About r/centuryhomes
In its own words:
Century Homes is a place for those that enjoy homes that have reached or exceeded 100 years of age, or thereabouts. We enjoy sharing stories and seeking advice to help us be great stewards of our historic homes.
Community guide
r/centuryhomes (#849, about 1.2 million subscribers) — Century Homes is a place for those that enjoy homes that have reached or exceeded 100 years of age, or thereabouts. We enjoy sharing stories and seeking advice to help us be great stewards of our historic homes. A recent sample averaged 19 posts a day (~57% gallery, ~21% text, ~20% image). Its public rules include: Play well with others - no hate speech; Keep to the Reddit Code; All posts must be Century Homes related; No Pinterest or Zillow links (mostly this is for PII protection); No X/Twitter links.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Low-effort or empty shitposts are often removed—add real context. Civility rules are enforced; personal attacks get removed. NSFW boundaries in the rules apply—follow them.
How it differs from lookalikes
Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rules—not merely a larger sibling community. Skim the full public rule list once rather than assuming defaults from similar subs.
Practical pointers
Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; rules can change. Search before reposting. Common flairs include: Advice Needed, 🪚 Renovations and Rehab 😭, Photos, 🔨 Hardware 🔨.
The community was created on Aug 9, 2011, which makes it 15 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 3,381 subscribers (+0.27%). It sits just behind r/nbadiscussion (#846) and ahead of r/GYM (#848) in our ranking.
What sets r/centuryhomes apart
It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 1.14% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 93% of the Top 100.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/centuryhomes climbed from 1,227,676 to 1,241,718 subscribers (+14K, +1.14%). That is about 275 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
Top posts on r/centuryhomes this week
The most upvoted posts of the past seven days, in the order Reddit ranks them (collected Nov 8, 2026).
- Saying goodbye to my century house today…but wanted to share the floors with some others that would appreciate them!u/Mysterious-Onion-497 · Nov 5 · gallery
- Flooring lotteryu/No_Scholar5615 · Nov 3 · gallery
- Restored 1906 front porch decku/Maleficent-Set-9333 · Nov 6 · gallery
- Is something wrong with this beautiful tile?u/Ok-Fun-3896 · Nov 2 · gallery
- Just got keys from this 1915 beauty in Vilnius Old Townu/Mundane_Music_6615 · Nov 3 · gallery
- Got the keys and immediately started the restorationu/AverageIdiot5383825 · Nov 7 · gallery
- Floor lottery?u/TemperatureHoliday82 · Nov 6 · gallery
- Nearly finishedu/Hogewild · Nov 1 · gallery
- The Casa Chorizo: European Immigrants Heritage, Bohemian Spirit and Argentine Architectureu/Pampa_of_Argentina · Nov 2 · gallery
- Fresh coat of urethane for my 1883 front dooru/flouncindouchenozzle · Nov 2 · gallery
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/centuryhomes, from 2024 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.
- Before and afters of turning our formerly abandoned 1927 Detroit home into our forever home. Vacant for 7 years prior to start.u/mopedgirl · Mar 5, 2025 · gallery
- Just won the floor jackpot!u/casually_miraculous · Oct 17, 2025 · image
- Floor lottery? Not quite sure, but a rare find to say the leastu/JFedkiw · Mar 20, 2026 · gallery
- Perpendicular Pocket Doors?u/Efficient-Society228 · Jun 30, 2026 · gallery
- We put our baby on the market today - gonna miss her.u/kragor85 · Mar 21, 2025 · gallery
- My parents 5 century old homeu/ExcellentMedicine358 · Jan 23, 2025 · gallery
- Saying goodbye to my century house today…but wanted to share the floors with some others that would appreciate them!u/Mysterious-Onion-497 · Nov 5, 2026 · gallery
- Bathroom before and after renovation in our 1925 Craftsmanu/IntentionLeather7806 · Jan 2, 2025 · gallery
- Inherited my 5x great grandmas home.u/DoubleSnails · Jun 10, 2026 · image
- Our entire neighborhood of century homes is goneu/sillysandhouse · Jan 10, 2025 · image
What r/centuryhomes talks about
Looking at the titles of 145 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “house”, “home”, “door”, “help” and “advice”. Other frequent themes are basement, kitchen, wood, tudor, repair and built. Recurring phrases include “house exterior”, “century homes”, “victorian marble” and “marble wallpaper”. By format, 57% are galleries, 21% are text posts and 20% are images.
Popular post flairs: Advice Needed (66), 🪚 Renovations and Rehab 😭 (24), Photos (24), 🔨 Hardware 🔨 (8), 🛁 Plumbing 💦 (5), Story Time (5).
Activity and best time to post
r/centuryhomes gets about 19 new posts a day. The public archive holds 49,945 posts and 1,274,975 comments in total, about 25.5 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Sunday (32 posts) and the quietest was Friday (12). Posting peaks around 16:00 UTC and is lowest around 06:00 UTC.
Rules of r/centuryhomes
The moderators of r/centuryhomes list 8 rules. In short:
- Play well with others - no hate speech
- Keep to the Reddit Code
- All posts must be Century Homes related
- No Pinterest or Zillow links (mostly this is for PII protection)
- No X/Twitter links.
- No excessive sales or self promotion posts
- No Low Effort, Trolling, or NSFW posts, no karma farming (karma accounts / reposts).
- No Vague, Click-bait style titles.
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/centuryhomes and press “Join”. Read the community rules in the sidebar before you post: every subreddit is run by its own volunteer moderators.
Frequently asked questions
How big is r/centuryhomes?
r/centuryhomes has 1,241,718 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #847 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 14,042 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
How old is r/centuryhomes?
r/centuryhomes was created on Aug 9, 2011, so it has been around for 15 years.
How active is r/centuryhomes?
Moderately: r/centuryhomes gets about 19 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 49,945 posts and 1,274,975 comments. In a sample of 145 recent posts we counted 135 different authors.
When is r/centuryhomes most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Sunday and the quietest Friday, and most posts arrive around 16:00 UTC, with the fewest around 06:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/centuryhomes about?
The community describes itself as: “Century Homes is a place for those that enjoy homes that have reached or exceeded 100 years of age, or thereabouts. We enjoy sharing stories and seeking advice to help us be great stewards of our historic homes.” Recent post titles often mention house, home, door, help and advice. Most posts are galleries (57%).
Is r/centuryhomes safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/centuryhomes as an 18+ (NSFW) community, and its own rules forbid NSFW content. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/centuryhomes?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/centuryhomes accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 8 posted rules, starting with: “Play well with others - no hate speech”; “Keep to the Reddit Code”; “All posts must be Century Homes related”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 9, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 2026; top posts from Reddit’s public feeds). Point and comment counts are archive snapshots and can be lower than on Reddit today. SubMouse is an independent directory and is not affiliated with Reddit or the moderators of r/centuryhomes.