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GAF Homeowners - How Old is Your House?
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AlteredForms
Banned
Always be on the lookout for asbestos if you purchased a property older than 1999. We used to have the stuff as roofing on our damn garage.
Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
1960s and I prefer it since they went overboard on structural support. Our house is built like a tank.
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Deleted member 1159
Unconfirmed Member
99? I swear the cutoff was way earlier than that
EverydayBeast
ChatGPT 0.1
Go back and look at vintage houses omg some epic foundations but I live in a 1968 home.
p_xavier
Authorized Fister
Same here, 1968 which I entirely renovated last year.
ThatStupidLion
Member
58 i think, or there abouts
poodaddy
Member
This. I own a rental property built in 64, the fucker may not be that pretty, but it's huge and solid as a rock.
The plumbing and electrical could be better though.... :/. Give and take I guess.
V1LÆM
Gold Member
old one was built 1964. current one is 1979. had the option to buy a 2022 house but fuck that
i just moved a few months ago and while the house i'm in now is still quite old it feels cheaper. old house was rock solid and concrete everywhere. this house ain't bad but it's so hollow and there are floorboards! gonna need to get them fixed they make a hell of a racket. the stairs are wooden too! the hall roof is hollow (was lowered). it's a nice house but it feels strange to me seeing and hearing so much wood.
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DarkestHour
Banned
Just about a year old and it's easily the worst built house I've ever lived in.
Patrick S.
Banned
1826. Fight me.
th4tguy
Member
95. Windows have literal rust between the glass. Siding is Masonite which sponges up when wet. Driveway and garage floor have cracked badly. Also it has pb pipes.
My big three repairs to tackle are the pipes, siding and windows which all together is going to cost me around 60k.
Other than that it’s pretty decent. Great yard for where I’m located and really close to my work, though we’ve been wfh for almost two years now…
My big three repairs to tackle are the pipes, siding and windows which all together is going to cost me around 60k.
Other than that it’s pretty decent. Great yard for where I’m located and really close to my work, though we’ve been wfh for almost two years now…
RJMacready73
Banned
1910's bought it over 5yrs ago and completely gutted it, cried removing the original sash windows but by fuck they where energy inefficient and since being replaced along with insulating the attic and installing insulated plasterboard on the external walls the place is now cosy af, I love it, rooms are big with period features and above all totally private unlike all the similar priced newbuilds with every neighbor and their dog looking into you
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fantastico
Member
About 1885 or thereabouts
haxan7
Banned
Putonahappyface
Gold Member
A two year old new build and very happy.
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nush
Gold Member
1992, reinforced concrete and brick at the top of an incline and gets hit with hurricanes annually and still standing. New builds start falling apart after a year. It did however need some modernisation before it was liveable though.
eddie4
Genuinely Generous
My current house, I do not live in, as it was inherited and in my home country, but it was built in the 80s, 3 stories, reinforced concrete, currently in the renovation process. It was bought in 2003 for around $35k USD. Put another $35k in renovations. Coming together quite nicely for retirement.
My house in Belfast has a date stone under the stairs stating 1928. It was originally built to house World War I veterans. I’ve done extensive renovations to the property but I much prefer older buildings to new. So much more character that is sorely missing from new builds.
Plus if you renovate an old property you can add on a modern extension.
Plus if you renovate an old property you can add on a modern extension.
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TransTrender
Gold Member
7 years old, moved in when it was new.
Previously it was a 1983 practically original.
I'll probably never buy a 'used' house again if I can help it. Either new builds or custom from here on out (I hope).
Maybe a thoroughly renovated and modernized house, but it would have to be immaculate.
From my experiences - these may not match your experiences - but these experiences have shaped how I will consider future home purchase:
Sure, you can get really shitty new builds so research your builder, see how well previous builds are holding up, go through your soil report and be aware of how shit can go wrong.
Aside from my own homes, and then the homes I lived in, most older places lack the proper upkeep and maintenance. Typically you're fixing, replacing, updating shit on the reg and that's not fun.
If you try to modernize you can run in to permitting and retrofitting issues due to changing build codes and technologies.
Most people are fucking gross and don't take care of their shit. And they're gross. And lazy. And cheap. So keep that in mind that the previous owner was likely very gross, lazy, cheap, and doesn't give a shit.
My brother's 1960 original was truly shit. No insulation, shitty wiring, not enough breakers, shitty plumbing, and as time goes on you have to deal with structural and foundation issues, poor floorplans, room designs, and general 'house' infrastructure to make it modern and more livable.
1900 cottage: No insulation. Everything too small or custom. Shitty plumbing, wiring, heating, cooling, floorplan. Just a pain in the ass.
Previously it was a 1983 practically original.
I'll probably never buy a 'used' house again if I can help it. Either new builds or custom from here on out (I hope).
Maybe a thoroughly renovated and modernized house, but it would have to be immaculate.
From my experiences - these may not match your experiences - but these experiences have shaped how I will consider future home purchase:
Sure, you can get really shitty new builds so research your builder, see how well previous builds are holding up, go through your soil report and be aware of how shit can go wrong.
Aside from my own homes, and then the homes I lived in, most older places lack the proper upkeep and maintenance. Typically you're fixing, replacing, updating shit on the reg and that's not fun.
If you try to modernize you can run in to permitting and retrofitting issues due to changing build codes and technologies.
Most people are fucking gross and don't take care of their shit. And they're gross. And lazy. And cheap. So keep that in mind that the previous owner was likely very gross, lazy, cheap, and doesn't give a shit.
My brother's 1960 original was truly shit. No insulation, shitty wiring, not enough breakers, shitty plumbing, and as time goes on you have to deal with structural and foundation issues, poor floorplans, room designs, and general 'house' infrastructure to make it modern and more livable.
1900 cottage: No insulation. Everything too small or custom. Shitty plumbing, wiring, heating, cooling, floorplan. Just a pain in the ass.
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Happosai
Hold onto your panties
It's Mexican but top-tier steel reinforced concrete 4 bedroom with 3 1/2 baths. Construction was in a privada (not sure how that translates) in 1995-ish. Construction value was around 3-million and we bought a ton of land. Current value of house and property is over 15-million pesos or $705,000 USD. Great neighborhood too.
MachRc
Member
My first house was a craftsman from 1902 but that was already fully renovated when i sold it. My current home is from 1960.
I Just put christmas light up too
When looking, I did check out brand new tract homes with built in in-law sections and such, but these tract homes were too far away from the city for me. For me and alot of others
the further out you go away from the main cities, the homes get newer and bigger for the price, the closer you are to metropolis the smaller and more expensive it gets.
Lots of energy saving upgrades, and renovated rooms and bathrooms, argon glass windows, glass sliding doors all around, updated roof, raised ceiling, I kept the original hardwood floors.
The newer home do have updated permitting and such, but theres also a flip side to that as you can get stuff that may not be up to code now, grandfathered in, like my diving board for my pool.
Im hearing its outlawed now which is a shame.
I def am a very proud home owner, my own garder, my own pool boy, I have a full sprinkler system, yet you will see me outside on my lawn watering the grass with my hose, as I enjoy the quiet time i get with the grass.
once in awhile you can hear me mutter the words,
"magic mirror on the wall, who's got the greenest grass of them all..."
I Just put christmas light up too
When looking, I did check out brand new tract homes with built in in-law sections and such, but these tract homes were too far away from the city for me. For me and alot of others
the further out you go away from the main cities, the homes get newer and bigger for the price, the closer you are to metropolis the smaller and more expensive it gets.
Lots of energy saving upgrades, and renovated rooms and bathrooms, argon glass windows, glass sliding doors all around, updated roof, raised ceiling, I kept the original hardwood floors.
The newer home do have updated permitting and such, but theres also a flip side to that as you can get stuff that may not be up to code now, grandfathered in, like my diving board for my pool.
Im hearing its outlawed now which is a shame.
I def am a very proud home owner, my own garder, my own pool boy, I have a full sprinkler system, yet you will see me outside on my lawn watering the grass with my hose, as I enjoy the quiet time i get with the grass.
once in awhile you can hear me mutter the words,
"magic mirror on the wall, who's got the greenest grass of them all..."
Lunarorbit
Member
1980. Bought 6 years ago just before the housing market went crazy.
First thing I did was apply to mass save which helps with saving money on heat and cooling. Got an interest free loan to get a new boiler. Replaced half the windows so far, insulation in attic, new roof.
Have over an acre but a house got built next to us on less than half an acre and sold 3 years ago for 1.3 million. Nuts. Almost double what we paid on way less land and no character to the house or landscaping
First thing I did was apply to mass save which helps with saving money on heat and cooling. Got an interest free loan to get a new boiler. Replaced half the windows so far, insulation in attic, new roof.
Have over an acre but a house got built next to us on less than half an acre and sold 3 years ago for 1.3 million. Nuts. Almost double what we paid on way less land and no character to the house or landscaping
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Originally built sometimes in the mid 80s. Its been renovated a few times (including by me), but you can tell by the exterior it not exactly a modern new home.
As for picking a home, it all comes down to what you want... look, location, insides.
Because the newer the house, the snazzier looking it'll be, newer parts, but likely more cookie cutter as it'll be mass produced with 100 other houses in the neighbourhood.
Older houses probably have a more desireable location, probably cost more, but the older you buy the crustier it gets. 1980s and up should be ok. 2000s has a much better look. But buy anything 50 years old or older watch out as it'll be renovation city unless the person you bought it off renovated it for resale. And it you buy a really old house from like 80 years ago, the basement ceiling will probably only be 6 ft high. If you're tall youre head might bang against the ceiling. And for really old homes watch out for wiring/circuitry as if it never got checked or updadted could be a fire hazard.
For any house 20 years old or more, watch out for the roof. Make sure its in good condition and best of all if the home owners already replaced it. You dont want to buy a place with a crusty roof and then a year later have to pay $10,000 to replace it with new shingles and spouts.
For ALL homes, make sure to look at the ceilings of all rooms and make sure you dont see any water marks. If so, that means there's a leak at some point that trickled down to that room. As my real estate of 15+ years said.... AVOID all homes when you see a leaky mark. You're gambling the innards of the house are in good shape or not. Of course if the resale guy paint over it you wont know, but some people are so careless they'll try to sell a home with a giant water stain in plain view (I've seen it myself thats why I bring it up).
For ALL, never buy a home where the sale document has the reseller saying some bullshit like...... "Buyer agrees to buy the property and all chattels as is". That literally means flea market shit where if you buy it, you agree to take it as is and if issues come up later you're stuck cuz you agreed to it.
Cross that shit out and counter it with the standard claim of all shit is in good working condition. Youre agent will know the right terminology.
As for picking a home, it all comes down to what you want... look, location, insides.
Because the newer the house, the snazzier looking it'll be, newer parts, but likely more cookie cutter as it'll be mass produced with 100 other houses in the neighbourhood.
Older houses probably have a more desireable location, probably cost more, but the older you buy the crustier it gets. 1980s and up should be ok. 2000s has a much better look. But buy anything 50 years old or older watch out as it'll be renovation city unless the person you bought it off renovated it for resale. And it you buy a really old house from like 80 years ago, the basement ceiling will probably only be 6 ft high. If you're tall youre head might bang against the ceiling. And for really old homes watch out for wiring/circuitry as if it never got checked or updadted could be a fire hazard.
For any house 20 years old or more, watch out for the roof. Make sure its in good condition and best of all if the home owners already replaced it. You dont want to buy a place with a crusty roof and then a year later have to pay $10,000 to replace it with new shingles and spouts.
For ALL homes, make sure to look at the ceilings of all rooms and make sure you dont see any water marks. If so, that means there's a leak at some point that trickled down to that room. As my real estate of 15+ years said.... AVOID all homes when you see a leaky mark. You're gambling the innards of the house are in good shape or not. Of course if the resale guy paint over it you wont know, but some people are so careless they'll try to sell a home with a giant water stain in plain view (I've seen it myself thats why I bring it up).
For ALL, never buy a home where the sale document has the reseller saying some bullshit like...... "Buyer agrees to buy the property and all chattels as is". That literally means flea market shit where if you buy it, you agree to take it as is and if issues come up later you're stuck cuz you agreed to it.
Cross that shit out and counter it with the standard claim of all shit is in good working condition. Youre agent will know the right terminology.
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AJUMP23
Parody of actual AJUMP23
The house I live in is a 2004 build. We have been it for 8 months now. I sold a house I built in 2008 to move to this one. I just wanted to get out of a neighborhood and on a little bit of land.
My rental house was built in 1959, and is in great condition. My renters take good care of it, and the housing market has increased its value by probably 60k since I bought it.
My rental house was built in 1959, and is in great condition. My renters take good care of it, and the housing market has increased its value by probably 60k since I bought it.
Mistake
Member
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
When I looking for a new house (before the one I live in now), I saw some pics of split level homes. I thought they looked kind of cool how you could be on the upper level and see below level. The kitchen eating area had a railing and you looked over and see the entire family room.
Just curious, why are splits bad? Not that I have any experience except looking at pics.
Big Baller
Al Pachinko, Konami President
600 years
No worries. So we went from a 985 soft 2bedroom 2 bath apt to a 2300 sqft 4 bedroom 2 1/2 bath house. We were just married and at first we loved the place. In my opinion, (lol the important disclaimer) you lose a lot of space by splitting the floors. The living room might look big when it is empty, same goes for the dining room. When you put stuff in it, the space is quickly used up.
Especially at Christmas time for our living room. We have the tree in the window/---\ that looks like that. Then our couch, 2 love seats, ottoman, fireplace, TV and entertainment rack. This leaves us extremely limited space left to walk.
Kitchen, same issue. Counter space, pantry etc, all is moved in to accommodate a smaller room because of the split. We ended up remodeling our kitchen and knocked down part of a wall to give use more space...
Our master bathroom is the SAME SIZE as the guest bathroom and we are trying to figure out how we can remodel it to put in a soaker tub. Meanwhile, my friends who have a normal 2 story house have a lot of space, a true master bathroom, larger areas just because the floor plan is more open.
Lol I could go through a full grocery list of complaints but I will not ruin anyone's Christmas lol. We didn't know better especially at first when it was just my wife and I for several years. Lol add 2 kids to the mix and you want to dig.a whole in the backyard for a true man cave. The house itself is not bad, just I would prefer the space to the split levels especially for the master bath and the living room. If they made this house just 2 floors, there would be a huge amount of space...
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Flintty
Member
I finally got back on the housing ladder this year, after 20 years renting (I owned a flat for a year in 2000 and sold it a year later - big mistake!). We bought a Georgian cottage that was built in 1796. Yup, that's over 200 years old. Most of it was in good condition but the room that was going to be the man cave needed extensive work - new ceiling, electrics, new floor and I had to solve the damp problems. It was hard work, I did most of it myself, but worth it - I fucking love it.
QSD
Member
My house (or rather, the building my apartment is situated in) was built/finished in 1941 according to records, actually during the german occupation of the Netherlands. The downside is the heat insulation is not great, the upside is lots of nice woodwork, plus ornamental stained glass windows in every room + in the sliding doors between living room and study.
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AJUMP23
Parody of actual AJUMP23
Buy a copy of that old map and hang it in your house.
Flintty
Member
Good shout actually, would be a nice bit of history on the wall!
lachesis
Member
Well, the record says it's built in 1953. The last big renovation, seems to be 2004. I bought in 2017.
Not exactly brand new, and there are things that I like to change, but have no $$$.
I think I may give it a thru renovation (basic, easier to maintain) before I rent it out in 4-5 years.
Not exactly brand new, and there are things that I like to change, but have no $$$.
I think I may give it a thru renovation (basic, easier to maintain) before I rent it out in 4-5 years.
Torrent of Pork
Banned
Early 50's, and it's stood up to every hurricane God has decided to YOLO at Florida without a scratch.
bronkonagurski
Member
Late 70's. Really neat looking house and the prior owner took great care of it. A lot of the newer houses feel like cookie cutter builds so I am happy with something more unique.