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Northshore October 2025
The 3,000-square-foot Essex home is the most recent project of the venerable “This Old House” TV series; it will continue the show’s 36th season on Boston’s WGBH (Channel 2). The traditional exterior fits into the historic context of Essex, but looks can be deceiving—it is a brand new house. Michael Connor’s company, Connor Homes of Vermont of Middlebury, Vermont, opened in 1969, and built and designed houses using “panelized” materials from a manufacturer in upstate New York. And in 2005, the firm began to manufacture its own houses. “A panelized house is more flexible:
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