period or new houses...

[immense]

which ones do you prefer and why?

[GommeInc]

Period homes have alot of character and tend to be unique in style. They tend to feel more homely too. New ones just feel clinical, generic and lack imagination. I quite like period homes, ones that are unique in design with beams :D

[immense]

Yeah, same. Our old house was a proper cottage, huge fire, original beams and floor, the lot. This one atm is big, 1960s boring.

[leah]

new houses, they're cute, i'm quite into barn conversions too after watching a lot of escape to the country

[Catzsy]

new houses, they're cute, i'm quite into barn conversions too after watching a lot of escape to the country

I love the look of period houses. I live in one but the downside is they seem impossible to to keep warm without spending a fortune.

[Tintinnabulate]

We were house hunting for a year. I have always preferred modern ones. Saw several old type ones and I hated them. Ended up getting a new modern one.

[Kieran]

It has to be ultra modern for me... Huge glass windows etc :)

[danzooo]

I prefer modern, new houses. While old houses have character, appeal, history, whatever - what they don't usually have is central heating, double glazing or proper insulation making them cold in the winter.

Excluding restored houses of course, they usually have a host of problems and issues with them, whereas a brand new house is, well, brand new.

[Kieran]

I prefer modern, new houses. While old houses have character, appeal, history, whatever - what they don't usually have is central heating, double glazing or proper insulation making them cold in the winter.

Excluding restored houses of course, they usually have a host of problems and issues with them, whereas a brand new house is, well, brand new.

Generally new houses, like the kind you get in estates are of such poor build quality. The house I'm renting at the moment is four years old and there are so many problems with bad plastering etc.

[immense]

Yeah, rosie the thing about old ones is they're so airyyy and i know in my old one although it wasn't listed they wouldn't get double glazing because none of the other houses were and it'd totally ruin the look

[marriott0.01]

My house was built to be ultra-modern and sustainable, it doesn't even have bricks, it's made out of wood. Yeah that does sound like it's in the dark ages but it's got loads of glass and everything, which all together makes it look super modern. I love my house and its many floors and I've never liked old homes, they tend to look too dated and I've just never liked old things, I'm into the future, not the present or past, so I would say ultra-modern houses ;)

[Tintinnabulate]

I drool when I see those house make over shows :(.

[immense]

same. i love property shows in general.

[Inseriousity.]

LOL saw title of the thread and thought 'period' or a 'new house.' Periods are painful. :(

kk now I get it lolol, much prefer period houses. These new 'modern' buildings make me think 'WHY?!!!'

[Tintinnabulate]

LOL saw title of the thread and thought 'period' or a 'new house.' Periods are painful. :(

kk now I get it lolol, much prefer period houses. These new 'modern' buildings make me think 'WHY?!!!'

new modern ones are awesome and beautiful!

[immense]

some modern can be ok, some suck and look the same as every house. no character.

[Caution]

Period definitely. They're generally bigger and have better features and everything. The Scottish Parliament is an example of where modern has went wrong.