re: DR Horton new construction framing finds by home inspector

I'd much rather have a thoughtfully-built modern home than an 1920's home. The "quality of the lumber" meme I've seen passed around on FB is ate up by the masses. The lumber quality is only one part of many many parts that make a home great. You haven't seen crooked studs until you rip the lath and plaster off an old home. They didn't GAF because the plaster guy could float it out.

Then you have old wiring, old plumbing, asbestos or lead in nearly every manufactured material. Worst of all was little care taken to seal the home. Without air conditioning there was no need to care about it. The result was a home that leaks out air like a chimney and lets in bugs at every point from top to bottom. Sure you can "fix" the aforementioned issues but it will cost as much or more than a new well-built home and at the end of the day you still have a repaired home instead of an intentionally built new home.

Though, I'd probably rather have an old home than one of these cookie-cutter shitshows they are throwing up built "to code".