My house was built in 1977. There are a couple of things about it that I think make it better than a new house:
- The foundation is quite settled. When we ripped up the carpets, there were few tiny hairline cracks (normal) and ZERO big ones.
- TREES, motherfucker. Real, full grown, adult trees. Trees mean shade, and shade on the house means lower cooling bills. Keep them trimmed, fed and watered. Baby trees fall over and die at the mere hint of a drought.
- Strong construction. We found this out when we did network drops. The studs are real, strong hardwood. None of this knotted, crooked, rapid growth crap.
- Not made of Chinese made, poor quality drywall. If my drywall is poor, then it was poorly made in the good old US of A. Yeah, I got nothing.
- More than 10 feet away from my neighbors.
- My own mailbox in front of my goddamn house. None of this collective apartment complex-like crap.
- Plenty of “why in the FUCK did they build it like THIS” moments. In other words, it’s not a cookie cutter house. Yeah!
Okay, it’s not a lot, but I do like my house, even though it’s old and starting to show it’s age.
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