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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What about new builts post pandemic? Are those typically draft and leaky?[/quote]

They use thermoply for exterior sheathing now. It's supposed to be better, but it's basically cardboard.[/quote]

Older homes don’t necessarily have good bones. They were built with lumber and brick veneer, just like new homes, but without proper codes for weather resistance and insulation. If not brick veneer, many older homes used materials like asbestos siding, which is even worse.

These older homes were cheaply built “Mc-shacks,” thrown up to accommodate the post-WWII housing boom. If they were built during WWII, they often used low-quality materials due to wartime shortages.

Newer homes, on the other hand, are built under the latest building codes, which provide better standards for safety, insulation, and weatherproofing. The only real advantage older homes might have is that, over time, they’ve passed through multiple owners who may have corrected some of the original issues. New homes haven’t gone through that process yet, but they do come with warranties to address problems as they arise.

No thanks.

New homes around here are built with OSB, not Thermo-Ply like in cheaper areas of the US.[/quote]

According to your post, this is all older houses. There is more to older houses than the post war mcshacks. Just as there is more to new houses than the cheaply built townhouses in outer exurbia. Any contractor or inspector can tell you horror stories of new construction despite being built to the latest codes. Shoddy materials, crappy finishings, inexperienced labor.

It always comes down to the specific house, not so much its age. Having blind faith in one or the other doesn't really help you.[/quote]

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