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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would not buy any home made during the housing boom.

Entire neighborhoods went up in a few weeks.  I can't imagine that the builders didn't cut corners, fail to allow things like concrete to cure properly before building on top of it, etc.

New new builds however are appealing for many reasons.[/quote]

You do realize every home must have an inspection including curing foundation etc... your not really thinking here...[/quote]

Spoken like somebody who has no idea what they are talking about - At. All.

There is no 'curing inspection'.  There is barely a compressive strength test - 99% of those are third party inspections.  Nobody even looks at them.

As for materials - you get what you pay for.  Demand goes up, the cost of land goes up, builders are under pressure to lower or maintain costs so they use cheaper materials and try to do more with less.

There  are PLENTY of new construction homes, primarily custom, with great design, and great features.  The problem is that as with everything, nice things cost money.

I would also say that if you are talking about a neighborhood with 200 brick ramblers in it and thumbing your nose at the quality of new construction that is pretty hilarious.  Tract is tract and custom is custom regardless of era.  Materials today and building practice today far exceeds anything you will find in an old home.  Anybody with foil back insulation or knob and tube wiring can testify to this.

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