For some reason, I’ve been a new home snob. I don’t think I can continue to entertain that if I want a good deal in today’s market.
If money wasn’t an object, I would go brand-new all the way. As it is, I’ll be aiming for “newer”, like 2000-2007. Besides being in much better shape, newer homes tend to have more useful interior architecture than older ones – bigger closets, bigger kitchen, walk-in pantry, laundry room upstairs, etc.
I’ve lived in both older and newer, and what gets to me about older homes is thinking about the dirt, rust, mold, rot, corrosion, and mummified mouse corpses that you don’t see, or can’t get to.
