Beautiful old houses that remain in perfect condition and are on sale in England and France.
In European countries and some U.S. locations and properties have a plus in value because they retain, or rather the preserved and maintained in proper operating condition over many years, some up to several centuries.
Is that in these countries is valued memomria value, not only economic but historical ways of life they represented, the architecture show like their interior designs.
All of this, the reverse of our culture, gives an economic value added, because they are history and identity. Each region has its own way and how to build and existing buildings can not invade them or modify them. Only allowed the maintenance and use of technology for life is appropriate to present and provide comfort.
Here are some examples: