On Wed, 2012-11-21 at 13:34 -0600, Jeff Sickel wrote: > On this continent anything beyond the date of expiration is > considered old. The typical date of expiration of a house is > 30yrs (conveniently in line with the typical mortgage on a > new construction).
Our neighbor's house in New Castle, NH, USA was built in 1647. It's one of a dozen or more 17th century homes in town.