More Sunday Morning: Don’t Knock New Houses
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It’s trendy to criticize the quality of new home construction (I know, I do it all the time myself). But is it accurate?
No, says architect Arrol Gellner, in this worthwhile defense of new home construction. He says new homes are ‘far better built than they were just 30 years ago, let alone 60 or 100 years.’
Why: better fire safety, reinforced foundations, more energy efficient, more durable, made from stronger lumber. Basically, he writes, ‘technically superior.’
So why do we romanticize old houses? Because, he writes, they have the one thing you can’t build new: ‘the inimitable dignity of a genuine past.’
Photo Credit: DeasyPenner.com
Picture Shows: LATimes ‘Home of the Week,’ a 3,083 square foot ‘treehouse’ remodel in Mar Vista. $2.08 million.