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>Are current houses just more fragile and fell apart within 50 years? Obsolescence gets overlooked but it is important. Not only are houses often poorly constr
by poulsbohemian 4y ago
>Are current houses just more fragile and fell apart within 50 years?
Obsolescence gets overlooked but it is important. Not only are houses often poorly constructed, but many are simply no longer desirable. For example in my area, anything pre-1960 is likely very small, possibly without a garage, and may only have one bathroom. The modern homeowner wants something better. Houses in the 1970s were frankly, weird. They don't fit modern tastes at all. Many houses built in the 1990s are falling down already because they were so poorly built. So my point is, you have to take into account not only the top end inventory number, but also that lack of desirability is a real thing that drags down actual available inventory.
- parineum 4y ago> Not only are houses often poorly constructed You have no idea what you're talking about. Houses are built to standards significantly higher than they used to be (aka, with standards). Contractors skimp where they can but, due to threats of litigation, those cut corners are cosmetics.
- poulsbohemian 4y agoDude - I work in real estate, I know exactly what I’m talking about. I can take you to housing developments in my area built maybe 25 years ago that are falling the fuck apart. Hell - my ex-wife lives in a rental house less than ten years old that already needs real work. Are standards for electrical, insulation, etc higher? Absolutely yes. But don’t you go telling me I don’t know what I’m talking asking about, especially when you are misconstruing what I wrote.
- parineum 4y agoAnd I worked in construction.