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CaseyGirl
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For those of us who own older houses..
Like, built before the 1980s (mine is from the 1930s), do you ever get jealous of people who have newer houses?  I mean, my house does have that "charm", but there are days when I just want to move into a brand new house in a development.
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Re: For those of us who own older houses..
Nope. My house was built in 1908. I don't like most of the newer houses built now.
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| Posted 6/28/07 2:13 PM |
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jerseypanda
Life is good.
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Amanda
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Re: For those of us who own older houses..
Nope.. my house was built in 1934 and I love all of the character that it comes with. True, the bathroom is not totally updated, but I love the charm that it has!
DH and I are not "new house" people!!!
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| Posted 6/28/07 2:15 PM |
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Blu-ize
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Susan
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Re: For those of us who own older houses..
Yes. I love the character and it's so different from everybody else's house but I look at newer houses sometimes that way.
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| Posted 6/28/07 2:21 PM |
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Lisa
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Re: For those of us who own older houses..
My house is over 30 years old. I would have prefered a house much older than that or a brand new one.
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| Posted 6/28/07 2:23 PM |
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~Colleen~
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Re: For those of us who own older houses..
My house is 53 y/o...it's cute...I would have preferred a house from the 30s. I am not a fan of new houses.
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| Posted 6/28/07 2:29 PM |
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Kelly9904
Mommy to 2 amazing little boys
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Kelly
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Re: For those of us who own older houses..
Message edited 1/30/2009 10:40:40 PM.
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| Posted 6/28/07 2:32 PM |
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ODonnell
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Re: For those of us who own older houses..
I love our 100 year old house. I never get envious of friends with newer homes. It's exactly what we wanted - everything about it is unique - and we hope to stay living there forever.
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| Posted 6/28/07 2:33 PM |
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laurabora
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Laura
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Re: For those of us who own older houses..
No, I love old houses! It's very hard to replicate the old charm.
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| Posted 6/28/07 2:37 PM |
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SweetTooth
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Re: For those of us who own older houses..
Posted by Lisa
My house is over 30 years old. I would have prefered a house much older than that or a brand new one.
Same here, the house was built in 1959, there is really nothing remarkable about house building in that time period, they were trying to keep up with the post-war boom and putting houses up as fast as possible, I think.
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| Posted 6/28/07 2:44 PM |
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ali120206
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Re: For those of us who own older houses..
Posted by SweetTooth
Posted by Lisa
My house is over 30 years old. I would have prefered a house much older than that or a brand new one.
Same here, the house was built in 1959, there is really nothing remarkable about house building in that time period, they were trying to keep up with the post-war boom and putting houses up as fast as possible, I think.
Ours too! Our house doesn't have much character compared to others in the neighborhood, it pretty much looks exactly the same (although a lot of people have put extensions and new dormers up and ours is still an original).
I love my house, don't get me wrong, but, I am jealous of those with new construction because they tend to have a good amount of closets, which I don't. 
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| Posted 6/28/07 2:59 PM |
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alisonggg
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Re: For those of us who own older houses..
nope. ... I love our 1937 home (I actually wish it was older) DH and I just really don't like the look and feel of newer homes
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| Posted 6/28/07 3:18 PM |
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CunningOne
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Re: For those of us who own older houses..
Our house is from 1962. Shoddy construction, there are nail pops all over the walls. Just generally crappy materials.... We are gutting a lot and redoing it over the last 7 years 
My parents house is from the 1920s and is solid as a rock. I actually prefer an older home (pre-40s) to the newer ones.
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| Posted 6/28/07 3:32 PM |
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PotofLuck06
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Re: For those of us who own older houses..
Sometimes. Our house was built in 1969 and we're the 2nd owners. Really, the 3rd, but the flipper never lived there.
I love our house, but I do enjoy looking at the newer houses and what they have to offer!
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| Posted 6/28/07 3:51 PM |
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Goobster
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Re: For those of us who own older houses..
Our house has a lot of character. It also looks almost brand n ew from all the work we did. But I cant deny, I love newer houses and love great rooms, and kitchen islands etc.
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| Posted 6/28/07 4:11 PM |
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Re: For those of us who own older houses..
Our house was built in 1930 and we wouldn't trade it for anything new!
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| Posted 6/28/07 4:23 PM |
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MsSissy
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Re: For those of us who own older houses..
Our house was built in 1954 and it wasn't old enough for me. I wanted something in the early 1900's but DH wouldn't go for it. I have no desire to be in a newly built home.
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| Posted 6/28/07 4:34 PM |
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2Pisces
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Re: For those of us who own older houses..
My house was built in 1933 and I LOVE the original features and the old charm.
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| Posted 6/28/07 5:11 PM |
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My house was built in 1920 and I love it. We have the original molding over every doorway and windows which we love.
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charon54
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Re: For those of us who own older houses..
My house was built in the late 1940s and I wish we had new construction. I just love the idea of having everything be so up-to-date.
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| Posted 6/28/07 6:38 PM |
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stephaniea
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Re: For those of us who own older houses..
I love my 101 year old house. High ceilings, old wooden bannister, original floors, huge fireplace and big rooms. We updated everything, but kept those things. It has such charm.
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| Posted 6/28/07 9:26 PM |
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beachgirl13
Mommy to 3 boys!
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Re: For those of us who own older houses..
No. I don't really like all the new houses that are built. Every time I pass a new development with McMansions, all I can think is, don't they make normal houses anymore???!! Our families are getting smaller but our houses are getting bigger. Crazy IMO, but that's life.
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| Posted 6/28/07 9:32 PM |
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NJmom
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Re: For those of us who own older houses..
Nope! Our house was built in 1970 so it's not really old, but I love it! We looked at a bunch of newer homes (less than 5 years old) and I just didn't care for them. None of them felt "homey" to me and IMO they lacked character. I also didn't like that (at least for the newer homes we looked at) that the developments had hardly any trees and the lots were small.
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| Posted 6/28/07 11:03 PM |
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I love my old house! It was built in the 30's and it's as solild as a rock. The wood floors are gorgeous and we have found so many cool little nooks and crankys that add to the charm.
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KvsGrl
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Re: For those of us who own older houses..
Nope! DH and I bought a pre-war art deco co-op built in 1939. I LOVE the arched doorways, step-down living room and all of the beautiful original molding. I feel that most newer apartments lack character, and I hate McMansions!
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