The time has come to where my son is going to buy my old house and my wife and I are looking at buying a new or newer house to retire in. We have lived in an old 1954 farm house for 25 years. It has a crawl space. We heated with wood for a few years with a wood stove. I grew up with a wood stove and cutting wood every year so that wasn't new for me. We finally got a regular heat system in 2004. I wrap the pipes every winter and close the crawl space vents to prevent frozen pipes. I am wondering if I should get a regular house with a crawl space or a house built on a concrete slab. The slab pros that I can think of is no frozen pipes but if there is ever a problem , I imagine that the slab would have to be jack hammered up to get to the pipes. The crawl space sucks cause of the pipes being exposed and will have to be wrapped and the vents closed up and such. Plus with a crawl space , if there is a leak in the toilet and any plumbing , the floor will rot and the wood floor will need to be replaced. With the slab , if there is a leak above , it wont rot the floor cause the floor is concrete. I welcome any information or experience on this . Thanks in advance.