This door, as far as we can tell, and we are pretty sure, is original and in its original location. In this building, that is utterly remarkable. It goes to the coal room in the basement, which is now our electrical room. Will cleaned it up and got it working again. It’s the only one…

Five days of snow. We are so grateful to have a roof and heat. We didn’t have that this time two years ago

Look at how these Dutch houses lean!!! Now I don’t feel so bad about the walls and floors at the Oaklands. After tons of effort from us, our showers, windows, toilets, and floors are all still a little skewed at our historic building. However, if the Dutch can deal with it for 400 years, well…

I really love this picture of Minneapolis, AND you can see the Oaklands. It is the reddish building under the arrow about halfway down (underlined in red) Thank you @Heather McCarty for sharing this photo. The picture was taken in 1959, the year the Oaklands was renovated from an apartment hotel, to an apartment. Lots…

Today we FAILED our plumbing inspection! After everything is complete, during inspection the system is pressurized and tested with a manometer. It didn’t work hold. It has an ever so minuscule leak. We had to take off every single toilet, sink and shower to get it to work. We are the only State in the…