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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda
When we were house hunting I didn't want anything pre-2000, we didn't like any of the older style layouts and with older houses there's just too many unknowns. Also didn't want brand new, I know too many people that built or bought new builds and ran into multiple issues, fights with the builder over warranty work. I figured 2005-2010 was the sweet spot, still new enough to not need any major work, but lived in enough that any builder issues were identified and resolved. 2 years in to our 2006 house and so far no ugly surprises, so I'm happy
Also our house was pre-wired with ethernet (with multiple lines to the same rooms!), so as an IT nerd I was quite excited about that
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The spring of 2006 was when every property in the City went up by like $100k or more -- the last really big real estate boom IIRC. I know people have talked about houses built in 2006-2007 as being shoddy because trades were stretched thin, so but I think that's anecdotal more than anything. Like you said, if there were major issues they would have likely been addressed and resolved by now.