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==About==
[[Hypertwin Manor]] at 122 Pinecrest Road is where [[The Hypertwins]] live. Harena inherited the house from [[Kenneth D. Hall|her dad]] when he died in [[1999]].

The manor grounds include #120, a half-lot on the townward side (towards Dogwood and Chapel Hill Rd.) which was split in order to prevent development and leave a buffer between #122 and the next house on that side. The house was built in 1939 by Harena's granddad, [[F.G. Hall]].

We are very lucky to be able to live in this lovely house, but we sometimes feel a bit out of place in the [[htyp:Pinecrest Road Neighborhood|neighborhood]], which has slowly transitioned from being a place for Duke professors and their families to being more of a sought-after high-end area where people with nice jobs in RTP or wherever live for 3-7 years until they get a promotion and move somewhere else. (We both grew up on the other side of Highway 751 a.k.a. Academy Road &mdash; Harena at [[2715 Montgomery]] and Woozle at [[2719 McDowell]].)

It is also {{l/sub|too small}}.
==Related Pages==
* '''[[:category:Hypertwin Manor|category]]''' for lots of related stuff
* {{l/sub|bookshelves}}
* {{l/sub|office}}
* {{l/sub|2018-06-14 ordinance violation}}
* [[2009-12-10 letter to Durham County]] protesting the almost-doubling of the house's assessed value in 2008

==Reference==
Durham County Property records:
* [https://property.spatialest.com/nc/durham-tax/#/search/116578 #120] (half-lot)
* [https://property.spatialest.com/nc/durham-tax/#/search/116577 #122] (house lot)
* [[:Category:Hypertwin Manor|Hypertwin Manor]] category
* [http://wikimapia.org/#y=35981195&x=-78937827&z=19&l=0&m=h aerial view at Wikimapia]
* [http://www.zillow.com/HomeDetails.htm?zprop=49978215 listing at zillow.com]
* [http://www.cyberhomes.com/homes-durham-nc-27705/122pinecrestrd/21263880.aspx listing at Cyberhomes.com]




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==Notes==
* '''2017-02-27''' [https://thecraftsmanblog.com/are-historic-windows-energy-efficient/ Are Historic Windows Energy Efficient?] Answer: they can be made so!
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30ghnDOFbNQ Family wraps home in greenhouse to warm up Stockholm weather]
** out of our price range for now (&euro;80k circa 2005), but would provide some clear benefits:
*** more energy-efficient without having to replace the antique windows
*** create semi-outdoors work areas (like a screened-in porch but with better temperature control)
*** maybe allow the attic to be a proper room
*** provide a temperate place for the clementine plants (which we currently have to bring inside for the winter)
*** eliminate the need for gutters (currently in extreme disrepair)
** http://faircompanies.com/ - URL shown throughout most of video
** found [https://plus.google.com/u/0/+RussAbbott1/posts on Google+]
* [http://www.re-view.biz/ Re-View] is a company which rebuilds historic windows from scratch -- probably very expensive, but if we ever have the money, maybe we could get them to rebuild the stripped openers in many of our windows.