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by citrin_ru 176 days ago
> People who build houses don't obsess over this shit, they just build a house

Quality of new builds is not that great (at least in the UK) because the speed is the main focus.

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Not just speed, but cutting costs. Same issue is popping up globally.

In Finland (smart) people are buying older houses where they still used good old methods to build them. They are easier to maintain and the failure points are known.

New builds have the weirdest basic issues because of cost cutting, sound carries way too much, the air quality is shit because nobody knows or bothers to do the design for moving the air properly etc.