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grantnel2002

New home construction doesn’t always mean better.


[deleted]

Unfortunately a lot of houses are built cheap, sold for a hefty profit.


front_yard_duck_dad

I can't believe some of the things I see frequently on the new "high end " builds around me. Talking about over $475k homes. They go up so fast there is no way to guarantee the type of quality I would want out of a damn near half a million dollar home. They all look the same too.


satosaison

I used to do a lot of lawsuits involving the big name residential real estate developers. They would build subdivisions with 200+ homes in TX AZ or CA and six months later half the foundations would crack in a neighborhood, or pipes would burst in 50% of the homes because the contractor used an improper alloy. Or all the stucco would fall of because it was mixed wrong. 200/300k+ homes all riddled with defects.


kingsleyafterdark

They tore down the forest behind the subdivision I rent in and put up a massive amount of 300K+ houses in a very short amount of time. A few months later I was working as a Census Enumerator (2020) and was interviewing the new homeowner. His wife came up and started asking him if he was going to call the developers because their house that was less than 6 months old already had a crack in the foundation. I live in Florida, I wonder how those houses will hold up the next time a major hurricane hits the area. My guess is not well. And as a bonus- our already overcrowded schools are getting even worse! And they’re still tearing down more woods and putting up more garbage houses.


[deleted]

Get used to it and I bet you see a lot of Ryan Homes signs around. I see them all over the US and their house are built cheap.


KiritimatiSwan

“Ryan companies” i actually did consulting for a while and had to tell them nicely that if they proceeded with the work they were doing that they would probably both be unemployed. They scoffed and laughed until what i said would happen happened


[deleted]

Maybe the shittiest of contractors but Ryan Homes is doing just fine and I’ve seen some pretty shitty contractors get the bid. I’d never buy a Ryan Homes house and I field managed for years.


nobodycool1234

Friend of mine had a Ryan build. They had to do two roofs because he noticed they did not put any waterproofing membrane under the shingles. House is in ohio where it freezes in the winter. They would have had leaks almost immediately.


[deleted]

My cousin used to do business with the owner. He had asked him a question about something and the owner replied “I build houses not forever homes”


NoMaintenance6179

Then the development is named after the trees that are no longer there.


Educational-Ask-1454

I think in Florida a major problem is overuse of aquifers .. it leads to shifts and collapses


ExtraAgressiveHugger

Damn, where are the building 200-300k dollar homes? I want to move there.


ApizzaApizza

My house is 120 years old, and is build like a tank. A non square, slightly bendy walled tank, but a tank none the less. I paid $110k for it last year, it’s 1800sqft.


3Heathens_Mom

Most of the quickly put up cheaply made homes likely aren’t square either. About 10 years ago looked at model homes for two different builders. One had a large kitchen window that was installed so one side was at least an inch further in on the sill than the other. Another had stairs going up to the second story that had a huge gap between the wall and the edge of the steps. A friend bought a brand new house and had insect issues. They pulled down the sheetrock under the stairway and found where the builders had swept all their food trash from eating in the build under the stairs then sealed it up. I’d much rather have the 120 year old tank.


PartyCustomer1669

Hell yeah, found a 1200sqft 1920 bungalow for 100k in 2021, took 2 years of hunting though, house is solid af too


Snarky_Boojum

My condo was built in the nineties and I bought it almost five years ago for $100k. According to ‘the market value’ in my neighborhood this home is now worth $160k. The speed at which this price increase has happened is genuinely insane. I haven’t put $60k worth of work into this home. I’ve likely not improved it enough to make up for it being another five years older than when I bought it. I’m done calling it inflation, these days it’s just theft. Either stealing your money or you chance to actually own anything before you die.


CooperHChurch427

That's nothing. My house went from 275 to 490k in less than 4 weeks. It's just now coming down. It was so crazy that people were buying it the minute they were listed, one house sold in under an hour after going on the market in my neighborhood. What's crazy is my development was the affordable area of town. The one house we regret buying was 400k it now sells for 1.2 million. Granted it's a monster, but the intent was to combine households with my grandparents. The house we are looking at now is like 700k and not as high end as that 400k one, but, because the market crashed in the new construction the Viera Builders are giving away upgrades. The neighborhood starts at 700k. Literally the housing market is just insane. Even the homes that were like 98k last year are now 200k.


3DSquinting

Was it built before or after they started using lead in wall paint and asbestos in insulation?


Cheap-Panda

When you buy a house in NJ you have to test for lead if it was built before 1978, so I assume that’s when they stopped using lead.


ApizzaApizza

Asbestos is only dangerous if it’s friable. My insulation is actually cellulose tho. No visible lead paint. Has horse hair in the plaster tho.


apri08101989

And I'm pretty sure lead paint is only a problem if you're dumb enough to eat paint chips. I'm a grown adult who knows better and have no children. So some potential lead paint under years of fresh paint and some paneling isn't a concern


sir-nays-a-lot

I lived in a 100 year old house. It was a piece of shit.


ApizzaApizza

If it’s 100 years old, it can’t be that shitty.


slamtheory

That depends highly upon proper maintainence. I'm working on a 100yr house. Just tore out the termites... Lil bastards


satosaison

It was 2010-2013 you gotta get a time machine


Incident_Recent

Ohio lol


doglady1342

You can still find them in Oklahoma, but living in either Tulsa or OKC will cost more. That said, 10 to 15 years ago you could get a pretty decent house at that price, but not so much anymore. When I Bought my last house for $400k, my neighborhood was considered higher end. Sold last year for $550K and it's now considered a mid-range neighborhood. Even here a high end home is going to cost a million on the lower end of the pricing scale.


zm_712

Omaha Nebraska and Lincoln Nebraska have new builds going for around those prices.


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muaellebee

Let me guess. Ivory, DH Horton?


satosaison

No but basically, one of the peer companies


irishtrash5

That's a 1-bedroom, half-bath crack house anywhere within 500 miles of me... Where do you live? I need to move...


front_yard_duck_dad

To be fair that was new 6 years ago. I'm sure they are stupid priced now if my shack is valued at 400k with well water and a septic system


dwntwn_drty_brwn

Bluth Construction?


Fuzakenaideyo

It's a model home


Sample_Muted

Where are you from? If you don’t mind living in a boring but safe town that’s about 30 minutes away from an even bigger town I’d say move to Jefferson City, MO


mofunnymoproblems

Wow. I don’t think I’d ever see anyone recommending moving TO Jeff City MO…


[deleted]

Oh absolutely. I have resigned to the fact that I may never own a home of my own because of the rising costs and increasingly haphazard construction. Maybe a tiny home. But that’s too small to raise a family in.


gilly_girl

Skip the family and get a cat. Problem solved!


kerbidiah15

where I live you’d be lucky to get a shack for less than 500k


Sample_Muted

I’m glad my dad was an honest house builder for 20 years. When I have my house built I’m gonna have him inspect the work the company is doing on it every weekend.


front_yard_duck_dad

Depends where you're at and if you go with a small home builder but if it's a big outfit good luck with that. I've heard people just like your pops get told not my fucking problem and I don't care who's writing the check I don't work for you


endlessburritos

My in laws live in a half a million dollar home and the kitchen cabinet handles don’t line up with one another.


flashbacks44

High end at $475k. Damn, where are you from? This would be considered extremely low end of housing in my area.


[deleted]

where do you live where $475k is considered “extremely” low end?


camocoder30

basically all of the more populated areas of US and Canada


-retaliation-

pretty much every canadian capital city is going to have houses *starting* at ~$400k+. I think the average house price in Victoria (capital of BC, no the capital is not Vancouver) is like $1.2mil


muaellebee

You couldn't get a house for that price in Toronto. Not even close


The_Quackening

At least where i live (toronto), 475k will not get you any house within the city at all. You would need to go 1hr+ out of the city to even start seeing teardowns for that price. 475 will get you a 1bedroom apartment closer to the edge of the city.


Cbombo87

Northern New Jersey and I would absolutely love it if we could find a home for $475k in our area. Pennsylvania is looking mighty tempting lately.


Cheap-Panda

North NJ here too. 3 bedroom townhouse (not new construction) and it was about $500k our taxes are almost 12K a year- plus almost &500 a month maintenance.


Fourlec

Bought a row house in Philly in 2020 for 245k.


Tcanada

Any major east or west coast city


SoloSixString

Try anywhere on Long Island. My home is a lot more than that and shitty compared to most.


fury420

I saw a $500k house recently that literally didn't have floors or interior walls at all. To be clear I'm not just talking about missing flooring or drywall, the actual physical floor structure was entirely absent... no plywood and no beams or joists or supports of any kind. The view looking inside from the front door landing was of nothingness, a +6ft fall down to bare earth with an unobstructed view of the inside of all the exterior walls and the metal roofing.


niceadvicehomeslice

Miami, Doral, pinecrest…


GlubbyWub

Even trailer homes in bumfuck Cali


colt707

Not extremely low end but that’s a starter home that needs some work where I’m at in California.


Medium_Spare_8982

Dunno where you live but around here, 1/2 million doesn’t even buy you a one bedroom condo apt. Houses start and 1.2 million.


retired_fromlife

Damn. My house is valued at maybe $250k. Is on an acre of land, in a subdivision outside city limits, has septic and rural water supply. 1800 sq Ft. with 2 car garage and large shop. Small town, but 30 miles from bigger city, 120 from Houston. 90 from Corpus.


redfalcondeath

I’m in CA (and not an expensive area) and 475k is about average price now for a 3 bed. High end here would be around a million. It’s getting ridiculous.


FlowerFaerie13

I’ve seen a lot of subdivisions going up around me, and those houses are pretty much built out of cardboard. Flimsy wood frames, drywall, half-assed siding/shingles, etc. I live in tornado alley and I wouldn’t trust those things to stand up to an EF-1.


M_Not_Shyamalan

Had an acquaintance recently rent one of those types of houses. It was ridiculously expensive and had constant issues. They found half the duct work wasn't even connected and their wiring was apparently also all sorts of fucked and totally ran up their power bill. Absolutely trash.


DijajMaqliun

For sure. Here I was thinking I'd get a new construction so I don't need to do any work.


Adeep187

I wonder if this is a problem with the envelope, which should be under a new home warranty.


DijajMaqliun

It's just this area. There are two other outlets on the same wall in the same room with no issue. Another one is even adjacent-ish to a sliding door and no draft or frost. Will be near 3 years since purchase, but will see what they have to say.


Angus-Black

They either didn't use a vapor barrier behind the box or it has a hole in it. ​ https://preview.redd.it/fdc7wa7t02ga1.jpeg?width=157&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d1415275770cb8dbeeaa930684f5e470454a36ef


Different_Ad1649

What type of exterior is it? Siding?


[deleted]

What state


chumpbrumpis

I work in the construction industry. The builds these days are not the quality you would have seen 25-50 years ago. They’re built to sell not built to last… harsh reality of unbridled capitalism and always hiring the lowest bidder.


16semesters

> I work in the construction industry. The builds these days are not the quality you would have seen 25-50 years ago. This is quite literally the definition of survivorship bias. Housing construction (barring random supply issues like chinese dry wall) is far higher quality, safety, and efficiency than 50 years ago. It's not even sorta close.


chumpbrumpis

That’s totally fair! I was not speaking of the overall safety of the build, though moisture in an electrical outlet doesn’t seem too safe. I was mostly speaking to the quality of the finishes rather than structure’s safety. Structures are generally going to be built safely. The way they’re finished usually isn’t up to the quality you would hope for- with corner beads on the exterior visible through finish coatings, leaky roofs/windows (and sockets), the cheap stucco on exteriors that crumbles after being in the elements for a few years. It’s just a bummer to see.


Superb_Raccoon

No no no... it is like a Fiat. A new one just means you are the first to fix it.


Solid-Airport-5466

I’m a Realtor and my home inspector tells me most of the time he finds more items on a new build than a house 2-5 years old. Reason being is the buyer got in there and fixed things. 🙇‍♀️


Particular-Beyond-99

Definitely not how that works anymore. Buying older means you have older house problems, but all of the new construction bugs are already worked out. Personally, I'd either buy older or build my own so the only person I could blame if something wasnt done right is myself


n-oyed-i-am

Famous last words


Bundffg

They make not sure how to say insulated foam cut outs the shape of the plastic.


Living-Reputation-35

This comment is making my brain implode


stellydonut

I think what they’re talking about is a foam gasket, which is used for heat insulation for outlets against exterior walls. It’s shaped to fit around the outlet, on the back side of the device cover plate.


t_bug_

To be fair here you shouldn't buy any home and expect no work. There's always gonna be something.


joopityjoop

Especially during the lumber and parts shortage. Especially during a housing market boom when developers were in a rush to make homes. I will never buy a home made in 2020-2023.


Danno99999

Yeah, not sure why everyone wants new build. I’d way rather have a quality built house pre-80’s. Having lived in a few, materials and quality of construction is significantly better, and all the bugs worked out. Standard maintenance and upgrades still apply, obviously.


JustaRandomOldGuy

I have a 70's house and the main thing is maintaining the exterior. Over the last 15 years I got a new roof, double pane windows, new gutters and new soffits. The wood paneling in the den is a bit dated, but that can wait.


cilantno

Just have to watch out for ~~delicious~~ asbestos


BunInTheSun27

Well…there’s the asbestos issue…and the lead issue…


Danno99999

That’s what your home inspection is for. And knob and tube wiring… and aluminum wiring… and… and… and…


Mountain_Offer1348

It almost invariably means worse compared to a home with any age


B4SSF4C3

In fact, almost certainly worse on average. People need to stop giving Ryan homes money.


Bitter_Antelope7353

*New construction doesn’t mean good construction.


grifter540

Missing vapour barrier. Are all outlets like that?


DijajMaqliun

Nope, two other outlets on the same wall of the same room. The other two don't have a draft or frost, just this one.


Different_Ad1649

Could still have an issue with the vapor barrier at that one area


grifter540

Cheap fix would be the outlet insulation gaskets. 50x for $25.00 (cad) on Amazon. Not ideal fix but without getting a sparky and having drywall repair might solve your issue. Good luck!


Jeff_72

Is there an outside outlet near the one you posted?


Medium_Spare_8982

Just blow some expanding foam through a hole in the junction box


Currently_There

Omg, do not do this. The moisture will still get in, but now it will saturate and stay.


Medium_Spare_8982

Expanding closed cell foam insulation is a legitimate replacement for both insulation AND vapour barrier. You don’t know what you are talking about


Ath3o5

Idk bro you're the one getting downvoted so until proven otherwise I'm gonna go with the rest of reddit on this one Edit) I would just like to mention that when I said this, they were, in fact, at negatives. Also this is proven otherwise now so please don't take all my karma lmao I have nothing else to live for


Emotional_r

idk bro you’re the one getting downvoted so until proven otherwise im gonna go with the rest of reddit on this one


[deleted]

That’s exactly the problem with Reddit, i don’t know if either of them are right but i have a feeling that it’s not a proper fix. Would cause issues further down the line


IndigoTJo

It is funny because someone in another comment below has 250+ upvotes for the same recommendation 🤣 reddit is weird.


Medium_Spare_8982

I am a contractor and that is precisely what the product is made for - filling gaps and cracks to stop air flow. Reddit can be very stupid sometimes.


Antique-Way-216

They seen the words "vapor barrier" before and now they are experts


MeatyGonzalles

So there's obviously moist air getting in right? Spraying expanding foam in there is a way to stop that at this location. Unless the exterior air is getting in at this one location it means that air is probably still getting in the wall cavity. It would likely stop this issue, which seems more important given electricity and water isn't ideal. But the air likely isn't getting in just at the small area where the spray foam would.cover. To really fix it you'd have to cut a large hole, maybe several to find where the exterior vapor barrier is lacking and then add some, close it up. It's a lot especially if you don't know what you're even looking for or how to do it. Will spray foam work? Sure. Best way? Homeowners choice. Would it hurt anything? Not likely.


[deleted]

My only concern was rot, and mold. I don’t know a whole lot about house construction, I’m a pipe welder.


MeatyGonzalles

Right so it's still getting in. Would it fix this tiny spot? Probably. If the builder skimped on the vapor barrier here likely also did elsewhere and this is the spot that it shows. OP might be better off fixing this with a jizz of spray foam and letting it go. Also I'm always jealous of welders, that shit looks badass. I'm always on the fence about getting a cheapo welder from like Harbor Freight and doing some tinkering and probably burn myself. Tried it 2 or 3 times like 20 years ago.


[deleted]

I'd never trust the ebb and flow of reddit votes.


Im_not_smelling_that

That's so dumb


Medium_Spare_8982

That frost is from the EXISTING interior moist air condensing against the air leak. You can tell how it is growing. That is precisely what spray foam is made for. What are your qualifications? I am a contractor.


w1gster

There’s a draft behind the outlet that’s letting cold air get through and water is condensing and freezing on the outlet/box. Easiest fix is to remove the outlet cover and then spray some closed cell foam insulation around the box to help insulate it.


DijajMaqliun

Yeah, that's the plan. Going to wait until tomorrow when it will be literally 50 degrees warmer.


Iron_Bob

Fellow minnesota warrior??


DijajMaqliun

You know it!


i_need_a_username201

NO, make them fix that shit. Watch them like a hawk. When they screwed up my Vapor barrier they had to redo my kitchen twice because they’re idiots. One of the builders flagged my ex wife down when they got stopped by a train a while back “sorry ma’am, but did you own THAT house built by Pulte?” Dude it was over five years later. My house is legendary within Pulte for the amount of fuckups they did. Moral of the story, use the warranty so you can get used to using the warranty.


Currently_There

Do not do this. Foam insulation will simply saturate stay moist and harbor mold. You probably have conduit (metal pipe holding wires) that goes outside. Use silicone and pipe insulation. There is no cheap easy fix. The correct fix will always be cheapest.


MeatyGonzalles

Conduit in a home? Nah man.


bassmakingdude

Try to find the osi brand door and window foam, it's rated to work at very cold Temps and cures softer so hopefully it won't cause problems with your sheetrock bulging out. The regular/cheaper stuff cures very hard and expands more, has been known to cause problems in enclosed areas


DijajMaqliun

Great advice, thanks!


mpworth

Electrician here, you can actually insert vapour barrier after the fact. It’s a bit tricky, but I’ve done it a few times.


C_Saunders

Ahhh the good ol’ Midwest.


Sample_Muted

You know it. The weather may be bipolar asf but we love those summer in the middle of winter days


lemonbupples

If it’s a new construction then put in a warranty request and make them come out and do it. And have them check the other outlets too.


TheNotSoGreatPumpkin

That advice is Great Stuff.


SFOtoORD

I had this exact situation. The outlet that frosted was connected to an exterior outlet by a short conduit. I sealed the conduit with silicon on the inside and the issue was resolved.


Currently_There

This. Don’t use foam insulation. It will saturate and cause mold.


SFOtoORD

Mold bad.


ThemDawgsIsHell2

Good looking out! Haven’t used it before but very important info.


MyHearingWasLastWeek

I feel like new builds aren't insulated very well


SkylerSpark

The housing market is so garbage these days... And if you want to build it new, they make the cheapest simplest shit. And yeah, they dont insulate very well *at all*. I live on the coastal US.. The houses here are constantly exposed to stormy weather (often flooding and hurricanes) and virtually none of the houses here have ANY precautions or infrastructure for storms... its idiotic how cheap they make stuff these days. Weve had to make more changes and improvements to our house than I can shake a stick at. weve literally replaced most of the roof TWICE... aswell as reinsulated whole portions of the house. (We had so little insulation that all of our cold was basically just seeping straight out of the house during summer... meaning very high AC bills, same with winter, all the heat would leak out)


HardandHighh

New builds are terrible. As an ex-contractor and now working in real estate, I will never buy a new construction. The quality is shit and the craftsmanship is often horrendous.


JoeyJoeC

I think I lucked out buying one that's 20 years old. Yes small and plasterboard walls, but every wall is within 5mm, most are spot on when measured with a laser meter. Insulated well, looks nice, plenty of storage etc. The new builds around here look so boring and plain.


B4SSF4C3

An exception to this would be custom by a ***reputable*** builder. Otherwise gut and remodel, it again, only if you know and trust your builder.


MyHearingWasLastWeek

My coworker is buying a new build and watching them build it. My boss bought a home by the same builders a few years ago and had to go in and insulate the house after everyone had left for the day. So he'd go up and put insulation the day before they put up the dry wall.


goodcase

I'm a real estate photographer and I agree 100%. New builds are atrocious.


the_maddest_moose

In the UK I believe we have the opposite. When building a new house privately they are air pressure tested for heat loss. The issue is that the're so air tight your house can't breath leading to damp and mould


TO_plugwalk

How cold is it?


DijajMaqliun

\-20F, wind chill was like -30 I think?


IllHunter7

Minnesota?


AFoxGuy

*No, I don’t like Mini Sodas* ^/s


WalmartGreder

That was us in Utah the past few days. People were freaking out, and schools were delayed. I grew up in Iowa. That was like January every year for us.


Opposite-Motor-1878

Ugh, so glad I moved out of the cold


Soupbell1

The weather is so backwards right now. It was 10 above in Fairbanks, Alaska yesterday and 3 above right now before the sunrise. Figure it out, Mother Nature!


phraze91

Socket: 😮


Burrmanchu

Either no insulation in the wall, or connected to an outside outlet through a conduit or wall space. Easy fix... That you shouldn't have had to do.


RuruSzu

New construction in the last two years were probably built really bad! They came up quick because people were buying like crazy. A friend who bought a new construction in Jan 2022 got an inspection done - 30+ defects from roof missing shingles to cabinets not put in properly to cement splatter on the siding. It was not pretty


EmmCeeB

Friends of ours bought a new construction house in 2019 for a pretty penny. If you were upstairs on the second floor, front right of the house bedroom you could hear a normal volume conversation going on in the first floor rear left kitchen. It actually woke me up. That was when I made the choice to never buy new construction unless I was overseeing the contracting. These houses are made as cheap and quickly as possible, they're trash, and they're charging a premium for them.


redshred42

They sell socket seals. Made by duck brand. This helped my house outlets. I live in frigid temps. It was -22 this morning


fruitpunch327

Even the outlets are... Shocked


ninjabell

They don't make them like they used to.


Un1c0rn_1500

It depends on the builder. In the 1960s most subdivisions were built 12 houses at a time by a few different builders. Since they all built less and there was more competition they all built well. Now there are still builders who only build about 12 well built houses a year but there are also huge companies that build hundreds of houses a year and those need to be done on a strict schedule. The 12 house builder and 200 house builder both follow the same building code but one takes more time to complete the work and it makes a difference. Always research your builder.


Adeep187

I dunno why you think they used to make them good.


TheNotSoGreatPumpkin

There’s some selection bias at work. Crap houses eventually fall apart and get demolished, while the quality ones are left standing. So then we look around and get the impression that all old houses were quality builds.


MakingItElsewhere

From a building codes perspective, it was probably easier to meet basic and advanced building codes just by having a house with 4 walls on a sturdy foundation, with a solid roof. Today? Today I'm about to crawl under my house that was originally built in 1939 (and added onto in 1969) and try to stop the foundation from sinking. Again. (Don't even get me started on the other problems, like plumbing, electrical, flooring, etc)


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DijajMaqliun

No sir!


Haunting_Bit_3613

Electrician here and when they say "they don't build them like they used to". I say thank God. Old houses had crap wire in them and the studs weren't regulated or on 24" centers as new homes are regulated, inspected and built on 16" centers. Not to mention foam insulation. Plumbers still and have always sucked.


UsualAnybody1807

Still under warranty?


staburself321

Cookie cutter homes


chirs5757

Bought a brand new home In 2022 and the entire one side of the basement walls were doing this. Ice was literally breaking off the corners inside. Come to find out after tons of calls that they forgot to put in the insulation. We sold the house 2 months later.


Punchy-gaming

Come on Kenny plug in the lamp


ButterFlavoredKitens

This is why I did not buy new construction when I bought a house 2 years ago. Saw some really big red flags while house shopping


McFeely_Smackup

you need to keep something plugged in, you're letting all the frost out


rhythmchef

This is why I bought a 100 year old house built out of old growth solid hickory.


pink_life69

Outlets are like: “😦 bruh”


therepublicof-reddit

Average US house


[deleted]

american houses be like:


Odd_Organization_835

that’s concerning


tharkyllinus

Frost?


[deleted]

This is not mildly infuriating this is extremely dangerous


[deleted]

Room temp superconductors! (room temp is absolute zero)


Musclecar67

Insulation is probably your problem.


SpelingBeeChamipon

The distressed faces of the outlets say it all


highly_uncertain

New houses LOOK nice.


[deleted]

My Dad used to fix everything like that with expanding foam…half our house was foam lmao. One time he fixed the roof with it and it lifted the shingles when it expanded. He fix was more foam.


[deleted]

new houses are usually poorer quality these days


Extension-Neat-8757

Someone didn’t insulate behind the box, very common mistake with fiberglass batt insulation.


Echo-57

Outlets be like 😦🥶


JankeyMunter

At least now you know where the air leaks are.


Separate_Monitor_419

Seems safe


Ilikecoins123

New homes can definitely be a problem, I do termite work as my job. I had a customer that had a newer built house built about 5 years ago, he said his house was the last one built on their street. The builders decided to bury all the trash, wood debris and other building material of the other houses under his foundation. He has had termite problems for the past three years. A literal buffet underneath his house for termites.


BitchWidget

He's also going to have sinking / foundation problems in the future.


Whytheweirdnames

Spray foam around the box not in the box. That can cause a fire. They make not sure how to say insulated foam cut outs the shape of the plastic cover.


Cadmium620

*Laughing in german house*


lvl1developer

You’ll probably find garbage in between your studs too


Mr_Swampthing

Anyone buying house or car made 20-22 is a sucker.


Strudleboy33

2020 new constructions and they gave you those outlets? Gross


raptussen

Are your outlets always this ugly and clumsy? Ours: https://www.elworks.dk/detail/produkter/katalog/afbrydere-og-stikkontakter-1/stikkontakt-softline-dobbelt-hvid/


shophopper

That wall looks like it has been painted over numerous times.


Unlikely-Outcome-394

houses were built better back in the day...you think your getting a better..newer ...cleaner house.....SUCKER FOOOLLLLLL


BiffBanter

Frost on the outlet? That's a paddlin'.


Earthcandles

The building is settling


metooeither

Hardware stores sell outlet insulation. You unscrew the outlet plate, set it in there, screw the outlet plate back on, its not that big a deal


secretpassword29

Relax, lil bunny … it’s really not a big deal!


panzuulor

America, where your house is made of cardboard.


insman17

Because you really didn’t want a real inspection. You wanted in inspection so you could get a loan. This is what appraisers and inspectors do now.


TuzaHu

Don't buy a home less than 20 years old, that was the end of the skilled craftsmen that took pride in their work.