Shutters

It's really not that bad except the paint job every 10-20 years which costs as much as a new car, but back in the day they had oil paint which didn't peel like latex does. Still, imo, worth it to live in an historic, unique, drag queen of a home.

As someone with an old wooden house, it's actually not bad. They're built so damn well that they just.. stay there.

The expensive part is if you need to do any renovations. Updating electrical, plumbing, and HVAC sucks.

The looks you get when you tell your contractor you want plaster, not drywall.

They had to find a guy who still knew how to do plaster walls when we redid our bathroom. He was well past retirement age.

I put in about 40hrs a year on scraping and painting and the total building envelope is only 160m2, and is much less detailed.