>Jim,
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>>> It was still in excellent condition 35+ years after those pictures!
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>Of course a 35-year-old house is an infant in the UK. I know a lady in Devon who lives in a farmhouse that is over 1000 years old. Very comfortable, and expected to last at least another 1000 years.

But that's the great thing with the 2-by-4 house: you don't get stuck with the same old for two millenia!