Second homes homes built before 1976 do not qualify.
Old houses with doors on second floor.
Drop off your spare items at the trailer before going back to the much more docile old house.
Back in the days of coal fires and no central heating.
My grandmother told me that some winters the snow got so deep that it would completely cover the first floor.
This one is still useful.
Depending on your home s style age location and size the answer might be different.
You need to take out the old one.
If your house was once split into a duplex then outside stairs to a door at the landing could make sense to avoid having the second floor occupant having to enter on the first floor.
At our old family house i always wondered why there was an extertior door on the second floor with no staircase leading down.
If your old house has two front doors there are a number of reasons.
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A coal delivery man came with horse and cart they had a rope and pulley system to hoist up the heavy hessian bags so the ground floor would have a man securing bags to a rope and a wooden door.
Up on the 2nd floor put the lantern in the holder to unlock the door and enter the kid s room.
But on the second floor with snowshoes on you could exit the house to do your chores.
I ve included the most likely theories here.
Some of the explanations can range a bit on the mythology side whereas others seem more logical.
If you tried opening the front door all you could see would be snow.