• Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.eeEnglish
    181·
    2 days ago

    Somebody take all the people who “renovate” old homes by removing literally any and all charm and likability out of a home and shove them in the next rocket to the moon. It’s grey, so their absolutely bland souls and static filled brains would have a blast there.

  • Fosheze@lemmy.worldEnglish
    43·
    3 days ago

    Everyone loves the idea of living in an old house until they realize that there’s only 3 electrical outlets in the whole place, everything is insulated with asbestos, and everything is painted with lead.

    • helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world
      14·
      3 days ago

      I’d love a modern house, with the detailed craftsmanship of old. Who wants a bland white wall? Give me some fancy wood details and comfy furniture with a bit of character.

      • booly@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        2 days ago

        Who wants a bland white wall?

        Hang some shit on that wall. Paintings. Photographs. Random yard sale taxidermy.

        Modern styles can still have plenty of personality. Yes, one of the modern trends is minimalism, but that’s not the only modern trend, and there are plenty of ways to explore your own sense of style within a modern sensibility.

        I like having a house with really, really good insulation, with good plumbing and electrical up to 21st century fire/safety standards. I like having ducts for my central heat pump and air conditioning.

        I can fill in the appearance and style stuff after that on my own.

        • helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world
          1·
          2 days ago

          You make a fair point, but there’s still sometime to be said about fancy parts that are a part of the house.

          Instead of covering up the house with personality, I want the house itself to have personality.

          (Of course, there’ll be some empty walls for whatever, gotta leave enough space for the family photos, but conveniently nowhere to hang that ulgy 5ft painting your great-aunt-in-law insited you take (she’ll admit, but she didn’t want it either))

    • BastingChemina@slrpnk.net
      181·
      3 days ago

      I stayed in an old house in the UK where the owner had to get the windows and doors adjusted every year because the house was moving so much all the opening size would change.

    • SSJMarx@lemm.eeEnglish
      7·
      3 days ago

      Upgrading an old house isn’t much more difficult or expensive compared to doing a full renovation, the problem is that the two groups that tend to do these kinds of renovations - flippers and real estate corporations - are incentivized to target the “lowest common denominator” which means boring modernist minimalism.

    • nBodyProblem@lemmy.world
      4·
      2 days ago

      I live in an opulent old Victorian with all the associated trappings you’d expect from the era

      It’s glorious

  • SSJMarx@lemm.eeEnglish
    17·
    3 days ago

    covering the fireplace with drywall

    I hate those two more than words can describe.

    • sundray@lemmus.orgOPEnglish
      45·
      3 days ago

      It’s a shame too, because fewer walls means fewer places to hang creepy portraits whose eyes follow you around the room.

      • SmoothLiquidation@lemmy.worldEnglish
        26·
        3 days ago

        I had a coworker who joked that you could tell if a post is load bearing because the saw gets stuck when you are cutting through it.

    • brygphilomena@lemmy.world
      5·
      3 days ago

      Oh yea. I just LOVE being able to hear EVERYTHING going on in the house. All the different TVs people are watching.

  • lugal@lemmy.ml
    401·
    3 days ago

    Everyone says this house is haunted but I live here for 300 years and never saw a ghost

      • Frog@lemmy.ca
        5·
        3 days ago

        Just saw this. I was surprised I really liked it. Story was more interesting than I imagined. I figured it was just another cash grab.

        Michael Keaton is 73 and he fucking killed it.

      • OpenStars@discuss.onlineEnglish
        3·
        3 days ago

        Nope, not gonna do it - I’m not going to say it the third time to summon him, not again!

        but...

        he will!

        Beetlejuice

    • pastermil@sh.itjust.works
      4·
      3 days ago

      It is widely believed that ghosts follows the paths they were taking when they were alive. So if someone sees a ghost walking thru a wall, chances are the wall wasn’t there when that person was still alive.