This Old House | The Woburn House [Part 13] | 1982

[@morlamweb]

Wow: flowery wallpaper, mirrored closet doors, and track lighting with huge cans: you can't get much more 80s than that.

[@whitelion1111]

Tom the landscape designer, I definitely remember him, he was on many of the shows

[@steverone7623]

He was the O.G. Before Rodger but actually Rodger was working for him at the time, you can see him from time to time in the background working

[@rawbacon]

Tom died in 2018.

[@whitelion1111]

@@rawbacon oh ok, didn't know that

[@rawbacon]

Interesting little woods and hill out back, I wonder what was beyond it.

[@62ejo]

Wonder what it looks like today how it has lasted????

[@jeffreylarson8533]

as a Painting Contractor, spraying that fridge made me smile

[@jockbeems4798]

wallpaper was the way to go from 1975 to 1990 or so. now everyone has to remove it to paint the walls.

[@softshoes]

You need a longer hand saw Norm. The legend of Norm begins.

[@drewberry8141]

Great show like how you learn something every episode

[@moonverine]

Poor Norm caught Bob's cold from the previous episode.

[@allclevernamesgone]

Oh man... Imagine hand nailing your hardwood floor... Guess that's why all the trades has massive arms back then.

[@degenwow]

these were called muscles back then ..

[@dombogchi]

Main entrance looks like the rear alley entrance of a restaurant with that wooden curtain hiding a garbage bin. In fact the whole modification plan wasn't successful right from the beginning.

[@kraleigh5467]

So just looked this up on Zillow...it's grown a second story! And windows on facade changed, suggesting a different floorplan now. But the converted garage wing and Bob's front door/connector still present. Also now has shutters so more of a traditional look than the early 80s contemporary face-lift they were going for here. But frankly it looks odd. Not really balanced. Biggest shock? House was worth about $89,000 when Bob was finished...Zillow says it's worth $890,000 now! 🤯

[@sprayguy67]

Love to see that what is the listing address?

[@thesaexplorer]

@@sprayguy67 36 Robinson rd woburn, MA

[@fnhwk]

I looked at it too. I'd guess it went under a total remodel when the 2nd story was added. I doubt most of Bob's hideous 1980s updates are still present in that home.

[@troydavidson3585]

Some of the suggestions the gentleman made about the outside trees and shrubs were not instituted from the photos

[@robertdussia6650]

@@troydavidson3585 actually they were, if you were to check Google Maps steetview and look at the 2007 photo most of the landscaping mentioned in the last episode looks to have been completed. Those were changed when the second floor was added.

[@LD9user]

Bob: "If it will fit." Norm: "If??? Pfft."

[@thesaexplorer]

6:59 Bob's voice cracks haha

[@codym8897]

Hey Various Vids, do you have all 13 This Old House episodes from 1980, featuring the Dorchester project?

[@johnanonyimous5007]

42 years later we know better

[@dalesworld1308]

This was shot in 1982 and it looks like 1972.

[@Travelwelly]

Just here for the opening music

[@davidwells298]

Better than the knew stuff xylophones and power chords

[@greyman419]

It just hits different

[@irish89055]

Never cared for it much...

[@troydavidson3585]

Norm had the first haringbone pattern.

[@fp5495]

I would have saved money on all that needless wallpaper, plus the installment cost, and put it towards a brand-new picture window, new front door, and new fridge instead. Who decided on all that wallpaper? No one was wall papering anything but kitchens and bathrooms in 80s.

[@troydavidson3585]

Me also... WAY too much wallpaper.

[@277kne]

I would like to know the numbers on this house. Don't like the front windows. Could have added a picture window or casement to the front of the garage. I have a Ranch style house like this with woods in the back. I had small and up high windows in the back. Replaced them with bigger windows. I put smaller windows on the side where the neighbors garage is.

[@tscoffey1]

TOH sure was big on wallpapering everything back then. I bet the next person that had to remove it wasn’t so thrilled.

[@irish89055]

Not too big a deal if it was sized or primed...

[@wyldebill4178]

Those tiny front windows looks bad in any era

[@troydavidson3585]

I have no idea what was cooking in Bob's head about those tiny windows. I'm glad one of the homeowners upgraded them.

[@johnjp5883]

Really like Bob Villa, but don't care for the street view of that home and all different window arrangements.

[@bfsgman]

It's an odd looking house for sure.

[@HipsterDoofus100]

I like him too. I don’t get all the hate

[@TheNemosdaddy]

@@HipsterDoofus100 He's an arrogant jackass.

[@samwise2439]

@@TheNemosdaddy Sure doesn't act like it in the show and that's all I care about.

[@craig1974]

Per Google maps the current owners built on top of the house the last 10 years. The narrow master bedroom window was later eliminated, and the same original picture window was brought back.

[@warrenwills3251]

Those windows on the front of the main section of the house are a mess.

[@glazierEd]

Nor my got the Colombian shniffles. Bobby thinks it’s “NIFTY” I love these antiques

[@Johnnynbk]

Back when they cut your hair with a t-square.

[@degenwow]

This Old House was built by This Old People.

[@ethanedwards7557]

Three paaaawt praaaaaawcess Baaaawb.

[@morlamweb]

Very interesting to see a coal-burning stove showcased as an enrgy-saving feature. It'll put out a lot of heat, but it's far from the cleanest way to heat that room. Nowadays it'd likely be a mini-split ductless system, or a wood or pellet stove, or an electric space heater.

[@ShakespeareCafe]

I lost it when he started painting the fridge with a sprayer. Home Depot sells fridges for a few hundred

[@robstephens]

He isn't spraying it correctly. You are suppose to keep the spray gun parallel to the surface being sprayed - he is swinging the gun in an arc which causes the paint to be applied a nonuniform thickness.

[@pajeeper420]

Not in 1982 they didn't

[@msmith4700]

Of course this was back in the day when you just didn’t throw something out if it was working.. today’s refrigerators are cheaper but don’t last as long

[@AlBeebe]

@@robstephens he then did a second pass vertical which while longer, did the job

[@craig1974]

In the early 80's there were not really any super stores where they sold furniture, appliance's, and electronics all under the same roof. Also there were not many home improvement stores that sold appliances back then. Bob was trying to save money by having the old fridge painted. 75 dollars for a repaint was pretty cheap then.

[@ShakespeareCafe]

This is a Levittown nightmare

[@irish89055]

No more hoi poloi houses on this show....$$$$$

[@irish89055]

Dats a long saah...

[@2003jsciarrino]

Norm must have been on coke he was sniffing like crazy

[@degenwow]

there was something in Bob's hair that day

[@wyldebill4178]

Bob said in an earlier episode he had a cold