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[quote=Anonymous]We are old home lovers.  Under contract on one in built in the 1880s!  Oh, the issues I'm sure we will encounter....  But, having lived in a 90 year old home for the past decade hasn't stopped us from buying even older on our new home.  We love the character, the history, the charm (crown moldings, banisters, etc.), and the incredible sturdiness and solidity (our new house has single, petrified wood i-beams beams--they are like stone now, really--spanning the entire length!).  Unlikes: incessantly creaking floors when baby is sleeping, lack of closet space, and lack of adequate insulation in old plaster walls which, often, leads to uneven temperatures in different rooms.  Still, I wouldn't buy new, now.  Maybe that perspective will changes as we're old and grey and no longer have the patience to deal w/ the "charms" inherent in an old home.  My parents owned and refurbished historic homes their whole lives, for 50 years, nearly ... until they retired. At which point they had a brand new home built from ground up on the perfect piece of land, to their exact specifications.  ;) [/quote]

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