August 21, 2014 | U.S. News
Marketers and MTV may think youth is where it’s at, but often, old is in. And arguably, that’s never been truer than when it comes to houses.
“Every house has problems, but sometimes the older they are, the better built they are,” says Kristi Hughes, a public relations executive who, with her husband, purchased a 300-year-old, two-story Georgian Colonial house in the suburbs of Philadelphia about two years ago from her parents. Hughes says despite the home being in the family for about three decades, they knew the home needed major renovations and did about $150,000 worth, mostly gutting rooms to replace electric wires. Hughes says there were no surprises when they opened up the walls and ceilings.
But it doesn’t always go so smoothly. [...]