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| Thread ID: 66561 | 2006-02-27 05:54:00 | Interior Decorating - Old Houses | pctek (84) | PC World Chat |
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| 434214 | 2006-02-27 20:29:00 | Old house (www.imagef1.net.nz) New house (www.imagef1.net.nz) A Gorgeous. Horrible. Mine doesn't need extensive rebuilding, just get rid of the ranchslider. And a bit of redecorating is all. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 434215 | 2006-02-27 20:32:00 | even though it sits on the equivalent of 9 sections, 9 sections?! What! Canterbury is as bad as Auckland now with postage stamp size sections? :groan: You mean 4 sections.... :thumbs: |
pctek (84) | ||
| 434216 | 2006-02-27 20:39:00 | Gorgeous. Horrible. The modern house still looks like a nice house with a decent section. It doesn't have all the beauty of a character home, but you can't blame anyone for leaving a beautiful bank account drainer in favour of a still very nice, bank account friendly house. |
Greven (91) | ||
| 434217 | 2006-02-27 20:50:00 | The modern house still looks like a nice house with a decent section. It doesn't have all the beauty of a character home, but you can't blame anyone for leaving a beautiful bank account drainer in favour of a still very nice, bank account friendly house. Thx Greven. Plus the other advantage of a modern 2 storey home is that the bedrooms are upstairs so that a) we can safely leave the windows open at night, and b) visitors aren't walking past all the bedrooms to get into the house (as you tend to in villas and bungalows). Plus there's no rattley and breezy sash windows on winter nights (brrrr, villas are COLD). I agree it's not the looker of the villa but after having owned both a villa and a bungalow, I can safely say 'Never again!' with some degree of glee and satisfaction. A |
andrew93 (249) | ||
| 434218 | 2006-02-27 22:03:00 | 9 sections?! What! Canterbury is as bad as Auckland now with postage stamp size sections? :groan: You mean 4 sections.... :thumbs: Standard section sizes here now are 600 - 700 sq metres. That makes 9 (5 and 4 as its an L shaped 6000+ sq m block) All older "1/4 acre" (1000 sq m) sections tend to have infill housing. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 434219 | 2006-02-27 22:25:00 | I agree that older houses are beautiful. Until I was nearly seventy and had a triple by-pass I had a 2 1/2 storey wooden rural oldie. GP suggested I give up the constant battle to maintain it (I last hand-painted the 12 metre high steep roof when I was 67 - took longer to rig the scaffold and safety gear than to apply two coats of paint). Moved in to town, 1200 sq mtr back section, brick built, aluminium joinery, single storey, double garage, double carport, single garage as a woodwork shop. Perfect for my time of life. I just can't believe how many hours, months, years, weekends, evenings, I spent maintaining the previous old beauty. My concrete floor doesn't creak (years ago a granddaughter claimed the old house was haunted, it creaked so much), every door fits and closes as though it means it, dining, lounge and main bedroom open with french doors on to a lovely deck, two neat bathrooms with quiet plumbing, town supply water and sewage services, totally insulated, heat pump, walk to the library, bike to the beach - I can't believe how much time I have to play in the workshop. And we have adequate room for apples, plums and lemons plus a great veggie garden. I keep congratulating myself on making the move - but I can still admire the old beauties and what makes people love them. | Scouse (83) | ||
| 434220 | 2006-02-27 22:46:00 | Ranchslider pcteck? Horrors, its been butchered then? We've got four, all leading onto the rear deck - two from the lounge, one from main bedroom, and one from my study. They're fantastic! |
Greg (193) | ||
| 434221 | 2006-02-27 23:35:00 | Standard section sizes here now are 600 - 700 sq metres. That makes 9 (5 and 4 as its an L shaped 6000+ sq m block) All older "1/4 acre" (1000 sq m) sections tend to have infill housing. Isn't it depressing. Here they are using 350sqm. Step out your door directly into the peak hour crawl......... And all those modern house fans - I'm moving to Southland - I'm supposed to be cold. :D |
pctek (84) | ||
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