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[quote=Anonymous]I'm sorry your experience has been bad

I bought a 55-year old home in 2002.  As a single man.  Started fixing it up.  Kept fixing it up.  Got married, kept fixing it up, had one kid, added on a huge addition that I did much of the work for, had twins later, added on a second-floor bedroom.  EVERYTHING has been redone, and 90% of it by the sweat blood and tears of myself.  And quality work too, skilled craftsmanship, not slipshod idiot bungling.

Understand though that [i]I love[/i] doing this stuff.  I love fixing and tinkering and repairing.  It costs me basically the cost of materials to do things, and my time.  My wife loves it because we can afford to live in a paid-off well-appointed house with 3 kids and she doesnt have to go out to work every day at a full time job.  She does part time work she [i]likes[/i] and chooses to do so can be around to get kids to school and back.

Not everybody's into this stuff,  I know that.  When you buy an old house, you need a keen eye for spotting major issues to avoid, and beyond that you need a sense of fearlessness and adventure.

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