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Originally Posted by stampsx2
I don’t understand the whole older houses were better built. You mean a hand saw back then did a better cut than a table saw today? I can tell you that if someone gave me a hammer, nails and a hand saw to build a house i would be taking shortcuts everywhere.
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Aesthetics aside, there's also typically major difference in the materials used in the "bones" of the house. For example, our house was built in 1940. It has solid old growth pieces of wood that are about 10 inches x 10 inches running up and down the house. No chance you'd get that in anything build in the last 40 years.
Given the choice, I'd go with something new, that doesn't need updating. If it needs an update, a well cared older home is superior to a home 40-15 years old. With either scenario, you're likely on the hook for all sorts of costs. The 1980s home is more likely to have unknown major structural issues IMO.
We gutted the basement when we bought our 1940 home, and it was solid concrete, stone, and wood throughout. No way a home build in the 1980s has that.