[MassHistPres] advice on kitchen/laundry sinks appreciated!

[Garrett Laws]

Tell her to call her city councilors, alderman, mayor etc. and move the
battle to inter town/city departments! Having someone "on your side" in the
city will make a world of difference.

Is there an oven in the space...a refrigerator, maybe a dishwasher? These
are all things that will weigh the conversation in one direction or another!

Cheers,
Garrett

The Copper & Slate Company
Fine Roofing and Exterior Finish Carpentry
238B Calvary Street, Waltham, MA 02453
(781) 893-1916

http://picasaweb.google.com/copperandslate


On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 2:43 PM, McClure, Veronica <
veronica_mcclure at harvard.edu> wrote:

> I am forwarding this on behalf of a friend who bought an older home and
> would like to keep the older things in it.
>
> Any suggestions for her?
>
> Thanks
> Veronica McClure
>
>
> ____________________________________________________________________________
>
>
> We have a lovely old sink, enamelled cast iron, in our 2nd fl laundry room.
>  We're undergoing renovations and were going to move it to a different spot
> in the room.  Apparently it's considered a kitchen sink and the inspector
> won't allow us to keep it, as they're afraid of it [the second floor]
> becoming an illegal apartment.
>
> I'm *so* annoyed.  It's a great laundry sink and would be a horrible
> kitchen sink - it's really deep on one side - 12.5" deep - and very
> shallow on the other (that side's covered up with a ridged-topped lid,
> and is actually very dirty as it's never seen the light of day, at
> least for a few decades, I'll bet...).
>
> To buy an antique one, they go for $1500 from one website I looked at,
> and ours is in great condition.  Not to mention that we already have
> it, and I don't want to spend money on a stainless steel sink (and
> can't abide those plastic buckets on legs) when we have something we
> already like and own.
>
> Sigh.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Christine
>
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