Front Porch II

Some front porches are more elegant like this one on Linea up in Vedado. This lady occupies the front apartment. This lovely old mansion which at one time likely had more servants than owners has been subdivided into multiple apartments. These apartments were then rented for nominal sums to "the people". After paying rent for 7 years, the house becomes yours. Most of the stately old homes are in terrible disrepair, some are crumbling, others have been reasonably well kept. Like anywhere, it depends on the occupants. Most of the apartments are nicer than the bohios and frame houses one encounters in the countryside. Most of these homes were the property of those displaced by the revolution.