It is awesome to see this video reaching a wider audience! Here are some common questions answered.

1. For the renderings I modeled the house and systems in Rhino, then rendering in Twinmotion. Many of the effects I used were not features in Twinmotion, so I also used a mix of photoshop and premier to make the final visuals. Modeling and rendering alone took around 120 hours!
2. To all the Europeans out there saying "Why would you build with wood! Use brick and concrete like us!" Each construction method has its pros and cons. The main factor as to why Europe builds in brick, is economics. Here in the US / Canada we have plentiful forests, making lumber far cheaper and preferred for its flexibility, service cavities, ease of modification etc. Because wood is mode plentiful, carpenters are more common than masons, making the labor cheaper as well. The termite issue and rot of my old wood section is largely a result of poor maintenance over the years, and even with that, the house was still standing 168 years later. Wood can last with proper care. Here is the US building a house all of brick and steal would be 3-5x the cost, not feasible on my budget.
3. The thumbnail image for this video, and all my other weekly updates are from my 2021 photo project titled "Rowhomes," documenting 100 old rowhomes across Philadelphia. The images use photoshop to isolate and highlight each home. It was largely due to this photo project that I was inspired to buy one of these old rowhomes. For full transparency, I used Photoshop AI to extend the backgrounds, as the original photo project is a vertical 4x5 aspect ratio, and youtube thumbnail is 16x9. I have the skills to do this manually in PS, but it would be unnecessary work for a small thumbnail image, and the subject matter (the old home) remains original to the image. It really sucks as an artist to see comments like "AI-Slop thumbnail" because these images are the result of a decade of refining my skills as a photographer / editor.

Bro is a design architect, a site architect, General Contractoer, Builder, Videographer, 3D modeller, 3D visualizer, and Animator. Goddamn! 🔥

Spending $100 for the violinist bit is my favorite thing ive seen on the internet in months

This is becoming the house of Theseus, where absolutely every part is replaced, but it is still somehow the same house. 🤣

Petition to bring the violinist back, once the house is done🫡

Bro, this is a recap episode, you don't have to put in THIS MANY HOURS in new animations and graphics! You absolute madman, always raising the bar even on a recap.

As an architect major myself- when the electrical part came up I was like “No way he’s gonna model it” and then you cut the video and said “I’m not modeling it show them some pictures or something” FELLTTTT THAT IN MY SPIRIT 😭😭😭

I don't know you, and I'm so proud of you.

Wow. As an owner of a 1924 house, when I first began watching; and, saw you dig into the termite infested wood: My heart and stomach dropped. Seriously. I thought, you poor kid! Little did I know you are a steely-eyed, architectural, knuckle-bustin, good-humored, technical constructin', mad-genius with the emotional maturity of a space shuttle commander.  Wish I was closer to help you do the electrical. Would loved to have been labor with you just to learn the framing engineering you overcame. I just got my interim plan examiner license and learned so much from this. Best to you and your girlfriend from Cleveland.

0:10 so he basically bought land for $230,000

I once heard it said that ‘in theory there is no difference between theory and practice, but in practice there is’.  The practice of doing your own house will make you a much better architect.

I like YouTube home renovations more than HGTV, because these are more often actually rebuilt for people to live in, by the people who're living in them, rather than being optimized to maximize the use of buzzwords like "Open Concept", "Modern", or "Minimalist".

"I couldn't find a contractor to let me do work myself because of Liability, so I became a contractor." Is such a great part that obviously changed the scope of this project and also told me you mean business when it comes to this project.

So, interesting nugget about the "SS Europa" shown in the newspaper clipping at 7:09. That's actually not a picture of the Norddeutsche Lloyd (NDL) liner SS Europa that launched in 1927. That's a picture of a (much older) Hamburg America Line (HAPAG) Imperator-class liner, either the SS Imperator or the SS Vaterland. Both ships were initially planned to be named "Europa," but had their names changed by the time they actually entered service. So your newspaper clipping there is almost certainly from when work began on those ships in 1910!

Oh my god. The 3D schematics of the house in the beginning had me sold. Man I wish more renovation channels showed overviews like that. Makes it so much easier to undertstand what is going on,

Man saw a single small roof project with millions of views and said "I'll pay several thousand or so for advertising." What a fella. Even if it only results in a few other people asking for his services, that's already more than paid for itself.

Everytime I see an old pretty house in terrible condition get repaired a smile comes to my face.

14 months is kinda insanely fast for the amount of things that were done here

The termites watching you proof the wood so they can't eat it: "Boo this man"

0:35 hold on bro. pump the brakes. this boy said "I waived all inspections". Brother, you're insane.