It’s really not that bad except the paint job every 10-20 years which costs as much as a new car, but back in the day they had oil paint which didn’t peel like latex does. Still, imo, worth it to live in an historic, unique, drag queen of a home.
I suppose if you can afford a house like this you can afford a really nice new car every so often. A really nice car. Because a full scraping, sanding, and repair plus 2-3 color paint can cost over $100,000.
My brother legit did this to repair his old farm house that he shouldn’t have bought. Tools and supplies are tax write offs, the company always operates at a loss, but he is basically a decent carpenter and worked through college and highschool summers as one.
Also don’t buy an ancient house unless you have the funds to build another house in it.
All I am seeing here, is the insane yearly cost of recurring maintenance on an old wooden house…*shudders*
Shutters
It’s really not that bad except the paint job every 10-20 years which costs as much as a new car, but back in the day they had oil paint which didn’t peel like latex does. Still, imo, worth it to live in an historic, unique, drag queen of a home.
I suppose if you can afford a house like this you can afford a really nice new car every so often. A really nice car. Because a full scraping, sanding, and repair plus 2-3 color paint can cost over $100,000.
Or … you just develop a hobby of house painting…
You could start a small business just to paint and maintain your own estate.
My brother legit did this to repair his old farm house that he shouldn’t have bought. Tools and supplies are tax write offs, the company always operates at a loss, but he is basically a decent carpenter and worked through college and highschool summers as one.
Also don’t buy an ancient house unless you have the funds to build another house in it.
Your own personal golden gate bridge
As someone with an old wooden house, it’s actually not bad. They’re built so damn well that they just… stay there.
The expensive part is if you need to do any renovations. Updating electrical, plumbing, and HVAC sucks.
I put in about 40hrs a year on scraping and painting and the total building envelope is only 160m2, and is much less detailed.
The looks you get when you tell your contractor you want plaster, not drywall.
They had to find a guy who still knew how to do plaster walls when we redid our bathroom. He was well past retirement age.