Drive through any new-ish subdivision, and look at all of the cheap siding peeling away from the houses. Brick and stone is definitely the way to go. The house has better resale value, and it is a better insulator than siding. It's expensive, but totally worth it.

I don't know shit about house construction, but because dman likes them I'll just believe Pulte is some libertarian company that hates unions and the executives all spend their money on travel baseball teams for their kids

Explains a lot. How long did you not have oxygen?

No, that's Chas.

lol, that green really IS Airport Irish Pub!

I would have expected Hatchet to drown from looking up into the rain.

Explains a lot. How long did you not have oxygen?

Yeah, pulte is shit..hartz is the absolute worst.

hell yes Scottsdale

Explains a lot. How long did you not have oxygen?

Drive through any new-ish subdivision, and look at all of the cheap siding peeling away from the houses. Brick and stone is definitely the way to go. The house has better resale value, and it is a better insulator than siding. It's expensive, but totally worth it.

Drive through any new-ish subdivision, and look at all of the cheap siding peeling away from the houses. Brick and stone is definitely the way to go. The house has better resale value, and it is a better insulator than siding. It's expensive, but totally worth it.

I think you are minimizing the expense.

I'm also not sure that people appreciate brick as much as they used to but it might just be a function of the cost of brick changing tastes. There is some very nice siding out there now but that can also get expensive. I really don't like the look where the front façade is brick but it is siding on the other three sides. They usually use very cheap siding on those type of homes.

Personally I don't think much of most new construction. It's usually a game of which corners did they cut (to me).

The one that really baffles me are where some or all of the master bath is open to the rest of the master suite. How many people want to live in a Sybaris knock off?

Personally I don't think much of most new construction. It's usually a game of which corners did they cut (to me).

tell someone who knows nothing what corners get cut most often...?

Depends on the builder. You can choose a cheap one like denis did or get a high quality one.

Older houses that get gutted and then redone can have just as many corners cut with an outside that is still old with outdated standards. I just don't really get the concept of redoing everything in a really old house and keeping the frame. Then again I'm not a Cubs fan.

tell someone who knows nothing what corners get cut most often...?

You know what looks awful, when they take a lot that originally had something like a basic ranch, tear it down and put a mini mansion on it. Norridge is just one example where I have seen that a ton. Literally no backyard or space between the next house.