Old homes can be wonderful, and they were built to very different standards, so the inspection matters more, with the foundation at the top of the list. Focus on the big-ticket systems: - Foundation first. A home this age likely predates modern slab construction, and a century of ground movement can be expensive to correct. - Plumbing and electrical next. From our own experience renovating older homes, houses from the early-to-mid 1900s frequently needed wiring and plumbing brought fully up to modern code, both for safety and for insurability. - Roof, heating, and cooling round out the list. The encouraging part: original framing on well-built older homes is often extremely solid, sometimes more so than newer work. Bring in an inspector who knows homes of that era, and add foundation and sewer-line specialists if anything looks marginal. Price the likely updates before you waive contingencies, so the charm does not blind you to a large systems bill. Once you have inspection numbers in hand, we can stress-test the purchase with you on the free Roadmap call.