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Yes its interesting example, but 1914 Sears house didn't have electricity, or hot water (was an extra), no shower, I'm guessing its single glazed and lightly in

• throwawaylinux 5y ago
  Are most modern houses really too luxurious where you're from? What I see is that they have pretty poor build quality when you look closely, and are thrown together as cheaply as possible, and are not designed all that well. Where I am, "marble" would be engineered stone (which I don't have a problem with it's functional and looks okay), but many new kitchens (and bathrooms) aren't well designed for the space they take up and come with flimsy gimmicky fittings and appliances. Where modern houses go overboard (in my opinion) is optimizing floor area per dollar and making them very large and lowering quality. Although that's also a response to buyer preferences, people like having very big houses and don't care too much about the design, the details, or efficiency.
  • rr808 5y ago
    Yes build quality is poor. "Luxurious" to me has quotes, looks pretty on the brochure but everything needs replacing after 10 years.