My 1926 bungalow is located in Whiting, Indiana, a suburb of Chicago. To check it out, try the website at www.realtor.com and search under the zip code 46394. It's the one at 1826 Davis Ave. <br> <br>

The house is great. Good luck in selling it. I hope you find someone who loves it and actually knows what it is. <br> <br>Unfortunately, the realtors in your area apparently don't recognize bungalows when they see them. When I scrolled through the listings to find your house I noticed that most of the bungalows were listed either as "cape cod" or "ranch" style. I don't remember a single "bungalow" listing even though there were a number of obvious bungalows pictured. I guess the bungalow craze hasn't hit Indiana yet. <br> <br>You may want your realtor to add "bungalow" to the description of your house just in case there is someone out there who doesn't have a picture and is looking for a bungalow. <br> <br>

Unfortunately, your're right about the bungalow craze not hitting Indiana. I live in the south-central part of the state in a wonderful 1928 bungalow, and I see so many instances where people rip out the old to update...as if they're doing a service to the home. <br> <br>In order to make my home more "appealing" for the market, the previous owners of my home wallpapered every square inch (NOT Morris designs, either), lovingly updated the kitchen and the bathroom, and put down otherwise gorgeous ivory carpet throughout the home. They couldn't believe they wasted their money when they found out I ripped the carpet up almost immediately after moving in and have since re-installed a clawfoot tub and removed the cheap cabinetry in the kitchen (leaving the built-ins, of course). (They still live in town and we have kept in touch since the closing on the house.) <br> <br>On my walk through the neighborhood last week, I saw a pile of wood outside a bungalow that was recently purchased. When I got up on the pile, I saw that it was trim and baseboards from what looked like the entire house. I couldn't believe it. I wanted to go knock on the door and shake the man by the shoulders! But then that wouldn't jive with the warm, welcoming attitude that bungalow owners and period enthusiasts are supposed to have, so I just smiled and waved! <br> <br>I feel alone in this desire to preserve the bungalows in this town; if they aren't grand-scale homes with towers and pillars, it seems there is little interest in holding on to them. Anyone else facing this dilemma in their neighborhood? <br> <br>

During the neighborhood cleanup, a gentleman of my acquaintance (who runs a local reproduction lighting store) saw a built-in dresser, complete with hardware and mirror, that someone in the Avenues had pulled out and put at the curb for pickup. <br> <br>Luckily he had a cellphone and several friends with trucks . . . . <br> <br>It's shockingly common here to see places redone with no thought for the historic integrity of the house: my own is missing bookcases, a colonnade, the wainscoating and plate rail in the dining room . . . all in the name of updating. I've lost count of the number of people who've told me to tear out all that old plaster, slap some drywall up, it won't look any different -- <br> <br>

Here in Seattle's north side we have a lot of craftsmans <br>that are in great shape and very well restored. (We do <br>have some re-muddles as well.) <br>Our bungalow was built in 1918 and is in great shape. <br>Sad to say, though, that the house originally had built- <br>ins that are long gone. But, original fir and oak floors <br>and the bathrooms and kitchen have been remodeled <br>but fit in very well. If I do this right I'm including a link to <br>a 1938 photo of our house. <br> <br>Our house in 1938 <br>http://homepage.mac.com/wberta/.Pictures/Photo%20Album%20Pictures/Our%20House/house_38.jpg <br>

Unfortunately I do. I live in San Bernardino, in southern California and I see the same thing all the time, sponsored by the city no less. In order to reduce the number of vacant houses in the downtown area, the City of San Bernardino has a program where they buy foreclosed vacant homes from HUD, hire contractors to rahab them, and then resell them to first time buyers, at usually less than market prices. It's an admirable program to be sure, but, the contractors don't know or care about historical integrity. The first thing they do is cover the existing clapboard or shingle siding and cover it with stucco-this is required by the city. Then they rip out the plaster walls and wood moldings and replace with drywall and MDF moldings. then they paint the entire interior of the houses WHITE! All of the original windows are taken out and replaced with vinyl. All of the original cupboards and fittings are replaced with new ones from Home Depot. I have to admit this is better than having the homes sit empty and be vandalized, but I really wish the restoration bug would bite San Bernardino like it has in and around Los Angeles, and soon. <br> <br> <br> <br>