"Brand New" 1950's Home!

[Frykitty]

That's pretty cool. Although around my neck of the woods if a house was built in the 50's and never renovated, it usually contains asbestos, lead plumbing and electrical wiring that would scare any insurance company.
I think a person would be better off with a more modern home with vintage decor and styling. Sorry I kinda feel like a big wet blanket now, I really do think the house is sweet.

 

[Gingerella72]

That's pretty cool. Although around my neck of the woods if a house was built in the 50's and never renovated, it usually contains asbestos, lead plumbing and electrical wiring that would scare any insurance company.
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Sounds like my current 1935 house! lol

 

[The Shirt]

Girls buys 1924 home (me)...Girl dates electrician. Comes in handy.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Girls buys 1924 home (me)...Girl dates electrician. Comes in handy.

i take it said house had cloth covered wiring & porcelian light switches?

 

[reetpleat]

That's pretty cool. Although around my neck of the woods if a house was built in the 50's and never renovated, it usually contains asbestos, lead plumbing and electrical wiring that would scare any insurance company.
I think a person would be better off with a more modern home with vintage decor and styling. Sorry I kinda feel like a big wet blanket now, I really do think the house is sweet.

While there are concerns with older homes, post war homes generally have decent wiring and a breaker box, not knob and tube and not fuse boxes. And the plumbing, while galvanized, and not so great eventually, is not a big concern if the water flow is good. lead has not been used in pipes for much longer than the fifties, but it is a concern in homes older than the turn of the century.

As for asbestos, it may contain some, but if handled properly or left undisturbed, it shouldn't be a big concern. Asbestos is only a hazzard in removal.

In all my years of real estate, i have only seen one example of a company refusiing to insure a house, and another company was willing to.

but of course, precautions should be taken whenver dealing with lead based paint or asbestos.

 

[AmateisGal]

Wow. That house is just pristine.

But the fiction writer in me desperately wants to know why the family only lived in the basement...especially when they had such a nice house on the main floor.

 

[Sefton]

Wow. That house is just pristine.

But the fiction writer in me desperately wants to know why the family only lived in the basement...especially when they had such a nice house on the main floor.

The upstairs is haunted. Split level w / ectoplasm and great views.(exorcism not included).

 

[Lily Powers]

Very cool, but a tad creepy. Wonder what the occupied part of the house looks like? If the furnishings are part of the deal, very sweet! Any clothes in the closet???

 

[ShoreRoadLady]

If the interior weren't quite so spic-and-span, I'd be tempted to say the owners were lying. But as it is, I have only one question: why on earth would anyone live in a basement when they had that right above them?! They'd better have a really good explanation...

ETA: On further appraisal, it's certainly been gone over well for the photos - can you imagine the dust that would've been lying around? And on the carpets and curtains? (Unless the owner dusted, polished, and vacuumed the whole 50+ years...) Note the lovely bedspreads and unfaded curtains, the carefully placed bar of soap and plush rugs in the bathroom, the lovely statuettes. And no flowers, which would make it seem *too* lived-in and fresh, as opposed to frozen in time...yep, nice job on the photos.

(I just finished reading multiple vintage mysteries. Forgive my hyper-detail-oriented mind. )