.- Neighborhood averages $136 per sqft for run of the mil homes, comp homes, modernized run on average of $165-$185.  

I want to buy that cheap 80 inch TV while getting paid $15-$25 per hr flipping burgers.Ultimately we live in a free market society.

Contact your local historic home preservation society (or similar group), and ask for their recommendations.

Matching modern appliances, updated light fixtures, countertops, etc..  

@Hadar Orkibi Other than that you have very high taxes, compared to the USA, and your frequent earthquakes, (which doesn't bother me) NZ is highly educated, very modern, english speaking with a good economy and 1,000 miles from anywhere.

I see the need to be more modern with my organizational skills, but will always have the good ol trusty pen and paper handy! 

Not that the society can't afford this: look how easily we come up with similar amounts to bail out savings and loans, make war, give massive tax breaks to the wealthy.

More info:He owns the building he works out of and his equipment and records are obviously worth something, but the equipment is not very modern and his records are still paper records.  

I try to word my report tactfully and it usually isn't an issue. something like "Although at the time of original construction xyz may have been acceptable, modern safety standards require xyz to be... 

@Preston Ellis Biggs since you like cigars, check out a group near you called the Tennessee International Tobacco Society