Insulating an OLD House-Oil Costs

CateP · 02-07-2011, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Rusty

If the house you are looking at was built in the 1900’s then that means it could be 110 yrs old or 10 years old. Can you be more specific as to when it was built.

If you don’t have any carpentry, plumbing, or electrical skills, then IMO buying an older house could put you in the poor house or nut house….. by older house I mean the early 1900’s.

I don't know all the details about the house we are interested in , but I do know the electric and plumbing were both brought up to code in the last 10 years. AND a new roof was put in by the owner within the last 6 years. All windows were replaced. Lots of renovation. Furnace is 15 years old. Insulation is not great.

As I mentioned in another post, we currently live in an old house and have certainly had our share of repair, even after gutting half of it and building from scratch. One thing I have learned is that when it comes to electric and plumbing, hire a professional. We're both pretty handy, but some things should be fixed by people who are trained and licensed.

It may be that we have to abandon our fantasy of living in a quaint old home with lots of nooks and charm and have it be completely updated HVAC wise. At least on our budget.

I think we will need to shift our thinking a bit, thanks to the responses on this thread.

Rusty · 02-07-2011, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by CateP

I don't know all the details about the house we are interested in , but I do know the electric and plumbing were both brought up to code in the last 10 years. AND a new roof was put in by the owner within the last 6 years. All windows were replaced. Lots of renovation. Furnace is 15 years old. Insulation is not great.

As I mentioned in another post, we currently live in an old house and have certainly had our share of repair, even after gutting half of it and building from scratch. One thing I have learned is that when it comes to electric and plumbing, hire a professional. We're both pretty handy, but some things should be fixed by people who are trained and licensed.

It may be that we have to abandon our fantasy of living in a quaint old home with lots of nooks and charm and have it be completely updated HVAC wise. At least on our budget.

I think we will need to shift our thinking a bit, thanks to the responses on this thread.

Thank you for the excellent response!

Reading some of your posts I don't think that any challange is too big for you or your partner.
Good luck with your purchase.