یه سرمایه‌گذار به اسم شیل موهنوت رفته سراغ یه خونه تاریخی توی منطقه پیدمونت کالیفرنیا که از سال ۱۹۱۲ تا الان دست یه خانواده بوده و صاحبش تازه توی ۱۰۱ سالگی به رحمت خدا رفته

We’re looking at a house for sale in Piedmont that has been in the same family since it was built in 1912. The seller just died at 101, having lived there ~her entire life, and it has only been updated minimally. Good glimpse into how the relatively wealthy used to live, like: only 1 bathroom in a 4,000 sqft house (1st floor bathroom added later)… people didn’t start bathing daily until the 60s Floor plans are a good map of what people valued at the time based on how they allocated space: Some of the bedrooms have their own sitting rooms, there’s a staircase for servants, and the kitchen is relatively small and tucked away because it was a workspace for staff, not the center of family life like today I wonder how this changes in the future with robots in the household- maybe they get their own room for charging, maybe kitchens become smaller or hidden again as robots do more cooking, laundry rooms become automated utility spaces rather than rooms for humans, and storage could get denser because robots can retrieve things for us… or maybe we build bigger homes as maintenance and labor costs go down. Fun to think about. Another artifact of staying in the same family for 114 years: the ad valorem property tax is only ~$1,350/year. If we buy and renovate, we’ll pay $50k/yr! This sale will be very lucrative for the city.