My salary didn’t change at all, but homes went up 82%. The money I saved for a down payment and my salary no longer are good enough for this home and many others. This ain’t even a “good” home either. It was a 200k meh average ok home before. Now it’s simply unaffordable

  • UnpledgedCatnapTipper@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    15 days ago

    My parents’ timber house is from the 1780s and is still solid. So, 240 years at least, give or take. I’m aware of plenty of timber houses from the 1600s that are still standing and functional as well.

    • No_Eponym@lemmy.caEnglish
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      15 days ago

      Is a timber frame house from back then the same as one built post 1950 though? Some Q’s:

      • Have materials/practices decreased in quality?
      • Has there been a shift from a sense of pride in craft and duty to build well towards cutting corners and saving $?
      • Has the density and properties of wood changed as we use smaller trees grown more quickly in monocultures compared to old-growth harvested lumber of pre 1900s?