I found out my house was "overengineered" when a professional architect pointed out a load carrying beam that was much larger than it needed to be. A few years

I found out my house was "overengineered" when a professional architect pointed out a load carrying beam that was much larger than it needed to be. A few years later I found structural issues in a different part of the house. But, because I spent more money on overengineering one part of the house, there's less money to fix real problems.