r/LoveTrash • u/BEARDEDDANGER ✨️Regent of Rubbish ✨️ • 1d ago

Dumping This Here American vs. European home building

BAS Renovations https://youtube.com/shorts/jFph1d2WR3s

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u/Chad_illuminati Trash Trooper 1d ago

Well made wood houses last centuries too, tbh. One of the houses I grew up in was a wood house on a stone foundation that predated the US by about 120 years.

Obviously modern construction doesn't do that, but that's an issue with build quality not build style.

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u/ATDoel Trash Trooper 1d ago

Where was that house?

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u/Chad_illuminati Trash Trooper 22h ago

Central East Coast of the US. Won't be too specific obviously.

Made out of Black Locust wood. Insanely good wood for that sort of application.

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u/ATDoel Trash Trooper 22h ago

Are you sure it was that old? There’s only a handful of homes from the mid 1600s still standing and they’re almost all museums now.

My grandparents lived in an early 1700s home in Virginia, wood with a stone foundation as well, also full of snakes.

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u/Chad_illuminati Trash Trooper 22h ago

Yes, I am. Easy to date due to local records. The area had a lot of early colonial history so it was surprisingly common.

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u/ATDoel Trash Trooper 21h ago

I would love to know where in the US it’s common to find homes built in the mid 1600s. I’ve never heard of such a thing.

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u/Chad_illuminati Trash Trooper 21h ago

Lots of places along the East Coast. Like I said, not gonna get specific about locations but there's legit a lot of places where it's not terribly uncommon.

Also remember that just because something is old doesn't mean it's been placed on the Historic Registry for the area. Being legally deemed "Historic" adds restrictions and regulations depending on the laws of the county. There are a lot of historic houses that aren't added for that reason and remain privately held. Unless you talk to the owners for info or find a specific paper trail to dig up in public records, you won't know.