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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Like many on here, we thought the 6,000 sft new build craftman were gaudy and too large, boy did I turn out to be wrong.

I just had our number two and my son is now 3 year old. Even with a nanny, DH and I are absolutely exhausted on the weekend from running repairs and meeting contractors for all sorts of work that needed to be done all over the place. We had our fridge and oven break over the course of the same month, our fridge installation had some issues because the waterlines were setup poorly in the house. Overtime, we found moldy spots in the carpeting and had to just live with it because putting hardwood floors is an investment we would never get our money back on. There were multiple leak on the roof that had to be patched. Our water heater had some issues despite being just 5 years old and our AC system had shorts, which we found was possibly due to the way the wiring is done in the house. If I had to do it all over again, I would just bite the costs and live in a new/new-ish build.

I am really on the verge of losing it even with a nanny. I feel like even having a full butler won't make up for the headache of owning these old homes. My husband tried to convince me to go for a new build but I wanted to budget some cushion for our retirement and vacation. Boy do I regret it now.

If you have young kids, i repeat, do not, ever buy an old house. You are better off renting in an apartment with repair on 24/7 standby or even a new townhouse. If you can stretch it, just buy a new build, the peace of mind of things working at least for the next 10 years is worth your sanity. [/quote]

We live in a hundred-year-old house, but it was properly cared for over the decades. In the time I've lived here I have no regrets. I had previously owned a new build but my sense was the builder used high-end finishes but cut costs other places wherever they could. For example, they didn't bother with green board in the bathrooms but used Carrera marble tile. My old house, however, was built to last.  We don't need green boad because the floor beneath the tile in the bathrooms is concrete. [/quote]

You're an idiot, green board doesn't go under the floor. Don't ever comment on anything about house quality or build you know nothing and are making everyone around you dumber.[/quote]

The floor in the new places rotted out within a 5 years of buying the place and the irony is it was a bathroom only guests used. [/quote]

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