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Bob takes a tour of the completed loft conversion in Boston with the developers.
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Tour of the Building

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" 32 unit loft project. Excuse but veneer and countertops are. My current trial -- anything. And makes use and counselors I was residential. And -- for example is commercials like this unit here we've managed to get a number of occupants and run their businesses solely space don't live here. And commercial project like this of the units we don't lend themselves to residential use especially your right on the sidewalk and street -- last week. Let's talk -- westerly movement you have to do exterior."

" Well remember these are building was pretty abused and neglected over the years the exterior particularly so what we -- is. Just bring back what was we cleaned up things from foundation work. And restored woodworking have been destroyed or rotted from years. --"

" And especially by giving that dark green color with. Bring in the granite -- colored. Now one dilemma with what to do about the norm I remember you have to build little door that was pretty much we've tried that and that that Dortmund to a heck of a lot of abuse we decided it couldn't -- the security. Without modernizing to a metal. Frame endorse -- we'll frame without a word that's 1 thing that I am. Really happy that you saved as a sign on the front of the building the for merchants cold storage ink which I guess hung on the front facades and Swindon. Well the Lansing forty serenity already filed. And essentially goes to get down -- think back on it and up in the lobby here. Like the whole feeling from the building. Restored cast by radiation. And the windows are all time radiators they are and they work like a charm and of course you also kept the maple flooring that even though woods distressed and looks like it's had a century of where it's still sturdy stuff and it's very appropriate here exactly we let -- be the wainscoting is not original."

" Wrote it is not -- to -- clever product could be the plywood on the supply and on the surface here and saying look -- plan -- board. Sure that we applied cap for a chair rail and together these things hidden from the field architectural appealed building had original."

" Yes it all works for me is the natural maple that kind of gray green on the walls even that the China hat. Light fixtures which are essentially an industrial touch. You know work. Very well together what about the elevators you you've had to give up use of these small elevator right."

" Yeah these -- them probably we we found that as people -- hear him use the convenience of the congressional passenger elevator but like the sides and the accessibility of a freight elevator. So we're interestingly enough what part of a Condo association now all the decisions anymore we decided to he. But the product as a group we decided that we're going to have. Pastor type function of the elevator maintain the original. Look and feel the freight elevator hopefully everybody got --"

" Makes a lot of sense the original passenger elevator in the building now will not be put back use. We determined with the help of the estate agencies that governs such things that that. Bringing that practical and -- Russia would diminish the -- of Vila and also wouldn't recycle approximately that was quite a small it's very -- yet. Well it's just an object in the a lot of -- objects that are in the building when it will require doors and it's OK well congratulations guys perhaps the next one. I have absolutely wrong."

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