[quote=ltsdd][quote=sdduuuude][quote=Essbee]With the houses being of marginal quality in the first place and not designed to last 100+ years[/quote]
Lots of interesting thoughts here. I’m no sociologist so I’m not sure what will happen to Clairemont but I do know the houses are build to last 100 yrs.
I have personally ripped out ceiling joists and wall studs with my very own sawzall and those members are made of fir – not hemlock like most of today’s lumber. Hard as hell to cut through. Plus, they are only growing stronger with age – wood does that. Given San Diego’s mild climate, I don’t see any structural issues there. I think they are very well built and that is first-hand knowledge.[/quote]
sdduuuude,
Completely agree with you. The SFRs in Clairemont may be smallish and all that but one thing for sure is that they were solidly built. Though, I do agree with the OP that there are homes along both Clairemont Mesa Blvd and Clairemont Drive (those with 1-car garages and practically no driveway) may be better served by tearing them down and rebuild. I have never heard of anyone who ever had any problems with the plumbing system in that in area. Mira Mesa, on the other hand, with most homes built after 1970 and yet I have run across numerous homes that had gone through retrofitting of the pipes (going from street to the house). Architecturally, it’s nothing to write home about but the built quality is there.
As for its future, I think it will be fine, it’s a middle-class community with a lot of long-timers. It may not have the manicured yards like other newer communities but it does not mean that the folks living there are neglecting their biggest piece of asset either.[/quote]
Agree, ltsdd. I want to add that defective polybutylene plumbing was used by builders primarily between 1979 and 1984 (when some MM tracts were built), hence those plumbing retrofits you are discussing here. Clairemont is too old to be facing this problem.
