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Originally Posted by pj3000
I think most 1950s residential construction is still of pretty high quality
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My parents have owned two 1950s homes, a 1970s home and a 2005 home. 3 homes in Canada, 1 in USA (only one at a time).
The current c.1953 house "retirement bungalow" is the best built of them all. Original owner was from Italy, he and his wife lived in the home their entire lives, and had it built to his specs. Huge addition they put on in the 1970s was done really well too. My folks are only the 2nd owners of the home.
Of the apartments I've lived in the older ones-pre WW2 were better construction quality than the newest c.2000 one I lived in.
Although lamented, the "Commieblock" Canadian concrete high-rise popular from the late 1960s to late 1980s are
usually pretty well built. The ones I've been in anyway. niwell knows what I'm talking about. Thick walls so you can't hear the neighbors.
Best built apartments I've seen were 1920s ones in Buffalo. They just look and feel solid like something from NYC.