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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not talking here about interior finishes that can easily be changed every ten years, but rather the actual proportions/golden section type rules. [/quote]

Changing finishes every 10 years is the sort of wastefulness that makes me cringe. One of the things I like about our 1920s house is that it was built to last. And yes, we redid the kitchen and one of the bathrooms, both of which were victims of 1970s . . . improvements . . . but we still have the original tile from one bathroom, the hardwood floors, the plaster walls, etc.

Well-designed, well-built houses from any period are a good thing. I'm sure there are people who don't like any new construction, but most of us who like old houses are cautious about new builds that cut corners in materials and designs.

I grew up in a town filled with huge 19th c. houses from a time when people thought they needed two parlors and an entire floor for the servants. When lifestyles changed, the houses either fell apart or got carved up into apartments. If they weren't properly maintained, they were torn down, and their beautiful components got thrown out. It was a tragic waste.

When most of the recent builds fall apart, their components -- designed to be replaced every 10 years anyway -- will go into a dumpster and then into a landfill. It will be a waste of resources, but not because they should have been salvaged.[/quote]

There are plenty of people who have homes built much later than the 1920s who have only made the types of improvements to their homes that you describe, and whose homes are lasting just fine, thank you.

Materials change, but many of the new homes are much better designed than the older homes than the SWPL crowd covets.  Neither your homes nor your lives are that interesting to most people.  [/quote]

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