Calgary Construction XXVI - Page 103

Tobyoby · #**2041** Posted **Aug 7, 2018, 6:24 PM**

Nice work getting these morning shots.

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https://i.imgur.com/OxhJPlU.jpg

Tobyoby · #**2042** Posted **Aug 7, 2018, 6:35 PM**

Umm, no it won't. In 15 years those boulevard trees will be a little bigger, but there won't be as large or have variety of you'd see in a century old neighborhood.

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Originally Posted by DizzyEdge

MacKenzie Towne is a good example of a new suburb where they decided to create boulevards and plant trees seemingly every 25 ft on every road in the entire community.

15 years later and it could give many streets decades or even a century older a run for its money:

https://www.google.ca/maps/@50.9107594,-...rANs8wg48YcCase0KADTw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

I think architecture and cladding aside, just planting a lot of tiny trees can completely transform a new suburban development into a beautiful community just a decade or two down the road.

DizzyEdge · #**2043** Posted **Aug 7, 2018, 6:42 PM**

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Umm, no it won't. In 15 years those boulevard trees will be a little bigger, but there won't be as large or have variety of you'd see in a century old neighborhood.

Well these elms are only about 45 years old and I think at this point any increases of how picturesque it is will be marginal.

https://www.google.ca/maps/@51.0687503,-...96pdMZTPNIay_V7RCz_tg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

DizzyEdge · #**2044** Posted **Aug 7, 2018, 6:55 PM**

New YWCA in Inglewood:

https://www.ywcalgary.ca/yw-she-matters/hub-project/

my photo

Bad Grizzly · #**2045** Posted **Aug 7, 2018, 8:11 PM**

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Bad Grizzly · #**2046** Posted **Aug 7, 2018, 8:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by Tobyoby

Umm, no it won't. In 15 years those boulevard trees will be a little bigger, but there won't be as large or have variety of you'd see in a century old neighborhood.

But the houses won’t be crap house half falling apart waiting to be bulldozed.

Bad Grizzly · #**2047** Posted **Aug 7, 2018, 8:23 PM**

This houses is looking great. I love that is being made from steel beams, totally badass

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Originally Posted by Daemon

Special bonus panoramo

jc_yyc_ca · #**2048** Posted **Aug 7, 2018, 8:51 PM**

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But the houses won’t be crap house half falling apart waiting to be bulldozed.

If anything it's the other way around. Houses aren't built very well these days, most new houses are really crap. They won't even need a bulldozer, they'll fall on their own.

Bad Grizzly · #**2049** Posted **Aug 8, 2018, 12:44 AM**

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If anything it's the other way around. Houses aren't built very well these days, most new houses are really crap. They won't even need a bulldozer, they'll fall on their own.

The biggest myth out there. The houses built these days are better than older houses without a doubt. Just because a lot of the parts of the house are built pre-fabricated doesn’t mean that they’re not built is good, the prefabrication quality is actually better.

topdog · #**2050** Posted **Aug 9, 2018, 2:41 AM**

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Originally Posted by Bad Grizzly

The biggest myth out there. The houses built these days are better than older houses without a doubt. Just because a lot of the parts of the house are built pre-fabricated doesn’t mean that they’re not built is good, the prefabrication quality is actually better.

There is some truth to newer houses being built of lesser quality. That doesn’t mean that all hoses are but there are a number of them that have problems. Don’t kid yourself just because a lot of the parts are prefab doesn’t mean houses don’t have quality issues.

speedog · #**2051** Posted **Aug 9, 2018, 3:21 AM**

Older houses have 16" center studs, newer homes have 24" centers - not sure which is better. Newer houses have composite beams which are better. I've seen brand new homes that have perfectly straight interior and exterior walls and other brand new homes that have waves, dips, valleys, waves, etc. I've been in new homes that have perfectly level floors and others that are a nightmare.

I install cabinets for a living and as such, am in and out of all sorts of new housing - SFH, townhomes, duplexes, multifamily. The quality basically comes down to the builder in my experience - the best homes I've worked in have been in are all from smaller builders. The bigger the builder, the more problems I seem to encounter.

Older homes, yeah I've done many a renovation and again, some are good and some are bad.

ST1 · #**2052** Posted **Aug 9, 2018, 5:51 PM**

Some new homes are good and some are bad, some old homes are good and some are bad. So in other words not any kind of a definitive answer. lol.

In my experience old homes are built better, excluding the small cheap wartime bungalows that you'll find in West Hillhurst or Mountview, or neighborhoods of that era. If they're built before the 30's or after the 40's they are built well. Especially houses from the 50's, if you ever try to demo the interiors by hand , they're built like army tanks and don't come apart easily.

I know quite a few people with house that are less than 20 years old, and the houses are showing signs of wear. The overall bones are still mostly solid, but lots of little things are failing.. doors and windows that aren't square, cheap crappy windows that don't slide or open properly...siding or stucco coming loose or falling off. floors that are squeaky even after a mere 10 years. IMO new home are built for shit. I also own a new home and have had these problems myself.

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Originally Posted by speedog

Older houses have 16" center studs, newer homes have 24" centers - not sure which is better. Newer houses have composite beams which are better. I've seen brand new homes that have perfectly straight interior and exterior walls and other brand new homes that have waves, dips, valleys, waves, etc. I've been in new homes that have perfectly level floors and others that are a nightmare.

I install cabinets for a living and as such, am in and out of all sorts of new housing - SFH, townhomes, duplexes, multifamily. The quality basically comes down to the builder in my experience - the best homes I've worked in have been in are all from smaller builders. The bigger the builder, the more problems I seem to encounter.

Older homes, yeah I've done many a renovation and again, some are good and some are bad.