Our House

[poliphilo]

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[aellia.livejournal.com]

It's a very elegant house.
How old is it?
I like the stained glass windows,especially
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[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Exactly a hundred years old. It was built in 1909

[halfmoon-mollie.livejournal.com]

It's a very very very fine house...quite elegant!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thank you. It's a typical Edwardian terrace house. Well built. I'm very fond of it.

[suemars.livejournal.com]

what a cute place. i love all of the big windows. nice blue door.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

Unfortunately the big windows face north- so there's not a lot of light through the day.

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

What is the history of your house? How old is it?
I love the windows. Is that leaded stained glass?

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

It was built in 1909. It's a middle-status, terraced house of that period- the sort of place that might have been owned by someone in middle-management. The first owner- so far as we can make out- was a widow woman who took in lodgers.

The area has gone up and down the social scale since then. It was pretty rough when I first moved in, but is now recovering. There are a lot of upwardly mobile Asian families on the street.

Yes, that's real, leaded stained glass.

[lblanchard.livejournal.com]

It's a lovely house, and it's wonderful that the facade hasn't been modernized.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

We're going to have to replace the windows soon. The challenge will be to find a company that will conserve and replace the stained glass.

[sovay]

It has a good face. And stained glass.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

The stained glass was- above all else- the feature that sold it to me back in 1986

[clindau.livejournal.com]

Very nice. There are a few houses similar to this on the edges of downtown Minneapolis. They too have been experiencing ups and downs. Right now it's mostly ups.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

This kind of house became unfashionable in the mid-20th century- and whole districts were demolished. Now they're appreciated more and the first impulse is to renovate.

[daisytells.livejournal.com]

Thank you so very much! It is delightful! I love the windows. The place reminds me of Boston's Back Bay and Beacon Hill and other "intown" neighborhoods where many of the buildings have the same elegance, albeit a bit older(probably mid 19th Century).

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't want to live in a new house. I like a bit of atmosphere- and maybe a ghost or two...

[heatherp8.livejournal.com]

love the windows
love the door
love the great location more!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Nifty rhyme! :)

The location's pretty good. Less than a mile from the town centre and less than five minutes walk from extensive parkland.