Re:How much do construction costs matter to the price of hou...
by joe_the_user on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @10:07PM
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Comparing houses now to houses then is like comparing a horse to a Honda Accord.
I don't think that's a fair comparison. I've lived in a Sear kit house. It had everything someone now would recognized as necessary for a house (including everything you mention, plumbing, wiring, etc and as opposed to a house built in the 1800s, which could have or not-have anything).
A fair comparison is a VW bug versus a modern SUV. The bug has everything needed to be a basic car but has nothing to make it special. And the comparison would be closer if only giant SUVs were being sold as cars today.
I don't think that's a fair comparison. I've lived in a Sear kit house. It had everything someone now would recognized as necessary for a house (including everything you mention, plumbing, wiring, etc and as opposed to a house built in the 1800s, which could have or not-have anything).
A fair comparison is a VW bug versus a modern SUV. The bug has everything needed to be a basic car but has nothing to make it special. And the comparison would be closer if only giant SUVs were being sold as cars today.