Why today's new homes are better than 30 years ago

I often hear people say of some old house, "Wow, they don't build 'em like this anymore." To which I'm often tempted to add, "And it's a good thing, too." There's a lot to be said for the aesthetic of older homes -- I've said a good deal of it myself -- but on the technical side, houses are far better built today than they were just 30 years ago, let alone 60 or 100 years.

For one, we know a lot more about protecting houses from all the bad things that can happen to them.

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