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For new-build houses? I haven't heard that, but then again I haven't heard otherwise for other western nations. The way the US builds houses seems positively

For new-build houses? I haven't heard that, but then again I haven't heard otherwise for other western nations. The way the US builds houses seems positively primitive and backwards, but I don't know much about how they're built in places such as UK or Germany. Here in Japan, single-family homes seem to be largely pre-fab, and assembled from modules on-site. Here's an interesting article about it: https://www.dwell.com/article/japanese-prefab-homes-e1f1b65c https://www.dwell.com/article/japanese-prefab-homes-e1f1b65c One notable quote from the article: "The country’s population is roughly twice that of the UK, yet over six times as much new housing is built in Japan than in the UK each year."

nextos 2y ago
Japan has nice brand new houses with decent quality control. In the UK, brand new houses tend to have terrifying issues. See this article for instance: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/oct/21/cracked-tiles-wonky-gutters-leaning-walls-why-are-britains-new-houses-so-rubbish https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/oct/21/cracked.... In mainland EU, things are a bit better, but housing is definitely one of the worst industries in terms of customer satisfaction. I don't think I have ever seen a new build that didn't have some serious problems, like roof leaks.