We're here in my mother-in-law's former home in Lakeside Park,
Kentucky (a Cincinnati suburb, between Covington and Erlanger).  She
moved to an assisted living apartment several months ago, and now my
wife and her relatives are clearing out the house to get it ready for
sale.

Yesterday, an avuncular real estate agent came to look over the place.
 When he was told that there were hardwood floors under the
wall-to-wall carpeting, he nodded knowingly, and said "yeah, old
houses always have hardwood floors."  Apparently this Kentucky realtor
had never seen a shotgun shack.

But more startling was the concept that a suburban Colonial from 1968
is now an "old house," in the same category with hip-roof Foursquares
and Italianate villas.  I mean, the original historic fabric of this
particular landmark includes plastic snap-in muntins!  If I had been
in the vicinity, I would have been, at age 13, old enough to make
snarky comments about it during construction.

Next thing you know, Bob Vila is going to demonstrate how to preserve
thin brick and Dryvit.


       Larry

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Lawrence Kestenbaum, [log in to unmask]
Washtenaw County Clerk & Register of Deeds, http://ewashtenaw.org
The Political Graveyard, http://politicalgraveyard.com
P.O. Box 2563, Ann Arbor, MI 48106

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