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I don't think that house is up to code. At the very least there should be cement board behind the panelling. But, I don't know anything. I grew up in Miami. A

by yardie 13y ago

I don't think that house is up to code. At the very least there should be cement board behind the panelling. But, I don't know anything. I grew up in Miami. A hurricane (Andrew) turned an entire town to kindling because the houses were so poorly constructed. Some of them had nothing but gravity holding the roof down. One thing I do know is the next house I buy I'm building myself. I've rented far too many places that were so poorly constructed; it's indescribable. My last apartment was on 2 floors. Just walking around felt like there were giants over my head. The beams were so far apart you could feel the floor shift under your weight.

vacri 13y ago
It was in a slightly upmarket housing estate type thing about 20 minutes drive out of the city - clipped lawns; all the houses look identical and made of premade plastic parts; you get a visit from some sort of supervisor if your bins are out one day too long. There wasn't that cement board - another house had lost one of its 'boards' and there was no such thing behind it. The house was certainly a rush job though - inside the power points were slightly off-plumb, that sort of thing. It was supposed to be a 'nice area' though. The house was kind of puzzling, given that.