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Old Davenport home with ‘character’ gets new life

By: Dave Thompson|January 10, 2025
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    • Alex Bock, owner of Top Notch Real Estate, LLC, is shown inside the renovated home at 1216 Warren St., Davenport. It’s the second home rehabilitated through the City of Davenport’s Extreme DREAM Project. CREDIT DAVE THOMPSON

    When Alex Bock first put his eyes on the old house at 1216 Warren St., Davenport, he knew he wanted it.

    The 113-year-old home, vacant for about four years, was a mess. Almost everything needed to be repaired or replaced. It had major code violations and it would take months of hard work and much money to turn the crummy old house into a real home.…

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