re: #121 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

I wouldn’t be interested in anything of recent construction, especially not a cookie-cutter mcmansion. There are still some lovingly maintained custom-built homes of various styles from before about 1960. I am partial to Art Deco but not sure I’m partial enough to shell out the bucks for a good one. Still, they exist and I do feel the attraction.
My current home was built in 1908.

Mine is 1950. REAL 2x4’s. Pier and beam with big cement castings holding up the piers on solid limestone. 68 years old, flat as a strap. Random-shaped limestone clad, metal roof. Jalousie windows flanking 6’ x 6’ plate glass on the front. Just under 1,200 sq ft in the front, a 2 car garage finished out in the back (1-1) and a 2-1 up front. Nice house. We bought it in ‘97 for $155. Don’t even ask what it’s actually worth, now, but north of $800.

Hence the $1,000+/month property taxes.