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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] There are plenty of people who can't even afford a "shithouse."[/quote]

OP here. No, I know that. I don't *really* think it's a shithouse. I'm just using that term because I know people on this board use it to refer to a small old house.

I think people replying here are getting hung up on the money and sq. ft. But my original point was just: here we are, spending all this money trying to make this old house look nice. I'm just worried that I still won't be happy with it at the end of the project. It's the best we can do with limited resources but it's not what I would choose if things were different, kwim? Like, we will we regret not moving to a further out suburb for a bigger, [b]newer house?[/b] I'm just wondering if anyone else is in a similar situation and what you think of it?[/quote]

You seem to be making an assumption that a newer house will be "better".  Many people do not feel that way.  I grew up in a house that was 400 years old.  My house now is only 120 years old.  It is not "better" simply because it is "newer".  Personally I rarely see a house built after 1950 that I'd be interested in living in.  Most modern housing stock has very uninteresting architectural details and frankly they are not build as well.[/quote]

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