Any Old House Owners Here?

[yorkielady06]

Well I tell ya after this many years doing this house I feel very old

Well with 5 bedrooms in the winter even with all that work done it still cost me $500 a month to heat and that is with the upstairs heat turned off!!
So when the kiddos move out completely (21,20,19,19) I will for sure sell it for something smaller on the inside and much more land on the outside

[CouversMom]

Originally Posted by yorkielady06

So new windows, plaster gone, new insulation, new wiring, new heating, floors, etc.

Aww, that's too bad! My favorite part of my house is all the old charm! I love my plaster walls and wood floors.

It is our goal to bring it back to it's early glory But with the modern conveniences of today (ac/heater, appliances, wiring etc).

[yorkielady06]

Originally Posted by CouversMom

Aww, that's too bad! My favorite part of my house is all the old charm! I love my plaster walls and wood floors.

It is our goal to bring it back to it's early glory But with the modern conveniences of today (ac/heater, appliances, wiring etc).

Well with the new insulation and sheet rock the heating bill went down about a hundred bucks a month. But yes all the charm is gone and it has been moderized. Really had no choice as half had already been done.
I bought this house from my parents (I grew up here) and they bought it from their parents. Prior to that it was in the neighbors family for 2 generations...and old man Trask built it. So not bad for that long and just 2 families...

[Meggie]

Our house was built in 1536.

The date's etched in the stone lintel over the door.

[CouversMom]

Originally Posted by Meggie

Our house was built in 1536.

The date's etched in the stone lintel over the door.

WOW Do you have any pictures of it?

[nana911]

Originally Posted by Meggie

Our house was built in 1536.

The date's etched in the stone lintel over the door.

You win!

[MeganS]

Originally Posted by Meggie

Our house was built in 1536.

The date's etched in the stone lintel over the door.

That is why England rocks. That's seriously amazing. Do you have any pictures? I would absolutely love to see them.

I've always wanted to own a castle in Ireland. Is that weird? LOL.

[TommiGirl]

Originally Posted by Mitzis Mom

My husband is one of the top plasma scientists

Really? My uncle is a professor of Plasma Physics. What university does your husband teach at? Sometimes when he starts talking all his mumble jumble I have no idea what he is talking about. LOL.

[Mitzis Mom]

Originally Posted by TommiGirl

Really? My uncle is a professor of Plasma Physics. What university does your husband teach at? Sometimes when he starts talking all his mumble jumble I have no idea what he is talking about. LOL.

LOL... I know all about the mumble jumble... Ever so often I go HUH???? My husband does not teach he is an inventor and in the process to get funding for one of his patents... It will be a very big thing about hydrogen...

[mojo]

Originally Posted by MeganS

That is why England rocks. That's seriously amazing. Do you have any pictures? I would absolutely love to see them.

I've always wanted to own a castle in Ireland. Is that weird? LOL.

I've always wanted a castle too. They have a lot for a steal in Germany, but of course the cost to restore them would just kill you (or me anyway).

[linz06]

I just saw this thread! In April we bought a 1909 (or 1918? there were two listings with two different years listed) 2.5 storey farmhouse. Luckily for us, in 1997 it had been gutted, moved into town from a farm yard, put on a new foundation, and had a main floor addition and double car attached garage built! They totally re-did all of the electrical, plumbing, drywall, siding, windows, etc. while still keeping the old features like doors, frames, stairs, banisters, and all original fir floors (not redone, just filled with character!) It's aboslutely beautiful and my dream house. We had to move 20 minutes out of the city where we work, but I'm a small town girl to begin with and I couldn't pass up the house... our realtor even told us if that same house was IN the city, it would be worth at least 1.2 MILLION Needless to say, we paid SUBSTANTIALLY less than that lol! But being only 20 minutes out, and both working in the engineering field and knowing our city is expanding that direction, we're sure we made a pretty good investment

The neat thing about our house is that it's an Eaton's catalogue house. Eaton's was a huge Canadian company back in the day (bought out by Sears in the 90's) and the only way farmers shopped was through their Eaton's catalogue for clothing, household items, farm equipment, etc. And yes, they could even order houses. The blueprints and all materials needed to build the house were delivered by train. Cool, right? We have an expert on these homes right in our city and he's wrote a book on them, so we're going to contact him and see if he can give us a copy of the original blueprints, if he can figure out which design it is.

I don't have any pictures here at work but I stole this one from my facebook I kind of hate the white siding and it is so hard to keep clean, but it's going to last for a long time so I'll deal with it lol!

[CouversMom]

Wow Lindsey, your house is beautiful that's so cool that your house was moved... We have thought about having out house moved a little more out in the country to a nicer area. I just wonder how much it would cost?

[CouversMom]

Anybody have anymore pictures of their homes? I swear I could look at old houses all day Maybe I need to find a forum for this!

I will post more pics of our house tonight when I get home from work

[linz06]

Originally Posted by CouversMom

Wow Lindsey, your house is beautiful that's so cool that your house was moved... We have thought about having out house moved a little more out in the country to a nicer area. I just wonder how much it would cost?

I'm sure prices differ between areas, but my parents had a 1920's farmhouse moved to their lake lot for a cabin, and it was moved about 30 km (~18 mi) and I believe it cost about $5,000 just for the move... my dad works for the power corporation so he lifted all the powerlines himself along the route. With all the lath and plaster it also was the heaviest house the mover had EVER lifted! And it's only about 800 sq. ft! But I'm sure most places could give you a free quote if you were seriously looking into it

If I have some time in the next few days I might find some pictures of the interior of our house! It's still a work in progress though!

[linz06]

Originally Posted by CouversMom

Anybody have anymore pictures of their homes? I swear I could look at old houses all day Maybe I need to find a forum for this!

I will post more pics of our house tonight when I get home from work

You never posted pictures!!!!

I took some interior pictures before Christmas so I'll post a few year... ignore the Christmas decor

In 1&2 you can kind of see the pillars to the living room. In the dining room picture, the large doorframe has beautiful original pocket doors. This was the "parlour". The last picture is a photo we have on the wall that the previous owners had left.. it was the house in all it's original glory!