All houses need maintenance and upkeep to survive.
My wood frame house in Oakland was built in 1896. Clearly it lasted longer than 70 years. Brick is a terrible building material in California, due to earthquakes.
My brick house in Amsterdam was built in 1886. However, the piles it sat on were wood, which decayed, and the house sank 8 cm.
Both needed new foundations, both were gutted and remodeled on the inside to update them to modern standards.
My wood frame house in Oakland was built in 1896. Clearly it lasted longer than 70 years. Brick is a terrible building material in California, due to earthquakes.
My brick house in Amsterdam was built in 1886. However, the piles it sat on were wood, which decayed, and the house sank 8 cm.
Both needed new foundations, both were gutted and remodeled on the inside to update them to modern standards.