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Completely correct, except that a dirty or algae-covered plaster facade unfortunately ages with dignity much less often than a patrician house in Venice :p Maybe one should choose materials again more based on the fact that they still look good after a few decades without constant maintenance...

Water always makes an impression, of course, but look at the columns and the balcony on the right side above the red posts. They are just dirty ... but somehow it looks good (I think)

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Maybe one should choose materials more often again so that they still look good in a few decades without constant maintenance...

Shouldn't today's wall coatings be at that level by now? Keyword here: hydrophobization. I have seen brick walls that were hydrophobized years ago. Over time, these facades - especially the joints - cleaned themselves surprisingly well, as growth had hardly any chance of survival due to the lack of moisture.

Water of course always makes an impression, but look at the columns and the balcony on the right side above the red posts. They are just dirty ... but somehow it looks good (I think)

The problem, however, is that it looks nice there or in such a special environment; in the new development area it looks terrible. Although I absolutely understand and agree with your intention, I at least notice for myself that, for example, our completely overgrown and unmaintained outdoor area of our formerly rented house in the middle of the forest by the lake would look stupid in our current new development area.

an interesting point is the dialogue between the optical appearance and inner processes.

there is usually something like a judgment: one thing is good and the other is bad.

... and when you question that - is it really like that, or does anything get better from this classification? - you can often relax more.
What I find crucial in such questions is always: does the world become more pleasant through my judgment or not?

A neighbor, at least, who thinks my house is dumb just because it doesn't look new, I find dumb.
... unless he is right :oops:
... did I say it is easy? No!
Whether something has dignity or is simply neglected can be a fine line.
Taking a close look, anyway, I always find right. Inside and out :cool:

I do not mean a classification into good/bad. It is rather that I liked something elsewhere, which I now would like less in a new development area. For me at least, that often has something to do with the respective surroundings; but maybe it is not formulated precisely enough by me. :D