re: Custom house - stuff you forgot

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None of the built in av stuff had any appeal to me. You live in a house for a long time....and av tech changes dramatically in ten years, much less 20. Been in a high end custom house from the late 60s? All of the once high tech stuff like room to room intercoms, built in hi-if, and metal grilled speakers everywhere sure do date a place as time passes.

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I don't have a dog in this hunt, but I will draw a distinction between built-ins and wiring. A better corollary would be homes that have phone jacks in every room. Is it necessary with the rise of wireless home phones, or even no home phone at all? Of course not. Does having these phone jacks in the wall bother prospective buyers? I doubt it.