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Post by Rob Carlson

Rob Carlson @vees@jawns.club

This is the first house I've owned that was built less than fifty years before I purchased it, so the first time in my life as a homeowner that I'm dealing with "builder grade" materials and installations. I joked with my dad the other day that every time I replace a fixture the average quality goes up. Even just scraping the sprayed primer out of the junction boxes so you can tell the difference between the white and black wires leaves it better for the next owner.

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cetan @cetan@c.im

@vees my current house was built in 1989-ish and it shows. I have heard newer homes get worse and worse with each passing year. A real shame. Prices go up, debt goes up, quality goes down. People will be stuck paying off homes that will barely make it a single generation.

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Rob Carlson @vees@jawns.club

@cetan I have my complaints but on the flip side the insulation is top notch and the heat pump has kept our heating and cooling costs way lower (adjusted for inflation) than any of our older houses. For most fall days we can let the sun warm the south side with the windows open and cost on that heat all night long.

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Rob Carlson @vees@jawns.club

@FritzAdalis Based on the number of "new build" ceiling junction boxes I've had to tear out and replace with "old build" boxes in the sheetrock to get lights to hang correctly, you're not wrong

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