The advantages: of old style houses is distinctively that it is very authentic and can not be equated with nowadays models of houses, because it has historical value. The architectural style is a symbol of luxury on the antiquity of which can be associated also with a symbol of luxury in our own times. Furthermore, the Dutch Meneer did have attention on tropical climate so slowly adapting tropical architecture in buildings. Usually these buildings is very cool inside temperature even without AC, this is the result of attention to the potential for a tropical climate. The downside: the colonial-style buildings can not always be accepted by all circles.
