Ah. Yes, I remember you mentioning the emigration thing to me but hadn't realized you had got as far as actually checking out real estate.

We are cheap, utilitarian and functional when it comes to most things around architecture and design. Does it work? Will it keep us warm in winter? If yes, keep it. If not, knock it down/throw it out and get something new.

This is why most of our cities contain so much frighteningly ugly architecture.