We’ve now owned two homes older than 50 years and two homes younger than 20 years.  Older homes are much more my style.  They are typically built with higher-quality materials and they offer story, character, and charm.  You also tend to get a lot more for your money simply because the house is old and perhaps needs some work.  There are things, however, that aren’t fun about owning homes that have more than half a century behind them.  Termites is one of those things.  Both of our 50+-year-old homes had termite issues before we purchased them.  The 1940s Cape Cod in PA just had some dormant mud tubes in the basement.  Our current 1970 house in Maryland had an infestation around one of the bedroom windows and the infestation and house were treated so everything was under control before we purchased it.  We looked into a few different termite treatment