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There's no comparison.
Your housing is so badly and cheaply constructed that if you tried to build like that, even in Belgium, the council would demand you tear it down at your own expense and start again
This is a perfectly good, liveable, hundred year old house in need of renovating, that'll easily last another hundred
Also depends where it is. There are parts where a million will get you a 3 bedroom cottage, and parts where that'll get you a castle
There are 100 year old houses in America made of fine timber or brick that look better than this and will last longer.
It's a big country. Modern construction is rarely built to last, but there are millions of homes here that would fit your description without issue.
You can punch your hand through your plasterboard mate lol
I don't have plasterboard walls. They are lath and plaster.. The studs and framing are beautiful old hardwood.
It's a sturdy and lovely old house that has stood the test of time. It's one of the millions in the states that I was talking about.
So will an earthquake. It may be βcheapβ but we do it that way because itβs light. At least in California. That way if it falls on you, you might not die.
At least that's what the builder told you so he could buy his third boat lol
Yes, this house would only cost a fifth of that price outside of Brussels.