1890 for mine. 135 year old house.
1890 here as well. I love it, it’s nestled in the woods and built into the hillside so these massive retaining walls surround the first story. With all the trees and shade and basically being underground, this makes the first floor naturally cool. I’ve gone whole summers without AC. What’s also interesting is there’s a door on the second floor landing that goes right out into the hillside. There’s like a 2 foot wide platform and then the hill. Not much up there other than a steep overgrown mountain though.
Another thing I love is being able to see the river from my front stoop. I’m still in city limits of Pittsburgh though, so I can easily walk or bike down to more of the city type stuff. Or I can bop across a bridge to a couple other towns.
I’ll definitely spend my life here, as I’m slowly remodeling the place. But of course, a house this old comes with its own slew of problems. I try to tackle as much as I can myself tho.
- It’s got old-school marble and stone work. Classy AF.
Bold of you to assume I own a house
Me too, thanks.
1995 - the peak of civilization
1861 it’s sweet except for when it’s not
When is it not sweet?
2024
New building code for rentals stipulates one room must be capable of cooling to 26c or lower. This building was built to that code.
So we have AC. It’s fantastic.
In the 1940s or 50s. My family has owned it since the 60s.
Our US one when we lived there: 1960s
Our Danish one now: 17… 50s? 60s? It’s hard to know
Unclear, but somewhere between 1865 and 1875, which makes it right around half the age of my parents’ house
My first house was in a town where the hall of records burned down in 1920. Which means that no one still around knows when anything older was actually built, butofficially everything older was built in 1920.
2015
House I used to own was built in 1958, but the house I’m currently renting an apartment in was built in 1890. The apartment itself was added in 2020, and I’m it’s first tenant.
1910!
I bought it in 2022. It’s tiny but mine lol
some of you have ghosts in your houses
The one I live in now was built in the 1940s and expanded in the 2000s. The one my parents own that I grew up in partially was built in 1844.
My house was built as a summer cabin 1935. Then someone added a 2nd floor on top of it 1970. It then got winter isolated (for year round living) in 2006.
In sweden, so it can be pretty cold here
