Our house was built in the late 1800s. When we were looking at houses, we did want an old house preferably with at least 4 acres of land. We saw lots and lots of houses in various states of disrepair. One thing that knocked a house off our list of potentials was a clay, stone or earth basement. That narrowed our list by a good 90%. One thing that truly amazed me were the amount of houses with acreage with absolutely no trees on the property at all. Nary a branch, twig or sapling to be found. It just seemed sort of sad to me.
We picked this house because it had old trees and a concrete basement. We didn't get as much land as we would have liked, it's only an acre plus but it's enough for us to have gardens, rabbits and chickens and a peaceful, quiet place to call our own. It is a trade off but I love trees and couldn't imagine a place that had none.
Some day I would like to remove all the siding and restore or replace the cedar shakes. The gable on the second floor had the gingerbread shakes. I'd like to replace the dining room doors that open to the veranda and put in a bay window as that is how it was originally. We do a little bit here and there, new windows, new roof, lots of insulation. It'll take time but the house has been around for over a century - it's used to waiting.
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