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Originally Posted by Mutt
post a pic of the house - i would love to live in a 100 year old Victorian house.
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Adultchica's right - its not a 'Victorian' house, even though its 118 yrs. old. I love the old victorian-era architecture...but the really nice ones are outta our price range these days.
Naw, ours is just old, heh. It was the first one built on the street back in the day. And its been completely redone on the outside with vinyl siding so it doesn't look its age. The only way to tell is from the inside.
A few years back some people stopped by while I was outside clippin' the hedges - and they turned out to be grandkids of the family that originally built the place. They told me a bunch of stories about the history of the house...and I gave them a quick tour of the place inside. It was rather cool hearing their memories of the house as kids.
For instance, the walkway that leads from the back porch to the driveway is handmade concrete stones and each one features the names of the family members that originally lived here. And a tree that stands at the foot of the driveway was once a very "photogenic" tree that people in the neighbourhood used to come and photograph because of its shape and fullness (sounds weird, I know...but that's what the guy told me). Apparently even the local newspaper ran photos of the tree (its a small town, apparently it was a slow news day).
Inside we have a chandelier in the front entrance that's been there over 70 years, and the antique brass doorbell chimes are very old, too. The entire house is built with real oak 2x4's (back when they were actually that size) and they're solid as iron.