Do you have a older home or a newer tract or other?!
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Our home was built in 1984. Our biggest issue with the age was/is the outdated light fixtures and wallpaper! So really there wasn't any problems with the age because all those things can be changed.
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2005-DH had it custom built with the intent of it being only a bachelor pad; we are making it work as a family home but it is tough (1200sq ft with no basement, i.e. no storage space).
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1951, oldest one so far! Although it's in great condition except for the bathroom. It's gross and needs to be gutted. But our kitchen was just remodeled before we bought it. They put an addition on the house to make the kitchen bigger
I'm not complaining!
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2003, so still under 10 years. We haven't had any major issues with it so that is nice! We didn't want a house where we would haev to put in a lot of extra work/worry about big stuff breaking down in the first years.
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1956 -- it was flipped so there was a family room addition put on and the kitchens and bathrooms and flooring were completely updated. Glorious! But it's concrete block so it's definitely built to last.
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2006
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@MrsBrewer: 1904... so got you beat! Beautiful older Victorian. I love it!
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1959, and was horrendously renovated in 1985. We bought it a year ago this month and have since renovated every square inch of it excluding the finished basement. Its bones were in great shape though.
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@Mrs. Jacks: The house I grew up in was built in 1901, I love older homes!
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2011! definitely a tract home. but we love the neighborhood and all the young families around us! And every few weeks they have some sort of family activity like a carnival, luau, movie night, etc which will be fun to do when we have our LO!
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1947. Our whole neighborhood was apparently built by gypsies, so some of our neighbors who've done some renovating have found interesting things in the walls (like piles of razor blades?).
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@Mrs. Jacks: Lucky! I grew up in an older home and really miss its character and charm. Maybe someday!
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My house was built in the mid 1960's, and it is in great condition for its age. The house I grew up in was built in 1917!
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1925 - American foursqure w/ craftsman touches like built-in cabinets. The major downside is that the basement is not liveable sqaure footage, just storage, laundry, and dog room.
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@Mrs. Cat in the Cradle: Our basement is "finished" but also isn't considered liveable. Something to do with windows and exits or somehting? It's a huuge basement though, the entire length and width of the house. We plan on using it as "livable" space though.
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@MrsBrewer: Ours is just a coal cellar that had some concrete poured in at a point. It would take a lot of money to convert it - much better spent on a kitchen renovation if we'd like to add value to our home.
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@Mrs. Cat in the Cradle: Oooh. I bet I'd love your house.
We're getting to the point with ours that we think we're going to take the plunge and turn the coal cellar into a room. We already have a playroom downstairs, but we could get an extra 500 sq feet out of the whole thing. Totally worth it in my mind! (But only when you have the cash on hand and the kitchen is done!)
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@Mrs. Cat in the Cradle: Ohhh, agreed. Kitchen is always a good place to spend money on
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Our house was built in 1900 but completely remodeled in 2005 right before we bought it. So, it's got the upside of the original honey colored hardwood floors and stained glass windows; as well as all new wiring/etc, granite counters, SS appliances, etc.
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2003. I always loved the idea of buying an older home. But then I watch too many shows on the DIY network where they do renovations on older homes and find horrible issues with the plumbing, the electric, and the structure and now I think I'm too scared of ever buying an old home.
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@Mrs. Jacks: I fell in love with it instantly. It has a small entry room that is separated from the living room by original to the house french doors. I was sold.
500 sq feet is worth it. I don't honestly think we will be here long enough to make that kind of investment. The kitchen is number one, and that would include taking down a wall and some semi-major construction,, but the added value would be amazing for resale & we'd enjoy kitchen as well. The area that we live in is one of the only places in our county where housing prices have gone up, mainly due to easy access to public transportation. We could actually sell now, and likely end up 15k ahead from where we started, after fees and such.
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@MrsBrewer: I think the return is 80% upon sale. Not bad - especially since we'd really enjoy the upgrade as well.
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@Mrs. Cat in the Cradle: That's great and it sounds like you are being very smart about it. I'm really lucky that my Seattle house (also a Craftsman-1910) has held it's value too!
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@Mrs. Jacks: I love Victorians!!!
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1950 with some questionable updates in the 80's (like all marble bathrooms, not my taste). But they did expand the house on the lower floor and built a second floor so that was good.
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@MamaMoose: I don't think I can buy a house that was entirely original (unless I was looking for a fixer upper). We do still have the limited plumbing of an older home (all along one wall, laundry area, kitchen and bathroom are right over each other), but the electrical system was upgraded and we have duct work, not a boiler heater. So we can add AC sometime in the future, which will be oh so lovely.
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1960--it was built by the same family who owned it until 1990 then it was renovated and it was flipped in 2011. According to our neighbors it wasn't the prettiest house on the block but now it's decent.
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@Mrs. Jacks: Thanks! We're trying! The next big thing is really fixing up the backyard and doing some actual landscaping, but that will have to wait until next summer.
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1999~ last one built in our new-ish sub
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1937 here - its a two-story bungalow-type house - if anyone watches boardwalk empire, it kind of looks like some of those houses
a victorian is my dream home - i love love love older houses
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1954! my list of requirements included mid-century, hardwoods, character, and an updated kitchen -- it checked all the boxes!
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1941 - I love the charm of an older home, though there are definite challenges when it comes to updating and maintaining them!
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We were the first people to live in our house. It was built in 2009!
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1978! It's been flipped though so a lot it is new/recently replaced.
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our townhouse we just sold was built in 2006, DH purchased it while it was being built. we just bought a house in the 'burbs that was built in 1990 and completely renovated in 2005.
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I don't know the exact year, but I'm pretty sure it's less than 10 years old.
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1994 - The previous owner built an addition in 2004 and totally renovated the home as well as finishing the basement before we bought it last year, so it was new enough for us!
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1948 one and a half story. It was completely renovated before we bought it. We haven't even changed the paint colours.
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1982 and it retained all it's original components. Marble seashell shaped sinks and all! We're taking baby steps in renovating and making it more modern looking. I'm so ready to move out of it though.
I'm not complaining!
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