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A concrete building has a lifespan of about 50 years. Even so, most people wouldn't want to live in a 30 or 40-year old building anyway.

by erfgh 3y ago

draugadrotten 3y ago
In Europe, people often pay extra to live in buildings which are several hundred years old.
- systemtest 3y ago
  I live in such a building. Only the facade is hundreds of years old, the rest has been completely redone multiple times over its lifetime. The entire building gets stripped, including the floors. New floors are placed, then the walls, then the interior walls. Even the foundation was completely replaced once.
- erfgh 3y ago
  You mean they pay to live in that 1 out of 100 buildings of that age that is still standing and on which multiple extensive renovations have been conducted.
ccppurcell 3y ago
This is very dependent on location. There are places where, eg, the buildings from the 60s are rather well built, but the later buildings are terrible. It's not the age that matters. My previous apartment was brand new building, but cheaply built to cash in on certain developments nearby (new transport links, new faculty building at the university). I doubt it will still be there in twenty years. My current building is much older but much nicer to live in (thicker walls, better ventilation, no creaks and whistles when the wind blows the wrong way). I think it must be 40 years old or more.
- systemtest 3y ago
  In The Netherlands, anything post-WWII up to the 1980s is typically of very low quality. We had to quickly rebuild the country. And it was the start of prefab concrete, which had some teething issues. In the 1980s we had the Bouwbesluit, a set of rules for building residential homes. Everything built since the Bouwbesluit is of high quality and can usually be purchased without worry. Those homes are typically also well insulated. Looking at pre-war the 1930s were great. Opulent homes with a high degree of finishing, including stained glass, beautiful mouldings, lots of wood finishing, en-suite doors.
matejn 3y ago
I think it's quite normal to live in a 100+ year old building in a European city center. Though they're usually made from brick and not concrete. And do people who have built their own house usually demolish it and move on after just 30-40 years? That's when you've just paid off your mortgage, heh. At my parents' house, they just replaced the roof, which was well over 30 years old. The house itself is over 100 years old and completely fine to live in.

A concrete building has a lifespan of about 50 years. Even so, most people wouldn't want to live in a 30 or 40-year old building anyway.

by erfgh 3y ago

A concrete building has a lifespan of about 50 years. Even so, most people wouldn't want to live in a 30 or 40-year old building anyway.

draugadrotten 3y ago

In Europe, people often pay extra to live in buildings which are several hundred years old.

systemtest 3y ago
I live in such a building. Only the facade is hundreds of years old, the rest has been completely redone multiple times over its lifetime. The entire building gets stripped, including the floors. New floors are placed, then the walls, then the interior walls. Even the foundation was completely replaced once.
erfgh 3y ago
You mean they pay to live in that 1 out of 100 buildings of that age that is still standing and on which multiple extensive renovations have been conducted.

ccppurcell 3y ago

This is very dependent on location. There are places where, eg, the buildings from the 60s are rather well built, but the later buildings are terrible. It's not the age that matters. My previous apartment was brand new building, but cheaply built to cash in on certain developments nearby (new transport links, new faculty building at the university). I doubt it will still be there in twenty years. My current building is much older but much nicer to live in (thicker walls, better ventilation, no creaks and whistles when the wind blows the wrong way). I think it must be 40 years old or more.

systemtest 3y ago
In The Netherlands, anything post-WWII up to the 1980s is typically of very low quality. We had to quickly rebuild the country. And it was the start of prefab concrete, which had some teething issues. In the 1980s we had the Bouwbesluit, a set of rules for building residential homes. Everything built since the Bouwbesluit is of high quality and can usually be purchased without worry. Those homes are typically also well insulated. Looking at pre-war the 1930s were great. Opulent homes with a high degree of finishing, including stained glass, beautiful mouldings, lots of wood finishing, en-suite doors.

matejn 3y ago

I think it's quite normal to live in a 100+ year old building in a European city center. Though they're usually made from brick and not concrete. And do people who have built their own house usually demolish it and move on after just 30-40 years? That's when you've just paid off your mortgage, heh. At my parents' house, they just replaced the roof, which was well over 30 years old. The house itself is over 100 years old and completely fine to live in.