I love the look of old houses. Century old or older. I love the worn wood floors. The attention to detail. So when we were going to need a house about 20 years ago I looked into buying an old house and having it moved to our land. For very many reasons, good reasons, I abandoned this idea. Either I had to move into an old house situated where it was built or build my own new house where I owned property. We had a house built and even though our contractor turned out to be a thief the bones of the house are great. I did have to re-hang EVERY door in the house, had to remove the front doors completely to fix the installation, and fix other problems. Still, the house is what I wanted, 3/4" thick maple floors, solid wood 1 3/8" thick doors, all bronze hardware, 9 foot ceilings, Craftsman style trim, etc. We love our house and will live here until we are dead. We often get spontaneous compliments on our home. After about 18 years of living here the floors have dents and the house is starting to get that old house look that I love, that lived in look. By the time we die I think it will look pretty good. Our last house was built in the early 70s and was a piece of crap. No insulation in the walls, about 2 inches of blown in insulation in the attic, wiring in the garage and basement that was wired backwards, with the white wires hot and the black neutral, missing grounds, etc. I could go on and on. I was happy to sell it.
Eric