Rehabbed Cardin home to be featured on cable television
The renovated eco-friendly Owings Mills home of Jon Cardin, a Democratic delegate from Owings Mills and nephew of Sen. Ben Cardin, will be featured on an upcoming edition of Renovation Nation, a Discovery Channel show.
A film crew is to be at the home on April 18 and April 20, according to a release from the delegate’s office.
According to the release:
Cardin began renovations on his house, located at 12112 Garrison Forest Road in Owings Mills, MD, last year and is on the verge of completing a sustainable, energy efficient, green home. His house, known as the Old Gill School was originally constructed in 1871 as a one-room school house on the corner of Walnut Ave. and Garrison Forest Rd. in Owings Mills. It was sold to a former student, Elise Durham, and her husband in 1933, and they converted it into a tiny three-bedroom home to raise their three children there. Mrs. Durham died in 2005 and her daughters sold it to Cardin 2006.Cardin lived there for a year while designing the green expansion and renovations with his architect Bruce Finkelstein. Ashley Homes did the bulk of the renovations over a period of 18 months.
Green Improvements include but are not limited to:
- Geothermal heating and cooling
- Reinstallation of a functional wood stove
- Use of overstock wood, tile, and brick from previous work sites
- Low/No VOC paint, finish, stain
- Recycled plastic carpets and decking
- Solar panel installation
- High-density insulation
- Reuse of original dirt cellar as a functional wine cellarCardin takes pride in leaving the original façade and returning the interior to a single room reflecting the original school.
Comments
Isn't this what got the Alaska Senator (R) in trouble.
David, are you loooking into how the Senator could afford such an upgrade given the falling housing values and shrinking availabily of HELOC?
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Waiting:
Please note it's the delegate, not the senator. State lawmakers hold part-time positions; Jon Cardin is an attorney, and practices when the Assembly is not in session.
-- David
Posted by: Waiting for the Sun to Set. | April 15, 2009 5:20 PM
I wonder how with all the "green expansion and renovations" in that particular neighborhood, this home on one 1 acre is assessed at $273,800 when Mr. Cardin purchased it at $265,000. Did all these improvements only increase the value $8800?
Any of you out there have 1 acre and such a low assessment?
Anyone out there see such a low increase in assessment when you did comparable work?
Just asking!
Posted by: Fed Up | April 15, 2009 6:22 PM
David
Thanks for the correction, I should have the read the blog more carefully.
I do wonder who is doing the work and if the contracter has ever made a contribution or benefited from a state contract. I wonder if they are in the septic tank replacement biz?
Posted by: Waiting for the Sun to Set | April 15, 2009 7:17 PM
welcome to Maryland and Maryland politics Fed Up! The criminals in Annapolis have a "do as I say not as I do " mentality. They are above the Law that no one is supposed to be above. What a joke!
Posted by: Mike B. | April 16, 2009 7:07 AM
Fed Up
Great question.
Not me.
And I will add in the last 3 years I have purchased a new heating/AC system, a new water heater, washer and dryer, and fridge (all energy efficient appliances, and my BGE bill continues to rise.
Something strange is going on.
And does Mr. Cardin know a wood burning stove pollutes the air we breath.
I'd suggest he install a pellet stove. It's clean burning and doesn't stink up the air in the neighborhood like a wood stove.
Heck, even in Colorado, wood burning stoves are band.
Posted by: Carole | April 16, 2009 7:19 AM
Holy cow are you guys negative!
I think it's great to see a politician practicing some of what he preaches - conservation and reuse. There is no evidence that this guy did anything wrong - and frankly, I think he should be praised for trying to make a difference and helping to highlight the concepts of green building.
Posted by: Heather | April 16, 2009 12:52 PM
It sounds to me like Mr. Cardin was willing to pay top-of-the-market prices for a "tiny three bedroom" former schoolhouse that hadn't been changed for nearly 75 years. It sounds like that house represents more than bricks and mortar, so he honored the origins of his new home and the family that had cared for it for so many years. To his credit, Mr. Cardin went the extra mile to preserve a little corner of Maryland's rural heritage that had been overtaken by suburban growth. While others might have destroyed the house to develop the land, Mr. Cardin was respectful and sensitive to the environment, the community, and Maryland's rich history of educating its children. I'd say true public service doesn't get any better than that.
Posted by: MKP | April 16, 2009 4:41 PM