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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pp- well is sounds to me that you are doing good construction. There is definitely good construction out there. Certainly you could open up an old home and find a shit show of old wiring and turn of the century newspapers as insulation.
My point is that it really does come down to taste.
I could have bought a huge, new house a little further out. Commuting isn't an issue for us. I prefer something that's been around and seen some stuff.
If I had had over a million I would have looked to renovate closer in, not find new construction close in.
It's ok to prefer new things, but many people don't like the soullessness of new homes.[/quote]

I have even seen the barebone low cost new builds and they are vastly Superior because mandatory modern building codes. I would argue the bones are much better than 90% of the old construction including the cheap new homes. The only thing that really differentiates the cheap vs expensive new homes are the finishing which are interchangeable.[/quote]

You seem very knowledgeable. Are you a contractor? Where are the older homes that you tend to be working on?
I can only speak from my very limited experience. My older arlington home is so solid and sturdy in a way none of the homes we lived in growing up were. To be fair most of those homes were built in the early 80's.
My girlfriend had what seemed to be a beautiful new home out in Annapolis- it seems to be plagued with problems... But that could just be coincidence and coloring my perspective.[/quote]

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