A recently reviewed article from the residential building industry listed the results from polls of regrets owners have after building a new house.

The lists included more practical and useful rooms, more storage spaces, better lighting, and practical aesthetics.

Some of how residents use, view, and react to their living spaces is a result of life experienced during the pandemic.

While these aspects generally are good and desirable and practical, there are others which could be considered.

How does the to be built house fit functionally and aesthetically into the space where it is to be built not just for the now but for the changes that will come about during future decades?

As houses are usually constructed to be permanent buildings, what is the life time for use, maintenance, practicality, and aesthetics of the quality of materials, workmanship, and design used during it”s construction for the current time and future decades?

And what about the financial aspects of building a new house during it”s construction and for the duration of it’s existence?

“Once in his life time every man should build a house.” ancient philosophy

Building a new residence is a many layered and varied experience on many levels for which the expenditure of resources mostly results in a well worth the effort outcome.

Food for thought.