What does the narrator mean when he writes that there was a wild inconsistency in the house

A.  some parts where in terrible condition while others where great.

Explanation:

The Fall of the House of Usher is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe first published in 1839 and is where the excerpt above comes from.

The excerpt talks about a "wild inconsistency", well, the word inconsistency means something that is not stable and does not maintain a coherence. Thus, we can conclude that the term "wild inconsistency" is referring to the lack of consistency and stability in what was happening in the house, because the house had some parts where in terrible conditions, while other parts were in excellent condition.

now, of course, the quality and the seasonability of these winter dreams varied, but the stuff of them remained.   they persuaded dexter several years later to pass up a business course at the state university—his father, prospering now, would have paid his way—for the precarious advantage of attending an older and more famous university in the east, where he was bothered by his scanty funds. but do not get the impression, because his winter dreams happened to be concerned at first with musings on the rich, that there was anything merely snobbish in the boy. he wanted not association with glittering things and glittering people—he wanted the glittering things themselves. often he reached out for the best without knowing why he wanted it—and sometimes he ran up against the mysterious denials and prohibitions in which life indulges.

there you go thats what we are missing

men had a stronger claim to titles and wealth during the renaissance.