Houses built around this area in the 40’s – 60’s were pretty much all built out of wood. Its odd to me that someone would cover up beautiful oak floors in favor of carpet, with grey carpet no less. I was talking to my father in law Jack about it. He mentioned that carpet used to be pretty expensive. When prices came down people started to cover up their wood flooring.
In all the houses built in the 2000’s we have a subfloor made of plywood….Much less expensive and easier to install. I’d prefer the oak.
floors at the new place
There are pros and cons to both new and old houses. Older houses you never know what to expect and it’s fun to find a treasure every once in a while though!
It seems that whatever the latest fashion, its usually the most difficult to obtain. Maybe we should try to make the latest fashion the easiest? But that’s never how it is.
It IS amazing to pull back a worn out carpet to find hardwood floors. One of our rentals had hickory floors in pristine condition. Perhaps it was the warmth factor? 50 years ago people depended on wood, coal and oil heating, all kind of messy bothersome stinky and time consuming compared to natural gas. Covering up the floors would have made the place a little toastier maybe?