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| BarnChickCecily |
Posted - May 26 2008 : 12:42:14 PM
I was just thinking that it is a shame that houses aren't built with the same quality that they use to be. Homes built back in the good old days have such neat character and feel really solid. Homes now have zero character and the walls seem so cheap. You can easily damage the drywall in a home built in this era. Am I crazy, or do homes seem to have so much less quality now, but cost so much more? |
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| Mumof3 |
Posted - May 27 2008 : 05:02:25 AM
I agree totally. I grew up in a house built in 1668. It's still stands today, as solid and stromg as when it was new! I just love old houses. :)
Karin
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| kindacrunchymom |
Posted - May 27 2008 : 04:34:04 AM
I do housing inspections across our county, and yes, older houses are built much better. Basically, any house older than the 1960's has a huge leap in quality.
We built our house (DH built it anyway--I picked things out) and I wished at the time that we could have bought a fixer-upper instead. We still have that dream, but, for where we are financially, this was the best thing for us.
We were able to build very green, our electric bills are around $35 a month, our annual heating costs are around $800 a year. For us to be able to renovate a large house would have taken more money and time than we have right now (and, of course, then there's the lead paint and such).
But I still want an old house, they are so beautiful. I like how they get cobbled up over the years, and bear the scars of lots of families.
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| BarnChickCecily |
Posted - May 26 2008 : 4:26:06 PM
If my hubby and I decide to build instead of buying something already made, we will definately make sure that the materials being used are high quality, and solid. Plus, we will have it designed with that old fashioned charachter. But that will be a long time from now. But who knows, we may find an old fixer-upper that we would rather put $$ into. |
| catscharm74 |
Posted - May 26 2008 : 4:07:57 PM
The real estate agent I was talking to at another house is all in favor of buying something older and renovating but SSSHHHH don't tell her clients that. She said most people look at the pretty packaging and not the details. She just sold a 4500 square foot home 4 bed/3 1/2 bath to a single woman. The lady just wanted the biggest house on the block.
I grew up in CT and a lot of the people with the big old houses had them passed down from generation to generation. These are fancy and $$$ but so fabulous. These are the type of people who could afford something much fancier but prefer the preservation of the older homes. I drove through the back part of town today and found some big old colonial looking monsters and I am so excited.
Heather
Yee-Haw, I am a cowgirl!!!
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| farmgirlkate |
Posted - May 26 2008 : 2:07:25 PM
I completely agree with you-I live in an older house myself (built in the early 30's) and while it has it's *ahem* 'little moments', it's a great house. Every closet in the place is solid cedar and hardwood floors run thru the house. We have been in ours about five years and still have lots of work to do on it, but it's got such character we don't mind.
katie
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| catscharm74 |
Posted - May 26 2008 : 1:00:51 PM
Yep, that is why I want an older house. I think for the value of your dollar, an older house is a better investment. I noticed, even in the big huge homes out there, the quality is not there. I am looking for a house with real wood floors and moulding. I would rather tackle that than wait for a new house to be built.
Heather
Yee-Haw, I am a cowgirl!!!
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