sheeple home buyers?

Question

I'm curious as to why it is that today's generation of young home buyers judge buying a new home, like it were a car? They get into the year built and don't give a rat's behind who, how or with what the home was built with? Sure, modern homes will have some more modern amenities, but they are built with things like.
1. Monolithic foundations that only go sub grade 12-14 inches versus 4 fricken feet!
2. Homes built from OSB board, or fake wood, or even worse compressed cardboard.
3. Homes with premanufactured roof trusses, spaced 24" on center, so the roof is assured it will sag in five years.
4. compressed sawdust siding
5. Plastic plumbing
These homes being built look pretty, but fall apart in under ten years. A home built from top to bottom with solid wood on a 4 ft foundation will last forever. Why don't they see it this way. They always ask..."what year is it?" Just like buying a car. It's insanity. Wake up young people. Buy a well built older home and save tens of thousands!

Answer 1

Most people, including myself, don't know squat about home construction techniques. We assume newer homes are bult to code, and therefore have a certain inherent level of quality. Newer homes also have less time for stuff to break.

I'll take a newer home anyday over a 40 or 50 year old place, unless I know the older place has had substantial electrical and plumbing work done fairly recently.

Answer 2

I live in a home that was built in the 1860's. I have no doubt that it will still be standing for another 150 years. This house is beyond solid.

However ... my home was wired for electricity in the 1920's. God forbid I plug in two appliances at one. I blow a fuse.

When I get a leak, I don't just have to fix the leak and maybe replace some sheetrock. I have to go to a fancy restoration place and get a section of pressed tin ceiling that matches what I have.

Same thing with everything else in this house. I can't just make a quick trip to Lowe's or Home Depot when something goes wrong. People who have a much newer house can.

I would trade my lead pipes for some nice new plastic ones in a minute. I can't use water from my lead pipes to drink or cook with. Instead, I pay a water company to deliver giant bottles to me once a month.

What you are describing is a cheaply built newer house. Not all new houses are that shoddy.

Answer 3

Dont you think that by asking the year it was built, we can tell if it is build decently?

I asked what year mine was....1971...which meant a lot of good things....real plywood subfloors, 16 inch on center roof trusses, aluminum siding (still looks good after 36 years), copper pipes, gfci outlets.....basement about 9 feet below grade......
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