My parents in Minnesota had a house built in 1962 that was solidly built. The contractor did a great job. What was funny was he basically used scrap from the other homes he built to build his own and it was cheaply put together. He lived 4 homes down from us and I was friends with his kids and saw up close how cheaply put together it was.
His balcony was so bad that it had to be replaced due to poor support like the posts were loose. It bounced when people were on it.
I think he was thinking ahead that future builders copied from after they bribed the inspectors.
In the 1980’s my parents moved to Scottsdale, AZ and the homes there were cheap construction. You could push on the drywall and it flexed as it was so thin. The floors were not level. The broom closet door would swing open if it was not tightly shut. This was Scottsdale. My parents said they looked at many homes and they were all alike.
My grandparents bought a home built in 1930 with oak trim, staircase, builtin china cabinets and real 2 x 4 / 2 x 6 / 2 x 8 lumber and planks as flooring and not plywood.
What would a 3d printed home be like? Irritating scents, burn like gas when on fire?
“My grandparents bought a home built in 1930 with oak trim, staircase, builtin china cabinets and real 2 x 4 / 2 x 6 / 2 x 8 lumber and planks as flooring and not plywood.”
In 1995 we had heat installed in the family homestead where my parents lived in NY near Buffalo. It had been built in 1830 by ancestors, and heated only by an oil stove in the living room for generations.
Some funding for it was coming from government so they sent an inspector to assure it was worth the time/money they would put in to it. The inspector said the home was better built than most of the new ones he inspected. It’s sad that people build fast and cheap. Building “artists” and true craftsmen are gone forever.