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If you had a choice, which one would you live in?
#poll
Old house (all original)
Old house (rennovated)
New construction home
Apartment (Penthouse)
Mobile home
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Anonymous 4d

Old house redone tastefully. I’m talking about leaving the hardwood floors and the cool tile, but putting a new fridge and LED lighting in

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Anonymous 4d

Man yall picking the new constructions have no idea. As a house inspector, these things are built as cheaply as possible. They are going to have so many issues within a decade. Buy something built before 2000 and save yourself the trouble.

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Anonymous 4d

I only chose apartment because you specifically put Penthouse

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Anonymous 4d

Engineered lumber scares the beelzebub out of me

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Anonymous 3d

Depends on the pricing ofc

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Anonymous 3d

I hate to break it to you, but the old homes made of bad material and craftmanship didnt survive. If you're going to compare bottom of the barrel new construction, you need to compare it to bottom of the barrel old construction.

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Anonymous 3d

New construction is the OBVIOUS choice. Especially if I get to design it. Everyone who chose old house, enjoy your asbestos, cracked foundations, poor heating, mold issues, plumbing issues and STANK, mysterious flickering lights, horrible acoustics, sketchy fire safety systems, and high utility bill ❤️ New construction is 10 out of 10 times engineered better, you just need to not hire the cheapest construction crew who will cut corners.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 4d

o7 i change my vote thank you for the knowledge

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 4d

Agreed! I would never buy a new home for this reason. Aside from it being cheaply made, the craftsmanship is not there.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 4d

Yep everything new is built from a template and is going to be exactly the same as every other new house. If you want to have any character at all, you have to find something older.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 4d

I know to pick old house renovated because i love the ig reels where home inspectors walk through and point out everything that’s wrong with it shouting to you #1

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 4d

Shout out**

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 3d

This. I want modern convenience but old charm

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 3d

They all cut corners. Unless you are paying absolute top dollar, they all subcontract to the same people. Everything you mentioned about old houses is preventable and fixable. Shoddy construction and no character in a cardboard dollhouse are not.

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 3d

Newer is not always better. I’ve had friends who bought brand new homes, and since they were built incorrectly, they’ve have water leaks and mold growth.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 3d

But you're making the assumption that the homes have poor construction quality. In this hypothetical scenario, I'm just assuming an average construction quality between both old and new construction. Regardless of construction, engineering still is objectively better for the new construction.

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 3d

Look up new home inspections on instagram and youtube. You’ll be appalled.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 3d

Look up survivorship bias.

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 3d

Engineering might be, but the people doing the assembly and the quality of materials are not. Craftsman are very few and far between now and they are EXPENSIVE.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 3d

So wouldnt that logic also apply to a renovation and apartment?

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 3d

Depends on when the apartment was made. And renovations absolutely. The bones of the house though aren’t getting touched and that’s what matters most.

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 3d

The problem with that is that the bottom of the barrel old stuff is gone and all that’s left is the good old stuff. New garbage is still around and is unfortunately the majority of new builds.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 3d

It seems like OP made this poll as a "Gotcha" question to sound smart because they've seen videos on tiktok of poorly constructed new construction inspections 🙄 In hypothetical-scenario-land, where we ignore what-about-isms, the AVERAGE new construction home totally outmogs the AVERAGE old home.

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 3d

it does seem like a gotcha but they aren’t wrong. and number 1 is a home inspector themselves. new homes are built with poor quality materials. their only concern is to get them built as fast as possible now.

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