Reged: 02/28/06
Posts: 641
Loc: Sheffield, England
81 years? Pah, think yourself lucky - our house was built in 1840!! Victorian red brick house, though the front is rendered white now.
I actually like it, as it has loads of character and the rooms are bigger and higher than they are in modern houses over here in the UK. Two drawbacks though - firstly the walls aren't straight, so decorating's a pain, and also it used to have an outside loo, so the old owners built a new bathroom - unfortunatley it's downstairs, through the dining room and kitchen, just before you hit the garden. We're currently turning the office into a lovely IBS0-friendly upstairs bathroom though!
And know what you mean about a busy road, we're right by one too. OK other than when massive lorries come down the road and the house shakes!