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Even in the US this is the case. Government regulation has outlawed people building incrementally in most cases, so people who can't afford to buy a house gene
by Accujack 5y ago
Even in the US this is the case.
Government regulation has outlawed people building incrementally in most cases, so people who can't afford to buy a house generally have to rent forever.
Building a house is usually more expensive than buying a similar house, due to building codes, permitting costs, and costs of utility build-out.
- yonaguska 5y agoUnless you build it yourself. If you find a house for sale built by the general contractor for themselves, it's probably very well built. In a lot of ways that wouldn't be obvious to the vast majority of people.
- sokoloff 5y agoI would imagine that purchasing the land is at least as much a hurdle in most places. I suspect the land my house sits on is worth some small multiple of what the structure is worth.