> They “last” 100 years with pretty Constance maintenance
It's no surprise to anyone that a house needs some maintenance, that's a given. If someone lives in it and keeps up with basic maintenance, it'll last many generations.
> the average house isn’t that old so the jury is still out on some of it
I suspect the average house will never be that old, simply because a lot more houses are getting built all the time bringing down the average.
But plenty of 100+ year old houses, even here in California where most construction is more recent.
> In many places tear down and rebuild is cheaper than remodeling
Remodeling is a whole different topic. Yes, remodeling a house to be much larger or much nicer (or both) can be very expensive.
But on the topic of simply living in the same house in the same configuration as it was originally built, for 100+ years (multiple generations surely), there's no need to remodel. Only maintenance.
It's no surprise to anyone that a house needs some maintenance, that's a given. If someone lives in it and keeps up with basic maintenance, it'll last many generations.
> the average house isn’t that old so the jury is still out on some of it
I suspect the average house will never be that old, simply because a lot more houses are getting built all the time bringing down the average.
But plenty of 100+ year old houses, even here in California where most construction is more recent.
> In many places tear down and rebuild is cheaper than remodeling
Remodeling is a whole different topic. Yes, remodeling a house to be much larger or much nicer (or both) can be very expensive.
But on the topic of simply living in the same house in the same configuration as it was originally built, for 100+ years (multiple generations surely), there's no need to remodel. Only maintenance.