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[Rey]

(03-22-2012 01:05 PM)NWoBHM Wrote:  Blimey Rey - Dont you have preservation orders in the US?

(03-22-2012 11:12 PM)Gungawoman Wrote:  Rey-I bet your heart just sank! How sad. I see places like that and wonder who lived there and what memories were made in the old house. I've dreamed of buying places like that, thinking, "What if".....

Well, Nwo, we have what is called the "National Register of Historic Places" but, like others have said, they are typically with buildings in towns. This place was out in the country, which is not as regulated. There are lots of houses like this in towns, but they don't appeal to me as much. The house in my picture was in a beautiful country location, surrounded by nice trees, and was by itself without any other houses nearby. The location and the surroundings is what made this place shine. I value privacy and this was ideal.

I have since found another similar house in the same situation. I looked it up to see what the story was and found out it was for sale. Great! Well, not so fast, it is part of a 200 acre farm priced at over 2 million dollars. Funny though, the advertisement made no mention of the house at all. I called the broker and asked him, what about the house? He said they figured the house wasn't worth anything more than the farm land it was sitting on. Well, if that is the case, I told him to section off 5 acres around the house and sell it to me. I will give you more than the per acre asking price too. I was told no. They will not separate anything, its all or nothing. Amazing. They don't care at all about the house and I'm sure it will be bulldozed over this year and be gone too.

And yes Gunga, I too wonder about the people who lived there, the memories, the joys, the tragedies, their lives. A hundred years of history will be bulldozed over with it.