Mr. Veitch said the cruise line was evaluating options for using the vessel and determining the extent of renovations needed to convert it to a cruise ship.
Depending on size, location and the extent of renovations or retrofitting needed, an operational bed and breakfast could cost as little as $200,000 in rural or lesser-travelled locales and upwards of $600,000 or more in parts of Europe or in historic towns.
So much must be done to minimize "the torture" that renovations inflict on other tenants, including limiting the kind and extent of the renovation (which often damages the building's infrastructure) and greatly increasing the board and management's expressed concern for affected tenants.
It will probably take years for the Philharmonic and Lincoln Center to come to a consensus about the extent of the renovation, which could range from a fix-up job to a redesign that would involve gutting the place.
Most visitors, though, will continue to enter through the old building on 35th Avenue, where the only hint you get of the extent of the renovation are the bold hot-pink graphics that spell out the museum's name on the lobby's exterior.
And though none of the upgrades are plush by any means, the extent of the renovations and redesigns, which focus on minimalist chic, has been surprising guests and style arbiters alike.
The presence of the ubiquitous bullhorn through which Pennington emphatically encourages his crew reinforces the show's aggressive Americana--as does the "extreme" in its title, which could refer not only to the speed with which a home gets transformed and the extent of the renovations, but also to the extreme differences in the show's reception.
First, the renovation activity was based on self-report; there was no information on the extent or duration of renovation.
Information on the extent and duration of renovation would have permitted a greater differentiation in actual levels of exposure and risk.
