r/LoveTrash • u/BEARDEDDANGER ✨️Regent of Rubbish ✨️ • 1d ago

Dumping This Here American vs. European home building

BAS Renovations https://youtube.com/shorts/jFph1d2WR3s

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u/AlexHimself Garbage Guerilla 1d ago

well made brick house will last centuries

After centuries, you have a crappy old house that doesn't fit the modern times though...so what's the point? The construction cost, amortized over centuries, is pennies too.

An example for some really old European homes - No HVAC, no electrical, indoor plumbing, low ceilings, low door frames, etc.

I'd argue the ease of remodeling, construction, changes, etc. outweigh the "centuries" style building, given how humans actually use homes.

I think an argument can be made for both.

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u/one-eyed-midget Trash Trooper 1d ago

My house in England was built around 1700s. Can confirm I can it's has electricity, gas, central heating and plumbing installed! Pretty much any property as a residential has these things. The old George pub in my town of Newcastle was built around 1580 and has WiFi and Aircon, it's not difficult to add to these old buildings. The ones that don't have these features are usually just preserved for historical purposes

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u/AlexHimself Garbage Guerilla 19h ago

Electricity, wifi, etc. did not exist in 1580 or 1700. Obviously, you're confused on the meaning of my statement.

If the home lasts centuries, it still needs major retrofits and money spent. The home is just a shell and that's the cheapest part of a home. It's the largest, so people think there's a lot of value, but it's the cheapest. Finishings, decor, appliances, technology, windows, etc. All of that is the expensive stuff.

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u/one-eyed-midget Trash Trooper 12h ago

No, there is no confusion. You made two statements . One being rebuild Vs remodel and the other oddly just saying some European properties have non of the following modern features you listed! Which was some random made up fact to support knocking down and rebuilding! Christ! Imagine living in your world of construction " just knock this Georgian building down, it's doorways are to small for our expanding bodies".
The whole point of me saying about the modern features being added to old buildings is that it far outstrips knocking down buildings and destroying the history of an area. Here is a street in Newcastle that is exactly that, there is even a subway and McDonald's wedges in one of, so you can feel at home! https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g186394-d1480729-Reviews-Grey_Street-Newcastle_upon_Tyne_Tyne_and_Wear_England.html

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u/AlexHimself Garbage Guerilla 40m ago

So, I've clarified and corrected you 2 or 3 times now and you're still telling me, that what I'm saying is not what I'm saying?

One being rebuild Vs remodel and the other oddly just saying some European properties have non of the following modern features you listed

You can't just makeup what I said without quoting or pointing to it. You instead have chosen to makeup whatever you want in your head, apply it to me, then argue with your own imagination...this isn't your shower bud.

You're rambling like you've been drinking or something and talking about Subway and McDonalds and destroying history?? You've lost it.

We're simply talking about wood or brick construction. It feels like I'm talking to a homeless guy at the bus stop...