we recently moved into our 'dream' house, everything was going swimmingly until someone came to visit and rang the doorbell! It sounded like the death cry of some poor animal..... it's really old (but is electric so can't be ancient).
Anyway, it has to go, it freaks out the children, me and dh have talked and we think that a wireless one would be far easier that dismantling half the house to replace just the 'chime'- what are their downfalls?
lastly 
i am hankering after one that i can set the tune on (yes i know- horribly tacky, but maybe quite fun in a retro chic "the bucket residence, the lady of the house speaking" kind of way , 'deck the halls' at festive times, and the ability to set it 'the dance of the sugar plum fairy' when sil is due to visit 
etc, is anyone going to admit to having the friendland mychime- and if so what's it like?