depends on teh area

if the 1901 homes area is prone to a significant valuation lets say if a decent house is built to replace it, i would go with that


tear the shitty old house down and rebuild a nice new one.

conversely, if your acre property is in an area where house valuation is decent, you would save money from having to tear down the old shitty house and just would need to build a new one.

location location location.

but you will need somewhere to live during all that construction. I recommend Nou's house

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Originally posted by Nrg2Nfinit but you will need somewhere to live during all that construction. I recommend Nou's house

She's already made up her mind to gut the old house and is looking for conformation she made the right decision.

But yes she should stay at nou's, that we can all agree on.

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Originally posted by Dykes_on_Jay If spent less on abortions and ammo, you could stay at the same place.

AR-15's aren't cheap

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Originally posted by Dykes_on_Jay If spent less on abortions and ammo, you could stay at the same place.

Easy for you to say, Chinese abortion free.

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Originally posted by Lagrangian AR-15's aren't cheap

when you make the parts for them they are


also cheap when you load your own ammo

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Originally posted by Jon_Snow She's already made up her mind to gut the old house and is looking for conformation she made the right decision. But yes she should stay at nou's, that we can all agree on.

no i havent made up my mind, i have a meeting with a few builders this week and have a few floor plans i like. ive been talking more about the renovation because it was what i was dealing with last week.


no i would not stay at nous house, id rather live in a tent with it being -20f outside. plus seattle is over 8 hours away

I wasn't trying to be negative. Old houses are great I just think a complete rebuild isn't a good idea for first time home owner.

why waste your time.. tear it down and build a new one.

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Originally posted by Nrg2Nfinit why waste your time.. tear it down and build a new one.

Because you value it as an antique and want to restore it.
Some older homes have amazing architectural details like hand carved wood work crafted by artisans. But all too often they're stipped of their uniqueness, covered in vinyl siding, and additions clumsily built on.

Go for the old house. I have a feeling less than 10% of the people in this thread have ever renovated a period property and think an old house sounds scary to try to renovate.

It's not. They actually used quality materials and actually built shit well back then, so assuming the house has been somewhat maintained, there's a very obvious reason why it's still standing 110 years later.

Plumbing, electrical are really not that difficult, and you'll find that a fair amount has had to have been updated at some point, so it won't (unless you're really unlucky) be a full replace job.

The main things to worry about foundations and load baring walls/structural supports. If you're good on those, framing, drywall, plumbing, electrical, roofing, HVAC, etc, should not cost you more than $150k even with a 10% contingency built in. You get the advantage of nice period property that has been brought up to date. New builds, unless you go all out are shit. Materials and craftsmanship are not the same as they were in those days, unless you spend serious money, which you don't have.