My parents bought their house for 8500.00 in 1956
two bedrooms in the attic
two bedrooms upstairs, full laundry room upstairs, nursery and bathroom
full kitchen, dining room, living room, pocket doors between the front door and living room!, bedroom downstairs
we never locked the front door
we had eggs, milk and bread delivered to the house, the delivery men walked right in the back door and put them in the refrigerator
we had one phone, and one tv set
we played outside all day, even in the rain
we sat on the front porch and watched thunderstorms, I love them!
I think that house is now worth half a million dollars
Yes, life was better in the 50’s and 60’s
you lived lush but other than the house we lived much the same. Our little house that was new in 1959 is gone now.
I think Mom and Dad paid 13,500 for the house but that sounds high. I know they sold it for 18,000 in 1968.
What state would that have been?