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I haven't bought a brand new house since 1979, although I would not hesitate to buy another one. Living in a new house was a positive experience, overall. Our brand new house was just 900 square feet and inexpensive, built individually by a local builder.
In our case there was no trouble with building quality. One thing that bothered me was that, since nobody had lived in the house before us, it needed a lot of little things done to make it comfortable. For example, there was no hook in the bathroom for a robe. There was no pot-hanger for my pots. Window treatments? Nope, none at all. There were a thousand little details like this to attend to, most of which would have been done by any prior owner. But with no prior owner, all of that was up to me. Not a big deal, I suppose, but a little annoying. Until I got a lot of this done,and got settled in, the house felt kind of sterile. But overall, I loved living in a new house, with new appliances, fresh paint, and everything new, up to date, and functioning perfectly.
I haven't bought a brand new house since 1979, although I would not hesitate to buy another one. Living in a new house was a positive experience, overall. Our brand new house was just 900 square feet and inexpensive, built individually by a local builder.
In our case there was no trouble with building quality. One thing that bothered me was that, since nobody had lived in the house before us, it needed a lot of little things done to make it comfortable. For example, there was no hook in the bathroom for a robe. There was no pot-hanger for my pots. Window treatments? Nope, none at all. There were a thousand little details like this to attend to, most of which would have been done by any prior owner. But with no prior owner, all of that was up to me. Not a big deal, I suppose, but a little annoying. Until I got a lot of this done,and got settled in, the house felt kind of sterile. But overall, I loved living in a new house, with new appliances, fresh paint, and everything new, up to date, and functioning perfectly.
That's a really good point. I have been in my new build for almost 3 months and it's been crazy dealing with all of these details. I had done a lot of research up front, and I had a to-do list that was pages long. I think I captured most things, and haven't had to add much to the list. But until living through it, I don't think I could understand the magnitude of just how much there is to be done in a new build that you take for granted in resale.
Fortunately, I'm down to fewer than 10 items on my list now - not to say that there is nothing left to do after that, but in terms of the main things I felt were necessary to get done to make the place livable in the way I want it to be, it's almost all done now.
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