40 years - who is building these homes? A wood framed home should last hundreds of years if maintained. I recently opened up part of mine to do a renovation and

40 years - who is building these homes? A wood framed home should last hundreds of years if maintained. I recently opened up part of mine to do a renovation and the 100 year old+ timber was beautiful and strong. Foundations are brick here (cinderblocks) but after that I can’t see any real advantages to using bricks for walls. They’re expensive, hard to modify, and bulky. Wood framing breathes much better too.