Did anyone notice that with big screen TVs, living room configurations are all wrong?
I’m having to take out a fireplace in a condo to make room for the logical place for a big screen tv. Fireplaces are so not needed these days anymore. The focal point is the big screen tv.
I expect we will see TVs reaching over 100 inches within a few years.
Why take out the FP? If they want their plastic teat, they can stick it in front of the FP, and if they burn the place down through their stupidity, that’s what insurance is for.
I highly doubt that taking out the fireplace will get you more rent in any case. Given a clean-looking apartment, tenants in desireable areas ain’t that picky.
Maybe in 10 years, we’ll have flexible big-screen TVs that you can just unroll and hang on a wall, or have them automagically unroll from the ceiling when needed.
I’m little bit of a perfectionist. Going I try to rent out this condo as a fully furnished “executive” condo for people who come on assignment and need a place to rent. I think I could get better return.
This is 2004 condo btw with fake electric fireplace so it’s easy to remove. Shows how fast technology has moved.
One of my friend has built-in cabinet and shelves they paid lots of money to customize. It’s all trash now.
I think a low cabinet handling on the wall with big wall above is best.
I’m getting a 70 incher because I’m hoping that my “executive” tenant will pay me few hundreds extra because I have a nice badass setup and they don’t have to deal with furniture or anything. If I put up a small tv, I’m sure that they’ll mentally complain that rent is high but the furnishing is cheap.
Anyway, I think we could have 200 inch TVs with a decade. Lots of real estate will have to be reconfigured.
This is why I HATE those houses that have a predefined nook for a TV. They almost always make them too small. There are new houses in Del Sur that have one of those and you can’t even fit a 60″ in there.
That is my other next biz (besides the home elevator installer so boomers can stay it their two story homes, I don’t think most are planning to move out of SoCal).
The other biz, manufacture special furniture that allows the hole to be as storage and TV hanger as well as have all the needed hookups.
I figure it will cost me about $100 to $200 in 2×4 and materials to do the job, not including my time and the texture of the wall (i will probably hire someone for that).
The electrical switch now used to light the fireplace is perfect for electronics.
Lucky I can currently access everthing from a closet behind alcove above fireplace originally designed for CRT in this 2004 condo.
I wish the building were wired for antenna tv as well. With digital broadcast, there is more free programming. If you just need the major broadcast networks, then antenna is just fine.
Also wifi is fine most of the time, but for streaming, hardwire is better. I will run some cables along the wall under the baseboard before new flooring is installed.
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