[quote=briansd1][quote=meadandale]The one thing that really sucks about this last building boom? We had the opportunity to build houses that had conservation features: gray water recycling, passive solar, etc. but none of it was done. The bean counters probably though “no one will pay an extra $15k for a gray water system but they will for pergo floors and granite.” In fact, most of these homes (mcmansions) built in the last 10-15 years are going to cost MORE to heat/cool/live in than houses built in the 70’s and 80’s because they are so big.
Fail/Fail.[/quote]
Seems like a failure of the market.
Builders build what the “typical” 50 yo will buy…
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brian, from what I’ve seen, for the most part, the typical house built in SD County since 2000 does NOT cater to the “boomer crowd” (age 50-65 approx). I don’t know ANY fellow boomers who would consciously CHOOSE a mcmansion-type house which wastes massive amts of utils, has stairs with multiple landings (often narrow), has a “hallway” around it instead of land/yard, has fat “pole supports” between the foyer and LR, has 4+ toilets to clean, has “space-saving” (LOL) 3-car garage broken up into two disjointed opposing garages, has fake strips dividing front windows into “panes” (LOL). These omnipresent monstrosities are designed to impress the “worker-bee” set, who are sold on the “builder incentives” that often come with them as well as a “bill of goods” comprised of membership in an HOA and Mello Roos.
The typical boomer wants to park their vehicles on their OWN property, putter around a garden, keep their expenses down and give their tired knees a rest from carrying laundry and vacuums up and down multiple flights of stairs.
