New Home Nightmares...Shared Online

The joy of owning and living in a new home has quickly turned to despair for some unfortunate buyers. These homeowners weren't fooled into buying lemons from local builders but instead chose larger more reputable home building companies, which it turns out didn't make a difference when it came to quality construction (at least in their situation). Offenses include mold, water damage, faulty foundations, defective construction, unresponsive contractors, etc.

Now many of these homeowners have turned to the web and are sharing their "nightmares" with others. A few of the more popular websites include fightpulte.com, levittandsonshome.org/, exposingnewhomebuilders.com, and crapconstruction.com.

Here's a listing of the most popular real estate/homebuilding gripe websites.

  August 21, 2007 | Comments ()

Why Houses Rot

There is a reason why homes old and new rot. It starts from the inside and can usually be traced to faulty insulation/ventilation planning.

"As we strive to make houses that have tighter envelopes with less air infiltration and that are more efficient, as we strive to build houses that put less demand on HVAC systems, as we strive to build houses that cost less to live in and put less demand on the earth's resources, and as we strive to create houses that are built green, we put more demand on our building systems and reduce our acceptable margin of error."

  August 14, 2007 | Comments ()

Covet Thy Neighbors Remodel

One of the better Houseblogs we've come across is the Constant Craftsman. They've got a great lesson of how you can learn from your neighbor but more specifically what you can learn from your neighbors remodel, the good and the bad.

  August 8, 2007 | Comments (1)