch. We renovated it and I need to repair the steps but can’t seem to find these tiles. I would even be willing to do the steps with a complimentary tile that is not an exact match. I’m told there is still one manufacturer left in Miami. Do you have any info that might help? Thanks

By: Ines Hegedus-Garcia

Ines Hegedus-Garcia — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 02:27:26 +0000

Hi Cara,
I definitely can pull numbers to prove that historic houses historically sell for more. As a matter of fact you have given me an idea for a market report for a couple of the historic areas that we service in the Miami Area – I will do average price per square foot for both historic and no-historic homes. Thanks for the idea.

By: cara

cara — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 02:26:43 +0000

++historic homes sell for more – I’m not making this up, the numbers prove it.++

I’m very interested in your assertion above – and I wonder if you can supply the hard evidence to prove it. I recently started a blog about old houses in the New York/Philadelphia area and I said essentially the same thing in a post, but it was based on a gut feeling I have, nothing more. Do you know for a fact whether historic houses in your area are holding their value in the current market downtown? Thanks, and happy new year!