What do you consider an old house? (construction, ceilings, houses)

[LifeIsGood01]

answer poll or discuss.

[LifeIsGood01]

I would say 100 or more is old, Something 75 years or so I would call an older home.

[Silverfall]

I think your answer will depend on what part of the country you are from. Out here we don't have too many homes 100 years old. Between fires and maintenance of homes due to rain, there just aren't that many left.

[Robino1]

I'm going with 75. Anything older than me, as far as architecture goes, I would consider old.

Gosh, even with the clarification, it still sounds bad. <oops>

Maybe a better way to put it: if it was built long before I was born, I would consider it old (since I'm getting old myself).

[selhars]

I'd say 75 yeas or more.

I would say 100 or more is old, Something 75 years or so I would call an older home.

This should be interesting to see other answers. Because surely it depends on what the definition of of "old" is
OldER should mean older than old. YET when I think of an OLD house I think of a house 100 years old or so.
YETm when I think of an oldER home, I think of a house "only" about 50-100 years old. Which is "newer/younger" that the old house that's 100 years old.

I DO crack up with amusement at young people or first time buyers who get caught up in wanting a new NEVER LIVED IN house. I'll here people say a 5-10 year old house is old. Give me a break. They'd rather have a new house, slapped together with NO quality of materials or workmanship, than a 15-20 year old house that's well made. It boggles the mind, or MY mind, at least

[pekemom]

We had our house built 10 years ago, I still think of it as a new house.....

[cully]

Are you going for old or historic?

For historic, National Register says 50 unless they are exceptionally important.

[oregonwoodsmoke]

I lived for 3 years in a house that was 350 years old. It was in perfect condition but you could tell it was old by the size of the hand hewn beams and the low ceilings and low doorways.

I also lived for 3 years in a cottage that was 500 years old. It was in good shape but drafty. Again with the low doorway heights.

[MrRational]

75 years (1941) just about sets the pre/post WW2 line.

Some really great houses were still being built in the 1950's...
but all manner of material and construction methods were beginning to change.

[marino760]

Originally Posted by MrRational

75 years (1941) just about sets the pre/post WW2 line.

Some really great houses were still being built in the 1950's...
but all manner of material and construction methods were beginning to change.

I agree, pre WWII.