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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda
Plus the utility bills are so much higher. My house is 2006 and my buddy's is mid-80's, his gas bill ends up being almost double mine every month. I can only imagine how much worse it is in even older houses
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Originally Posted by topfiverecords
Also, it’s a near certainty that peach stucco is going to be in style again very soon, adding tens of thousands in value.
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No one has ever said houses from the 80s are well built. That's probably exactly what you want to avoid. The worst of both worlds. A cheaply made house, without character, that will cost a lot of money to fix up. Additionally, the fixing a 30ish year old house may be far more fundamental and costly than the fixing a 70ish year old house requires. For example, there could be major issues with the foundation, frame, or leaks in a house from that 1980s era.
Builders were using all sorts of plastics and composite wood that had not been tested for time. For example, a lot of the PVC piping from the 80-early 2000s degraded under UV light, but people didn't know about it. They would store the piping in areas exposed to UV light, and then install it.
When people talk about solid older houses, they are talking about 1960 or earlier.