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Re:How much do construction costs matter to the price of hou... by majormajor on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @09:08PM (#30368727)
> I would happily take a 1915 house and upgrade it.

Why do you think it's so much easier/better to upgrade an old house than fix constructions errors with a new one?

I live in an early-20th-century house with minimally-acceptable plumbing and electric (pipes not secured to the structure? welcome to the club!), no insulation, terribly cold windows, one tiny bathroom, sometimes-wobbly feeling floors, etc.

"Upgrading it" would basically be "rip it down to the studs and redo it all" which is basically "everything but one of the easiest parts of new construction" anyway.

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Re:How much do construction costs matter to the price of hou... by ClumsyPilot on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @09:29PM (#30368849)
The idea was basically 'I would rather upgrade a well-built 1900 house than try to fix a poorly built, possibly structurally flawed modern one'.

I am not sure it would be easier, but my genereal experiece is telling me the outcome is usually better.

I think the new 'buy to let' phenomenom makes it possible to sell shoddy construction as premium houses to investors based in tax heavens becuase it looks shiny and htey don't give two shits.

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