This is tangential, but I've never been sure whether the word "Victorian" was in common use in purely US contexts. I guess it is - and I can stop studiously avoiding it.
I'll go and share it on Facebook sometime tonight, as my FB contacts are much more likely to be useful than my LJ ones. (IOW, I question if I'm LJ friends with anybody in New England who's not also LJ friends with you.)
This is tangential, but I've never been sure whether the word "Victorian" was in common use in purely US contexts.
I don't know if it's in identical common use when it comes to discussing styles, but in terms of when a house was actually built, it is frequently and correctly used to describe a large quantity of architecture in Somerville.
It's in use, and in general application it often covers everything between "Colonial" and "ranch."
I think that's unkind. Most people I know who talk about Victorian houses use it as a temporal marker, and are wrong only if it's really Edwardian instead.
Okay, I admit that was a crude and sweeping generalization, but I so often hear it used to mean "big old house with lots of rooms and maybe a porch" for houses built as late as the 1920's! Of course it can be hard to tell if the trim's stripped and the place is stucco-coated or done over with asbestos.
I have forwarded this ad to my haidresser/cousin, who is the person I know who talks to the most people during a given day (and who is often asked to comisserate with them over the difficulties of finding a good apartment).
I have forwarded this ad to my haidresser/cousin, who is the person I know who talks to the most people during a given day (and who is often asked to comisserate with them over the difficulties of finding a good apartment).
I crossposted this on Twitter! I think none of my LJ friends are in the area and are currently looking for a place, but on Twitter it might be different.
but I so often hear it used to mean "big old house with lots of rooms and maybe a porch" for houses built as late as the 1920's!
We're not sure there was ever a porch on the front of ours. We're pretty sure the sunroom along the side was built over from a deck at some point, but again we're not convinced that was original. The internal structure of all the rooms has been pretty heavily rearranged.
That said, someone came tonight and looked at the place and said all sorts of effusively complimentary things, so yay for that.
Most welcome. Sorry I didn't manage to get it shared until today (well, yesterday, technically speaking, if we measure days from midnight to midnight rather than from sleep to sleep).
I hope it will do some good, and I wish you much luck with it all.
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I'll go and share it on Facebook sometime tonight, as my FB contacts are much more likely to be useful than my LJ ones. (IOW, I question if I'm LJ friends with anybody in New England who's not also LJ friends with you.)
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I don't know if it's in identical common use when it comes to discussing styles, but in terms of when a house was actually built, it is frequently and correctly used to describe a large quantity of architecture in Somerville.
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I think that's unkind. Most people I know who talk about Victorian houses use it as a temporal marker, and are wrong only if it's really Edwardian instead.
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Much appreciated.
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Awesome. Thanks!
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Thank you so much!
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We're not sure there was ever a porch on the front of ours. We're pretty sure the sunroom along the side was built over from a deck at some point, but again we're not convinced that was original. The internal structure of all the rooms has been pretty heavily rearranged.
That said, someone came tonight and looked at the place and said all sorts of effusively complimentary things, so yay for that.
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Most welcome. Sorry I didn't manage to get it shared until today (well, yesterday, technically speaking, if we measure days from midnight to midnight rather than from sleep to sleep).
I hope it will do some good, and I wish you much luck with it all.
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You're welcome!