That’s another thing: You can certainly buy older, cheaper objects if you’re competent in doing a lot of things yourself. But with rising energy prices, the necessary transition in e.g. heating technology and so on, I wouldn’t be able to do all the work that would be required to get an old house up to a somewhat modern standard where I won’t be actively harming climate and paying out of my nose for gas (or even worse, oil) to stay warm in winter.