Massachusetts is COVERED with these POS McMansions. They use fiber board instead of plywood, 4 nails per square instead of the regulation 9, etc. Two years after completion the fiber board buckles and water gets in. This causes the vinyl siding to start rolling-up in sheets and separating from the exterior walls. Rooves separate and water leaks into the houses. Wells quickly dug through loose soil and shale without casings collapse. I live within one mile of two of these POS developments. The houses sell for $600K-$1M+ and all are crap. Between the lousy quality and the housing slump, many are worth less than the mortgages, so people are just abandoning them.
My wife and I are planning to be looking for a hosue in 2008, I have already told her and she arees we will be looking at houses over 10 years old with home inspections.
I have a question...are these structures/homes literally fire traps should they burn? From the posts..it would seem to be the case.
This causes the vinyl siding to start rolling-up in sheets and separating from the exterior walls.
Seeing vinyl siding on the house would have been the first clue as to how the house was constructed.