> This hardly inspires me with confidence. Maybe it depends on location, but here, saying something was built 'the old-fashioned way' generally does mean massi

> This hardly inspires me with confidence. Maybe it depends on location, but here, saying something was built 'the old-fashioned way' generally does mean massively over-engineered and structurally solid. I can only assume wood and concrete were a lot cheaper in the past. It's all good until you go to do some major renovations and discover that the concrete footers you need to remove are ridiculously deep...