unfortunately yes most of them are, that and cable TV. I just purchased this house in August and am in the process of renovating it. The house was built in 1901 but was 'converted' to 3 separate apartments in the 1977. The house was updated in 1994 but still split into 3 apartments. I am currently working on making it a single family dwelling again, that and I will be adding 10 feet to the back of the house and a two car garage (the garage will actually go where the two green Libertys are) Once the house is done I will only have the one electric wire going down the back of the house to the power meter (since this area has above ground power lines this is unavoidable)